All posts tagged "Toulouse"
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Features
/ 5 years agoBattered Jonny rises again to become a folk hero in Toulon
Captain marvel: Jonny Wilkinson raises the Heineken Cup ONE of the more heartwarming stories of this era was a golden Indian...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBeziers takeover hits the buffers
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN No deal: Agen remain keen to sign Harlequins wing Gabriel Ibitoye PICTURE: Getty Images It’s taken several...
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International Rugby
/ 5 years agoAll Black Jerome Kaino joins war against corruption in Pacific
Kaino has joined Dan Leo's fight to advocate for greater transparency in the governance of Pacific Island rugby
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Club Rugby
/ 5 years agoDelon Armitage closing in on surprise move in England
The ex-England full-back has spent the past eight years in France with Toulon and Lyon
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: FFR agree brutal schedule for Top 14 and Pro D2
James Harrington reports on how the 2020-21 French rugby schedule is shaping up and the outlook for Beziers
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Columnists
/ 5 years agoHarrington column: Tuilagi and Faletau wanted in France, as clubs vote on lowering salary cap
Top 14 and Pro D2 presidents to meet in Toulouse for salary cap vote
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Features
/ 5 years agoSaints kick off vintage run for English clubs in Europe
Jubilant: Wasps hooker Trevor Leota celebrates victory over Munster in the epic 2004 Heineken Cup semi-final THE Heineken Cup truly came...
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Champions Cup
/ 5 years agoLaporte’s World Club Cup won’t harm Champions Cup, says EPCR chief
EPCR chairman Simon Halliday sees little logical sense in how a World Club Cup could be held every year
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Features
/ 5 years agoFrance set to launch their third pro league
WHILE all the talk in England is of contraction and putting the financial squeeze on the Championship, the French Federation have...
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Departing Wales and Scarlets centre Hadleigh Parkes
The Japan-bound centre chooses a team loaded with Welsh and Kiwi talent
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Dream Team
/ 5 years agoDream Team: Ealing Trailfinders scrum-half Craig Hampson
No.9 Hampson cast his eye over past teammates and opponents to choose a dream XV
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGolden Era ends with Welsh Slam but France are also formidable
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union Power: France before their game against Wales...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHewett column: Lansdown argument all about gaining monopoly
Bristol and Bath hold the advantage in the Premiership with their financial muscle, writes Chris Hewett
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Features
/ 6 years agoBloodied, bandaged but ready for battle
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo surprise Ireland thrived after they quit the Berkeley!
Brendan Gallagher continues his enthralling series by looking at rugby’s best drinking venues 1. The Berkeley Court (Dublin) The manic Berkeley...
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Features
/ 6 years agoGatland has such riches in key area
2021 LIONS A YEAR TO GO NICK CAIN LOOKS AT THE CONTENDERS FOR EACH POSITION THIS WEEK… OPENSIDES OPENSIDE flanker is...
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Features
/ 6 years agoColombiers were so close to place in the limelight again
JUST as the Tartan Army sang about ‘only one team in Tallinn’ when Estonia’s footballers failed to turn up for a...
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Features
/ 6 years agoVichy rulers order ‘immoral’ French Rugby League to die
Brendan Gallagher continues his expert and authorative look at the history of Rugby Union The History of rugby: PART 7 Surviving...
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Features
/ 6 years agoNo French champions for first time since WW2
JAMES HARRINGTON Big signing: Wallaby Kurtley Beale will join Racing 92 PICTURE: Getty Images The 30 presidents of the Top 14...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Wasps openside flanker Paul Volley
The No.7 talks Jon Newcombe through his time at Wasps, Castres, Harlequins and London Scottish
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Presidents scrap over playoff principle
The 'hellscape' facing France's Top 14 with TV and player welfare ramifications
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoO’Gara still hates me for the treatment I gave him
MY LIFEIN RUGBY PAUL VOLLEY FORMER WASPS, CASTRES, HARLEQUINS AND LONDON SCOTTISH OPENSIDE I’M sure he won’t like me saying it but...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoTop 20 wasted rugby talents countdown: No 20-16
Brendan Gallagher ranks the players who could have achieved so much more in the game
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Top 14 in turmoil with no option to cut player wages
It has been estimated the Top 14 will lose up to €100m (£88m) if the season was cancelled
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The Rugby Paper
/ 6 years agoFORMER LEADING WELSH REFEREE ALUN WYN BEVAN TESTS YOUR KNOWLEDGE
RUGBY QUIZ Who’s this Scottish try-scorer from Q4? 1. Name the two outside halves who played for the British and Irish Lions...
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Features
/ 6 years ago15 Kings of the North – Nick Cain’s team of the Six Nations 2020
Some nailed-on selections and some choice which may create debate
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Philippe Saint-Andre calls for cup shootout to decide title
James Harrington points out the three options open to the Top 14 and Pro D2
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoWhere Alex Lozowski will be playing next season after leaving Saracens
TRP can reveal Lozowski has turned away interest from other Premiership clubs
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Features
/ 6 years agoLozowski opts to join Toulouse
Channel-hopper: Alex Lozowski is off to France SARACENS back Alex Lozowski is heading to play in France next season after agreeing...
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Features
/ 6 years agoSaint-Andre calls for cup shootout to decide title
In the current health crisis in France professional rugby has, like all sports, taken a large backward step. Clubs, coaches and...
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Features
/ 6 years agoCharlie takes cross-Channel view
France? Matthews CHARLIE Matthews, left, is weighing up an offer to move to France next season where Thibaud Flament could join...
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Features
/ 6 years agoAmazing to rub shoulders with such superstars
MATT CAIRNS Driving force: Matt Cairns in action for Saracens against Bath in 2007 PICTURE: Getty Images MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE...
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Featured
/ 6 years agoYoung Guns: Newcastle Falcons fly-half Will Haydon-Wood
Going head-to-head with Gloucester's George Barton for the England U20's fly-half starting job
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTop 14 shun virus threat to go ahead on schedule
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick: Joris Jurand ran in three tries in the first half for Brive Yesterday’s Top 14 matches...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoAll-rounder Kolbe wows Toulouse as a fly-half
FRENCH COLUMN It’s official. There are more active ingredient molecules in a homeopathic remedy than there are things Cheslin Kolbe cannot...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoBen Youngs told to take pay cut if he wants to stay at Leicester
The scrum-half is out of contract at Welford Road at the end of the season
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoHarrington column: Fabien Galthie and the new-look France set to maximise potential
France have a rich depth of talent to pick from in the Top 14. James Harrington examines JIFF rules and Galthie's...
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Six Nations
/ 6 years agoRuthless Galthie will be out to crush Italy
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Enforced change: Arthur Vincent BEFORE the 2020 Six Nations began there was widespread speculation that Fabian Galthie would...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGalthie’s new look is Made in France
FRENCH COLUMN Unlike his Six Nations’ counterparts who, on the whole, opted for continuity selections after the World Cup, new France...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoTransfers: Wasps lose flanker Thibaud Flament to Toulouse
News regarding the packs of Wasps and Harlequins
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 6 years agoGallagher column: Small, strong – Dupont is ideal for the French way
Morgan Parra, Maxime Machenaud and Jonathan Pelissie have all come and gone – Antoine Dupont represents the real France
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Latest News
/ 6 years agoSchmit on call to end Clermont try drought
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Expert opinion: Joe Schmidt is spending two weeks as consultant to Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Those Top...
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Features
/ 6 years agoKunatani opts for Castres
Move: Semi Kunatani CASTRES look to have won the race to land Harlequins ace Semi Kunatani in the face of competition...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoRenegade Russell on parade to help Racing
Back in Paris: Finn Russell helped Racing to a 27-0 cakewalk against Castres Second versus third. Fourth versus sixth. Ninth versus...
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Features
/ 6 years agoDrugs cheats outweigh salary cap fraudsters
COLIN BOAG Missing link man: Billy Vunipola is injured against Racing Cheat has been the word of the past few weeks,...
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Champions Cup
/ 6 years agoMunster out of Champions Cup as Leinster and Ulster progress
In what was a very rare fall from grace for the Munster squad, the door for this year’s Champions Cup closed...
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Club Rugby
/ 6 years agoGray back to Glasgow as brother exits
RICHIE Gray has agreed a two-year deal to return to Glasgow next season and replace his brother Jonny who has signed...
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoZebre shock Stade’s aristos
ROUND-UP ZEBRE produced the shock of the round with a dramatic 29-24 victory over Stade Francais – only their fourth-ever win...
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Features
/ 6 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
THE FORMER WASPS AND LEINSTER PROP WILL GREEN WHEN I’m asked if I miss rugby, I always say I don’t miss...
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Columnists
/ 6 years agoGalthie plots his opening gambit from Paris hot seat
Key man for Clermont: France centre Virimi Vakatawa This weekend’s Top 14 matches – the 13th round of the season –...












