NEWS EXTRA RONAN O’Gara has ruled himself out of the running to replace Graham Rowntree as Munster head coach. Munster announced Rowntree’s departure this week […]
That winning feeling: Toulouse lifting the Champions Cup PICTURE: Alamy THE 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup gets started with a bang, as Premiership runners-up Bath host […]
By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Leinster v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Marcel Deflandre Centre: Garry Ringrose THE match of the opening round is a […]
By BEN JAYCOCK Caelan Doris is hellbent on inflicting revenge on Saturday when Leinster meet La Rochelle in a re-run of last season’s Champions Cup […]
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler La Rochelle are lining up a move for Worcester lock Kyle Hatherell as the vultures […]
PETER JACKSON LEO Cullen before last week’s semi-final against Toulouse in Dublin: “It doesn’t get any tougher.’’ Considering that the ex-champions ought to have been […]
A late Ihaia West try ended Racing 92’s stiff resistance as La Rochelle booked their place in a second successive Champions Cup final. Ronan O’Gara’s […]
By TIM LEWIS La Rochelle ……31pts Tries: West 42, Alldritt 48, Kerr-Barlow 55, Botia 68 Conversions: West 42, 49, 56, 69 Penalties: West 21 Bordeaux […]
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 and Toulouse won their […]
Peter Jackson explains why he is rooting for La Rochelle to taste European glory and for Ronan O’Gara to be realised as one of Europe’s best attacking teams
Eyeing Premiership: Victor Vito FORMER All Black Victor Vito is looking at his options in the Premiership next season with his contract with La Rochelle […]
STEFFAN THOMAS catches up with Wales’ new midfield star Hadleigh Parkes Euro bid: Hadleigh Parkes PICTURE: Getty Images HADLEIGH Parkes will spend his Good Friday […]
La Rochelle, who hosted the women’s international between France and Scotland last night, has a past worth re-telling and a present that has never shone […]
There’s something about crossing The Channel that seems to bring out the best in England’s Top 14 exports, with a rejuvenated Jack Nowell scoring a […]
MY LIFEIN RUGBY THE FORMER GLOUCESTER, LONDON IRISH, LEICESTER, NORTHAMPTON, WORCESTER AND LA ROCHELLE FLY-HALF, NOW HEAD COACH AT PLYMOUTH ALBION RYAN LAMB THERE were […]
■By GARY FITZGERALD FRESH from his dream Wales debut, Freddie Thomas has set his sights on helping Gloucester conquer Europe. The second row enjoyed a […]
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Hat-trick man: Toulon wing Gael Drean runs in to score against Bayonne PICTURE: Getty Images IN April 2019, then-France coach Jacques […]