All posts tagged "Toulouse"
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoJalibert in line to join Barrett at Racing 92
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international fly-half Matthieu Jalibert’s unfortunately timed early-season travails continued on Saturday, amid renewed questions over his...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoRacing 92 hit hard by Vakatawa retirement
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For Racing 92, this is the first weekend after the unexpected retirement before. A matter of days...
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James Harrington
/ 3 years agoToulouse will take title, say coaches
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse will win the Top 14 title at the end of another tight season – according to...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoConcern as refs switch to other side
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Another of French rugby’s leading gamekeepers turned coach this week, as Top 14 referee Maxime Chalon put...
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Columnists
/ 3 years agoTransfer market that never sleeps
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Accepted wisdom has it that the shortest period of time is the New York Second – helpfully...
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Features
/ 3 years ago“I just ran around and smashed everything” – My Life in Rugby with Martin Purdy
The former Wasps, Bath, Gran Parma, L’Aquila, London Welsh, Massy and Grasse lock discusses his career As a professional sportsman you...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 3 years agoRennie rings changes as O’Connor comes in
Test match veteran James O’Connor features in a much-changed Australian line-up as they prepare for their second match against Argentina in...
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Features
/ 3 years agoFofana, one of the stars of 2006, to bow out
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Clermont star Wesley Fofana this week became the latest Top 14 player to join the annual line...
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Features
/ 3 years agoTop eight to follow in Spring’s footsteps
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Young Racing 92 fullback Max Spring earned careful praise from France head coach Fabien Galthie after a...
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Club Rugby
/ 3 years agoTop 14 Final Preview – Castres and Montpellier eye the big prize
Castres will be the narrowest of favourites as they play Montpellier in what promises to be a classic French Top 14...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoAurillac shopped around for bargains
MUCH talk recently about salary cap-hampered English clubs being disadvantaged when they took on the big spenders of the Top 14...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoIt’s time to step up or face being left behind
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It’s time for a re-think for the founding nations of the URC feast after the...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoRennie has a healthy selection headache
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST History, we are told, is just one damned thing after another. And by way of rubbing it...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrance are the giants, Prem just sleeping
NICK CAIN THE English Premiership has just been described as a “sleeping giant” of sport by Simon Massie-Taylor, its chief executive....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoNo dead rubbers in final round of Top 14
JAMES HARRI NGTON FRENCH COLUMN Decider: Challenge Cup winners Lyon face Champions Cup winners La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images In less...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps aim to give legend Jimmy a perfect send-off
LEE Blackett has paid tribute to Jimmy Gopperth who this weekend plays his final game for Wasps – against Leicester, the...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoLa Rochelle keep their cool to rule in Europe
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster..............21pts Penalties: Sexton 5, 8, 22, 40+1, 47, 57 R Byrne 65 La Rochelle ......24pts Tries: Rhule...
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/ 4 years agoCan’t help but smile at absurdity of Homer’s time wasting
OFFICIALLY I am of course outraged and utterly appalled at the blatant time wasting and abnegation of the spirit of rugby...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoWorld Cup will be won and lost in the run-up
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fifteen months out from the 2023 World Cup, the rugby debate in host nation France is getting...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoRugby World Cup 2023
Sports lovers are usually eagerly waiting for world cup tournaments. Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are in demand as the union...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoLeinster are taking Europe to next level
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is often argued, usually by politicians reneging on a manifesto promise, that “the perfect is the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLarmour shines bright
By KEVIN FALLON Leinster..................35 Munster ................25 A SECOND-STRING Leinster side who were already guaranteed top spot were still too strong for...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiscipline England’s downfall in Toulouse 7s
NEWS EXTRA SIMON Amor’s England will have to settle for a place in today’s fifth place semi-final after losing their cup...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoRacing 92 play down any move for Jones
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Try double: Matthieu Jalibert helped Bordeaux book their place in the play-offs England head coach Eddie Jones...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGround switch ‘unacceptable’ blasts O’Gara
By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW... Racing 92 v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Bollaert Delelis LA ROCHELLE head coach Ronan O’Gara...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEurope’s best too hot for England
NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama...
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Chris Hewett
/ 4 years agoNow’s the time for the French revolution
CHRIS HEWETT AS a rule of thumb, English teams good enough to fight their way into a Champions Cup final eventually...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster ............23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16,...
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Champions Cup
/ 4 years agoHeartbreak for Munster as Toulouse keep their nerve in shootout
By JOHN FALLON Munster ............ 24pts Tries: Kendellen 10, Earls 39, Haley 44 Conversions: Carbery 11, 40, 45 Penalties: Carbery 57...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoAll to play for as it begins to get serious
JAMES HARRINGTON Like any other league, the business end of the Top 14 season is played in a haze of permutations...
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United Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoTyro back row Kendellen leads Munster charge
By JOHN FALLON Ulster ......................17 Munster ................24 ACADEMY back rower Alex Kendellen led the way as Munster powered to their first...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNo respite as the race for play-offs ramps up
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The rugby season in Europe’s top three leagues gets confused at this time of year, as we...
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Jeremy Guscott
/ 4 years agoWhy France must find right cover for Dupont
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK ANTOINE Dupont is captain of Toulouse for a reason, and as stand-in captain of...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoKolbe tops the bill for Baa-baas at Twickers
By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND will finish their sub-standard season by running into Cheslin Kolbe for the first time since he skinned...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoHow the French are putting RFU to shame
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I hopped onto the splendid dual language Top...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoToulon fans in uproar at Carbonel departure
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Even by Toulon’s unusual standards, this season has been an extraordinary tale of failure and redemption. But,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoOjo: Irish ready to rejoin the top table
WHILE the Champions Cup enters its knockout stage on the weekend, the Challenge Cup will reach the end of the group...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBarlot gets the better of big rival Mauvaka
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Castres Olympique hooker Gaetan Barlot scored his third Top 14 try of the season yesterday, scoring a...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGive next generation game time to develop
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Late bloomer: Alex Dombrandt starred for Cardiff Met Uni before breaking into professional rugby We’ve...
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Women's Six Nations
/ 4 years agoFrance look to maintain autumn momentum
France v Italy Today. Kick-off 3pm, Grenoble GAËLLE Hermet is desperate to go one step further than last year and lead...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLeones licked wounds and came back fighting
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER IF at first you don’t succeed... roll up...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoNo time to rest as pressures mount up
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN This should have been a weekend off for those Top 14 and ProD2 players not involved in...
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Guest Blogs
/ 4 years agoAll Blacks legends slam quality of Australian franchises
All Blacks Titans John Kirwan and Jeff Wilson have expressed their dismay over the quality on offer in Australia during the...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoBiarritz’s top-flight dream all but over
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Promotion and relegation matters returned firmly to the forefront of Top 14 rugby minds, after bottom side...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoItaly find some style but Scots too strong
By PAUL REES Italy ....................22pts Tries: Braley 29, Capuozzo 66, 80 Conversions: Garbisi 30, 67 Penalties: Garbisi 4 Scotland ............33pts Tries:...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoSexton announces retirement plans
Ireland captain Johnny Sexton has announced today he will retire at the end of the 2023 World Cup. Earlier today, the...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoLock star Jolmes is latest UFO to appear
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The French for UFO is OVNI – which stands for objet volant non identifié. It is a...
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James Harrington
/ 4 years agoLemaitre puts his faith in Mignoni
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulon president Bernard Lemaitre pulled something of a recruitment rabbit out of his hat this week, as...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoAfter shock and shell France find they are the sole Slam survivors
By NICK CAIN France ................30pts Tries: Dupont 2, Baille 54 Conversions: Jaminet 3 Penalties: Jaminet 7, 17, 36, 41, 44, 79...
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Six Nations
/ 4 years agoFickou feels it’s France’s year at last
By JAMES HARRINGTON PREVIEW... France v Italy Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade de France GAEL Fickou admits pressure is mounting on the...
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