All posts tagged "Toulouse"
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoWe’re all set for the real start to season
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TODAY, as fans get their breaths back after the Rugby World Cup final and the end of...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoFrance put faith in Dupont return
By TOM BRADSHAW PREVIEW... France v South Africa Today. Kick-off 8pm, Stade de France France are preparing for a game of...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoEngland must get best out of Smith
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK STEVE Borthwick does not have a lot of choice when it comes to selecting...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoBath bank on Russell class
Premiership team-by-team previews: Bath Bath finished last season with four consecutive victories, their best run for three years. They scored 175...
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Premiership
/ 2 years agoThe Tank ready to roll for Bath
By JON NEWCOMBE Thomas du Toit remains on standby for the Springboks but, for now, his focus is on quickly learning...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 2 years agoScore a Winning Try at the Rugby World Cup with the help of Direct Ferries
With the Rugby World Cup well and truly under way there’s no better – or easier – way for fans to...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoPortugal go so close to snatching thrilling win
By BEN JAYCOCK Georgia.............. 18pts Tries: Tabutsadze 2, Zamtaradze 78 Conversions: Abzhandadze 3 Penalties: Abzhandadze 16, 32 Portugal ............ 18pts Tries:...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoPJ keeps on rolling, against all the odds
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW THE rain hadn’t long stopped sheeting down when the Grand Old Man of...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks run riot in Toulouse over Namibia
By Ben Jaycock, Assistant Editor New Zealand… 71pts Tries: Roigard 2, 7, McKenzie 20, 39, Fainga’anuku 25, Lienert-Brown 35, de Groot...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoWillis aiming to be the local villain
By ADAM HATHAWAY Jack Willis headed back to France on Thursday with England aiming to go from local hero to villain...
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Rugby World Cup
/ 2 years agoMiracle worker Capuozzo can make difference
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER ITALY Coach: Kieran Crowley Captain: Michele Lamaro Resurgent Italy may have landed the toughest of groups but they...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoThe cruellest time to suffer an injury
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER The agony of these eve of World Cup...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoIt will be tough to dethrone Dupont
Brendan Gallagher looks at the players who could light up the tournament So who will emerge as the iconic player and/or...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoFired-up France name strong team as Ritchie returns for Scotland
France have made 13 changes to the team who were stunned in Scotland last week, as this week’s visitors welcome back...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoBordeaux put their faith in Gazzotti
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN FRANCE U20 sensation Marko Gazzotti has swapped the Alps for the Atlantic and the ProD2 for the...
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Rugby Paper News
/ 2 years agoAll Blacks are favourites for the Rugby World Cup, but can France clinch the Webb Ellis Cup?
The 2023 Rugby World Cup is just around the corner, with the tenth edition of rugby’s most prestigious competition kicking off...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoFrench starting to believe in miracles
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Those fearful that France have cornered the market in the supernatural will not...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoAnger as Biarritz sign up Haouas
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN TWO weeks ago, the long-awaited sale of ProD2 side Biarritz fell apart, affecting the immediate and longer-term...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 2 years agoArundell shouldn’t be lost in France
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK HENRY Arundell’s new contract with Racing has been the subject of a lot of...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoYoung stars need more room to grow
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER A fascinating Junior World Cup has reached the...
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Olympic & Commonwealth Games
/ 2 years agoDupont is looking to take a sabbatical
Antoine Dupont could take a sabbatical year after the 2024 Olympic Games, reports in France suggest. The France captain, 26, is...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 2 years agoGreat to see Dupont going for Paris gold
RUGBY MATTERS – BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rather overlooked during a hectic end of...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 2 years agoJones: We must be multi-dimensional
By PAUL REES The last peak scaled by England under Jones was in Australia last summer when they came from one...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoGB women earn Olympic Sevens qualification while men beaten to spot by Ireland
A gold medal in the European Games secured Great Britain’s women a place at the 2024 Olympic Sevens competition, but a...
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Top 14
/ 2 years agoToulouse duo use trophy to ride the waves
Toulouse playmakers Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack took their Top 14 title celebrations to the beach this week, attempting to use...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 2 years agoWillis: I’d never have left Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER England back row Jack Willis admits that he would never have left Wasps if they...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoA new trophy, same old tricks …
CHRIS HEWETT It is one thing for a populist Prime Minister to ride a wave of duplicity before crashing head-first into...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoIrish weren’t given enough time – Ojo
■By NICK POWELL LONDON Irish’s record try scorer Topsy Ojo says it’s regrettable that the club weren’t given more time to...
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoLimited by a flawed structure
Back in those blessed years when the Heineken Cup often delivered matches of greater passion and technical skill than the Six...
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Latest News
/ 2 years agoChampions Cup reverts to multi-pool
By PAUL REES Triumph: La Rochelle celebrate victory THE Heineken Champions Cup reverts to a multi-pool format next season, but teams...
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Chris Hewett
/ 2 years agoSo, who is set to fly in under the radar?
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Remember Jean-Marc Doussain’s international debut for France? Probably not. The poor bloke would happily forget it himself,...
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Rugby Matters
/ 2 years agoToulouse play to win…everything!
Toulouse aren’t short of a bob or two and can, if they so wish, buy virtually any player on the planet....
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Peter Jackson
/ 2 years agoThere’s no stopping Ramos
PETER JACKSON Thomas Ramos is en route to finishing the season 100 or so points clear of his nearest challenger across...
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James Harrington
/ 2 years agoTop two get set to put on the glitz
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN It's the final the Top 14 wanted and needed. Toulouse and La Rochelle – the two best...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoKremer’s red gives Racing easy ride
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Argentinian back-row Marcos Kremer’s last act for Stade Francais was to get sent off - for the...
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Latest News
/ 3 years agoOdogwu gets Italy chance
ITALY have called up former England prospect Paolo Odogwu as one of five uncapped players in their pre-World Cup training squad....
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Sevens World Series
/ 3 years agoGB sevens players pondered boycott
By BEN JAYCOCK Several Great Britain Sevens players thought about refusing to participate in this weekend’s London leg of the World...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 3 years agoSharks deserve far more recognition
BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rugby has its favourites and we in the media are as guilty as any of promoting them above others...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoDoris looking for revenge against La Rochelle
By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoAll to play for in final days of the season
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Top 14 coaches, pundits and fans have had the calculators, slide rules and computer modelling programmes out...
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Features
/ 3 years agoLast farewell for the Exe Men
Paul Rees talks to Rob Baxter about 'Incredible times' and new challenges to be faced next season in Devon Exeter's players...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoLeinster’s double dream is on track
By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster...............35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24,...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoBoost for finances as recovery continues
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN THE Commission des Championnats professionnels de l’Autorité de régulation du rugby – the new name for the...
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Guest Blogs
/ 3 years agoRugby World Cup France 2023: A Celebration of Rugby and Culture
France is getting ready to welcome the world for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, which will be the second time they...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoLawes, Tuilagi provide boost for England
Courtney Lawes has rejected offers from abroad to sign a new deal with Northampton. The 34-year-old England forward, who has 97...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoWelsh quartet deserve no favours
PETER JACKSON Cardiff lost 50 per cent of their matches in the URC and duly failed to finish in the Champions...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse look set to lead from the front
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN As the French Top 14 takes a week’s break for the Champions and Challenge Cup semi-finals, here’s...
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Champions Cup
/ 3 years agoChampions Cup semi-final preview
The knockout stages of the Heineken Champions Cup have provided plenty of thrills already this season, but which of the four...
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Premiership
/ 3 years agoWhitten keen to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Exeter may be the underdogs in next Sunday’s Champions Cup semi-final against holders La Rochelle in Bordeaux, but...
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Dream Team
/ 3 years agoDream Team with Billy Searle
Billy Searle, the former Worcester, Bath, Wasps, Bristol & Plymouth fly-half, chooses the best XV he has played with or against...












