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Triple top! Galthie has tough ‘to-do’ list

15 January 2023 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Delight: Fabien Galthie celebrates beating England to secure the 2022 Grand Slam PICTURE: Getty Images FRANCE coach Fabien Galthie has three […]

Host Cities Guide: Rugby World Cup 2023 locations

28 December 2022 1 comment

If you’re attending the 2023 rugby world cup it is set to be an absolute corker. The best bookmaker bonuses are already available to predict […]

Crossdale staying put

23 December 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Former England prospect Ali Crossdale could remain in France next season, with Perpignan who could take up a one-year option […]

Top clubs finding it tough in Europe

23 December 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Reigning Champions Cup title holders La Rochelle and 2021 winners Toulouse have been notable exceptions but Top 14 clubs have not, […]

Sharks look for repeat performance over Toulouse

18 December 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Fully fit: Sale’s Akker van der Merwe in action Akker van der Merwe admits Sale Sharks will have to redouble their efforts […]

Furbank ready for Munster challenge

18 December 2022 1 comment

By PAUL REES George Furbank does not yet know who he has to impress to make England’s Six Nations squad after the sacking of head […]

Big names will help the game develop in Japan

18 December 2022 1 comment

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND THE season kicked off in Japan yesterday and I was delighted to see my old club the Mitsubishi Heavy […]

James has sights set on success in Europe

11 December 2022 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Having reached the quarter-finals in the first two seasons of Alex Sanderson’s tenure as DoR, Sale Sharks are hellbent on going even […]

Borthwick may miss out on Willis again

11 December 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Steve Borthwick missed out on signing Jack Willis as Leicester Tigers boss, and he could find him unavailable if he […]

Not again! Chiefs lose star player to France

4 December 2022 1 comment

By NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are this week set to confirm the player drain away from Sandy Park will continue with England and Lions hooker […]

Georgia’s triumph shouldn’t be wasted

27 November 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It was bittersweet bordering on intensely frustrating to listen to Georgia’s victorious […]

Toulouse leading the race for Willis

13 November 2022 0 comments

ON THE BLINDSIDEBY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ENGLAND flanker Jack Willis looks set to head to France when he finishes his national […]

Urios falling out of favour as Marti looks at options

13 November 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Under pressure: Bordeaux head coach Christophe Urios overseas training and, inset, Laurent Marti PICTURES: Getty Images A YEAR is a long […]

Bayonne turning home into a fortress

6 November 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HEADING into the three-week international break, two Top 14 teams in particular will be pretty happy with their opening 10-game block. […]

My Life in Rugby with Joe Maddock

30 October 2022 0 comments

The former Crusaders, Bath, Treviso and Saracens winger, now attack coach at Bath They say one man’s misfortune is another man’s opportunity and that was […]

Davidson’s departure puts Mela on the spot

23 October 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Of the three words in Arnauld Mela’s week-old job title ‘interim head coach’ at Top 14 side Brive, the first one […]

The man who kept Wasps on the road

16 October 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Malcolm Sinclair holds the distinction of being Wasps’ first full-time professional, an appointment made as the indirect […]

Lancaster bombs out Giroud at Racing 92

16 October 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Injury concern: France may be without full-back Melvyn Jaminet for the autumn internationals PICTURE: Getty Images The announcement this week from […]

Whitford poised to join Lancaster

9 October 2022 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster is set to turn to an experienced hand when he moves to Racing 92 next season, with Tom Whitford tipped to join his […]

Gray has Brive in his sights

2 October 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLINDSIDEBY NEIL FISSLER VETERAN Scotland and Lions lock Richie Gray is preparing to move back to France at the end of the season […]

Why Club World Cup must fit into calendar

25 September 2022 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Ideas like the Club World Cup get my support if they encourage rugby of real quality at the […]

Verdict on corruption charges is awaited

25 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tuesday, December 13. That’s the date a Paris court delivers its verdicts on FFR President Bernard Laporte, vice president Serge Simon, […]

Jalibert in line to join Barrett at Racing 92

18 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international fly-half Matthieu Jalibert’s unfortunately timed early-season travails continued on Saturday, amid renewed questions over his future at Bordeaux and […]

Racing 92 hit hard by Vakatawa retirement

11 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For Racing 92, this is the first weekend after the unexpected retirement before. A matter of days after the club’s French […]

Toulouse will take title, say coaches

4 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse will win the Top 14 title at the end of another tight season – according to a survey of the […]

Concern as refs switch to other side

28 August 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Another of French rugby’s leading gamekeepers turned coach this week, as Top 14 referee Maxime Chalon put down his whistle and […]

Transfer market that never sleeps

21 August 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Accepted wisdom has it that the shortest period of time is the New York Second – helpfully defined in the Urban […]

“I just ran around and smashed everything” – My Life in Rugby with Martin Purdy

14 August 2022 0 comments

The former Wasps, Bath, Gran Parma, L’Aquila, London Welsh, Massy and Grasse lock discusses his career As a professional sportsman you always try and maximise […]

Former Sale back James O'Connor is back in the Wallabies fold

Rennie rings changes as O’Connor comes in

12 August 2022 0 comments

Test match veteran James O’Connor features in a much-changed Australian line-up as they prepare for their second match against Argentina in The Rugby Championship. Despite […]

Fofana, one of the stars of 2006, to bow out

24 July 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Clermont star Wesley Fofana this week became the latest Top 14 player to join the annual line of those permanently signing […]

Top eight to follow in Spring’s footsteps

17 July 2022 25 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Young Racing 92 fullback Max Spring earned careful praise from France head coach Fabien Galthie after a mixed performance on debut […]

Top 14 Final Preview – Castres and Montpellier eye the big prize

24 June 2022 0 comments

Castres will be the narrowest of favourites as they play Montpellier in what promises to be a classic French Top 14 final. Castres finished top […]

Aurillac shopped around for bargains

19 June 2022 0 comments

MUCH talk recently about salary cap-hampered English clubs being disadvantaged when they took on the big spenders of the Top 14 in Europe, in which […]

It’s time to step up or face being left behind

12 June 2022 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It’s time for a re-think for the founding nations of the URC feast after the Bulls stepped-up to beat […]

Rennie has a healthy selection headache

12 June 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST History, we are told, is just one damned thing after another. And by way of rubbing it in, eminent thinkers argue […]

France are the giants, Prem just sleeping

5 June 2022 1 comment

NICK CAIN THE English Premiership has just been described as a “sleeping giant” of sport by Simon Massie-Taylor, its chief executive. He got the ‘sleeping’ […]

No dead rubbers in final round of Top 14

5 June 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRI NGTON FRENCH COLUMN Decider: Challenge Cup winners Lyon face Champions Cup winners La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images In less than three weeks, the […]

Wasps aim to give legend Jimmy a perfect send-off

29 May 2022 0 comments

LEE Blackett has paid tribute to Jimmy Gopperth who this weekend plays his final game for Wasps – against Leicester, the team he is joining […]

La Rochelle keep their cool to rule in Europe

29 May 2022 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………..21pts Penalties: Sexton 5, 8, 22, 40+1, 47, 57 R Byrne 65 La Rochelle ……24pts Tries: Rhule 10, Bourgarit 60, Retiere […]

Can’t help but smile at absurdity of Homer’s time wasting

29 May 2022 0 comments

OFFICIALLY I am of course outraged and utterly appalled at the blatant time wasting and abnegation of the spirit of rugby recently at the World […]

World Cup will be won and lost in the run-up

29 May 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fifteen months out from the 2023 World Cup, the rugby debate in host nation France is getting around to the workload […]

Rugby World Cup 2023

22 May 2022 0 comments

Sports lovers are usually eagerly waiting for world cup tournaments. Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are in demand as the union tournament is the upcoming […]

Leinster are taking Europe to next level

22 May 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is often argued, usually by politicians reneging on a manifesto promise, that “the perfect is the enemy of the good”. […]

Larmour shines bright

22 May 2022 0 comments

By KEVIN FALLON Leinster………………35 Munster …………….25 A SECOND-STRING Leinster side who were already guaranteed top spot were still too strong for an almost full-strength Munster […]

Discipline England’s downfall in Toulouse 7s

22 May 2022 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA SIMON Amor’s England will have to settle for a place in today’s fifth place semi-final after losing their cup quarter final 26-24 to […]

Racing 92 play down any move for Jones

22 May 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Try double: Matthieu Jalibert helped Bordeaux book their place in the play-offs England head coach Eddie Jones set the rugby rumour […]

Ground switch ‘unacceptable’ blasts O’Gara

15 May 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW…Racing 92 v La RochelleToday. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Bollaert DelelisLA ROCHELLE head coach Ronan O’Gara says it is “unacceptable” that today’s Champions […]

Europe’s best too hot for England

15 May 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama that have made it […]

Now’s the time for the French revolution

15 May 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT AS a rule of thumb, English teams good enough to fight their way into a Champions Cup final eventually go on to win […]

Tigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings

8 May 2022 1 comment

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster …………23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16, Henshaw 21 Conversions: Sexton […]

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