All posts tagged "Toulon"
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoA lot rests on Kolbe’s shoulders – and knee
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulon have welcomed a few global superstars down the years – but it’s difficult to imagine any...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJourneymen Saffers won’t excite the Celtic fans
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST As the first of this season’s Billionaires’ Row derbies between Bristol and Bath, two wealthy clubs separated...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGeorge is in awe of ‘ridiculous’ Radwan
By PAUL REES IT WAS not that long ago that big was regarded as beautiful on the wing as teams looked...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoToulouse looking to splash the Kolbe cash | James Harrington
Summer recruits scored 32 of La Rochelle’s 59 points against Biarritz last weekend to the delight, no doubt, of Ronan O’Gara...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoDominici trophy will offer clubs a respite
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulon meet Stade Francais in the weekend’s final Top 14 match this evening. The Sunday night game...
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Features
/ 5 years agoEars and eyebrows marked out young Toby
Adam Hathaway talks to teammates about Toby Flood who retired this week Toby Flood was a skinny teenager when he was...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFly-halves on move are talk of the town | James Harrington
Clubs’ recruitment and retention plans never stop. No sooner have they closed the book on squad hires for one season, than...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoKolbe’s tax bill set to rocket at Toulon
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER CHESLIN Kolbe, below, could find himself worse off following his recordbreaking move to Toulon...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaracens prop Mako Vunipola in new contract talks as Top 14 watch
Saracens are set to ask England prop Mako Vunipola to take a salary cut, TRP understands
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRonan O’Gara’s diamonds can come up trumps | James Harrington
James Harrington previews the new Top 14 season and sees promise in La Rochell's hopes of banishing heartbreak in the final
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoI’m delighted for Cheslin Kolbe, he deserves all the riches | Jeremy Guscott
The newest member of rugby's One Millions Pounds Club, Cheslin Kolbe warrants the rich rewards for his entertaining skillset
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Latest News
/ 5 years ago60 cap rule brings big names home
ALEX BYWATER talks to Dragons new signing Will Rowlands and rounds up the other big transfers Benetton Ins: Rhyno Smith (Cheetahs),...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoExodus of the props brings era to an end | Chris Hewett
THERE was a time, not so long ago, when Premiership clubs would pay tighthead props in Bitcoin, provided they were good...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBrookes in to power up Toulon set-piece | James Harrington
A Toulouse-like revival at Toulon doesn't look set to happen this season on paper
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoRichard Cockerill ponders England job after talks with Eddie Jones
England's new forwards coach?
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPau-bound Daniel Ikpefan braves the crossover | James Harrington
After falling out of favour at Toulon, Ikpefan gets a shot at starring elsewhere in the Top 14 at Pau
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoIbitoye on the move again after relegation | James Harrington
A relatively quiet transfer circus this year round in the Top 14, writes James Harrington
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoSaints prepared if Toulon persist in Dan Biggar swoop
NORTHAMPTON Saints have set aside a ‘healthy budget’ as they search fora new fly-half that places question marks over the future...
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James Harrington
/ 5 years agoDouble delight for pragmatic Toulouse | James Harrington
Toulouse were crowned champions of France for the 21st time on Friday night, some 13 months after the players had...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoSteffon Armitage still having his go in France | Chris Hewett
BACK in 2010, when one or two suckers for journalistic punishment were huddled together on a God-forsaken touchline in Hamilton...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoToulouse keep their‘ double’ dream alive with La Rochelle rematch | James Harrington
Friday’s 2020/21 season Top 14 final will be a repeat of last month’s blood-and-thunder Champions Cup showpiece, after both La Rochelle...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoJonathan Joseph carries £150k Toulon price tag
TOULON could be forced to pay Bath £150,000 if they want Jonathan Joseph released from the final year of his contract,...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSiale Piutau hopes Bears’ love will conquer all in Premiership
“LOVE” is the answer to Bristol’s prayers to be crowned English champions for the first time. And departing centre Siale Piutau...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoRhys Webb counts cost of that Toulon pay-day | Peter Jackson
At the end of the last Lions tour when the entire cast posed for a team photograph, Rhys Webb appeared to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoInvevitably Gael sticks to script for derby win
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN French rugby’s new definition of ‘inevitable’ is Racing 92 new boy Gael Fickou scoring the first try of...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoPerpignan power up for return to Top 14 | James Harrington
Perpignan returned to the Top 14 in style after a two-year break, comprehensively beating Biarritz 33-14 in yesterday evening’s ProD2...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoLam: Big names aren’t guaranteed their place
No guarantees await the squad who have taken Bristol to the top of the Premiership, says Pat Lam
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoSuch a shame I opted for German over French at school! | Shane Williams
After turning down Toulon in his playing career, Shane Williams is now hoping to be able to commentate on the Top...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoBattle for last play-off place goes to the wire | James Harrington
Top 14 rugby returned to broadcast in the UK with tries aplenty being scored
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStade set the fashion in red not pink
BACK in the day when they reigned as the sport’s supreme fashionistas, Stade Francais possessed a team of rugged quality to...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Former Ireland and Sale Sharks hooker Bernard Jackman
Bernard Jackman picks a dream XV based on the best he has played with or against
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Challenge Cup
/ 5 years agoReaching a European final is testament to the squad-building at Leicester
Ben Kay breaks down the improvements made by Leicester Tigers under Steve Borthwick ahead of their trip to Twickenham on European...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoPreview: Lam’s leaders aim to deliver big home run for Bears fans
Bristol Bears welcome Gloucester and over 3,000 supporters to Ashton Gate on Monday, Jon Newcombe spoke to Pat Lam about the...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoToulon want to tempt Jonathan Joseph to leave The Rec
Could England centre Joseph be set for a move to the Cote d'Azur
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoStrict new protocols provoke reaction | James Harrington
James Harrington looks at the tough measures taken by the LNR to ensure the Top 14 and Pro D2 seasons conclude...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoMidweek pile-ups impossible to avoid | James Harrington
James Harrington explains why the Top 14 schedule is in a bottleneck
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoEuropean contenders will go into battle cold | James Harrington
Bordeaux-Begles and Montpellier will not have played a game since the quarter-final by the time the final four go head-to-head next...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoSuntory end Alex’s Far East adventure
JAPAN ROUND-UP By MATT MCILRAITH ALEX Goode’s Japanese expedition is over. The England man’s season-long loan deal with NEC came to an...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMy Life in Rugby – Neil Doak: Lara wicket highlight of my international career!
SPORT has played a huge part in my life. I played quite a lot of sports – football, golf, tennis –...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoManu Tuilagi England career saved as he signs for Sale Sharks
Tuilagi stays and one more South African import coming in at Sale Sharks
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British and Irish Lions
/ 5 years agoEvaluating how ready the Springboks are for the Lions
NICK CAIN EVALUATES THE SPRINGBOKS PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING LIONS SERIES WHEN Faf de Klerk was buried by a brutal Jake Ball...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJapan is the Top League now, Quade Cooper tells Sanzaar
WALLABIES maverick Quade Cooper sees Super Rugby being turned on its head in the years to come as the growth of...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGenia blown away by O’Connor transformation
Mature: James O’Connor FORMER Wallaby scrumhalf Will Genia has taken a lot of pleasure in watching James O’Connor come back from...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBristol Bears have banished bad eggs to build something special
PAUL REES TALKS TO BRISTOL’S LONG-SERVING LOCK JOE JOYCE ABOUT THE CLUB’S TRANSFORMATION Joe Joyce is Bristol’s longest serving player after joining...
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Features
/ 5 years agoSemi Radradra leads by example says Lam – and what a towering example that is for all
Pat Lam delves into Bristol's path to greater things after winning the Challenge Cup last season, and why Semi Radradra is...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoThat Rome weekend puts block on Georgia | Chris Hewett
If Italy are not all washed up as a permanent member of the Six Nations elite –a sporting society so exclusive,...
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoFranck Azema exit confirmed, destination unknown | James Harrington
Jono Gibbes is high among the favourites to replace Azema at Clermont Auvergne, writes James Harrington
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The Rugby Paper
/ 5 years agoLeinster v Toulon Champions Cup clash called off
A positive Covid-19 case within the Toulon camp has seen Friday evening's match at the RDS called off
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoRacing snap up bargain of the season in Fickou | James Harrington
Racing 92 have signed Gael Fickou to form an all-France midfield with Virimi Vakatawa
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoJoe Simmonds says Exeter Chiefs won’t freeze on the big stage
Exeter Chiefs fly-half Joe Simmonds says the reigning champions will draw on their experiences against Toulouse and Racing 92 ahead of...
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