Top 14

This is where you will find all of The Rugby Paper’s Top 14 news, interviews, reports, opinion and other content.

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Biarritz

Bordeaux

Brive

Castres

Clermont

La Rochelle

Lyon

Montpellier

Paris

Pau

Perpignan

Racing 92

Toulon

Toulouse

Ronan O’Gara rubbishes notion of rescuing Munster as a coach

2 April 2021 0 comments

The La Rochelle head coach states in his column for the Irish Examiner that he won’t come to the rescue of Munster, following their PRO14 final loss to Leinster

Jono Gibbes favourite for Clermont Auvergne job

28 March 2021 1 comment

Richard Cockerill has also been linked with a move away from Edinburgh to the Top 14 giants

Now Stade Francais keep their eyes on Ollie Lawrence progress

21 March 2021 0 comments

Stade Francais have a void to fill after
midfield star Gael Fickou appears set to join Racing 92

Gabriel Ibitoye tells Harlequins he’s staying in France

14 March 2021 0 comments

GABRIEL Ibitoye has turned down the chance of returning to Harlequins and will this week instead sign a permanent deal with Montpellier. Ibitoye joined Montpellier […]

Worcester back row Cornell du Preez closes on Toulon move

14 March 2021 0 comments

WORCESTER Warriors have started a search for a new No.8 with Scotland international Cornell du Preez set to join Toulon next season. Du Preez, who qualified […]

Bayonne push Agen one step nearer the inevitable | James Harrington

14 March 2021 0 comments

Midway through the second half of Italy v Wales, the Top 14 caught up with its Covid-hit schedule as the final whistle sounded on Bayonne’s […]

Fickou move blocks Manu Tuilagi’s hopes of Racing 92 move

7 March 2021 1 comment

Gael Fickou’s switch across the Paris divide from Stade Francais to Racing 92 allays Tuilagi’s hopes of a move to the France capital

Confirmed: Northampton Saints sign ex-Clermont back row

24 February 2021 0 comments

Saints sign Beziers back row Karl Wilkins, a former academy teammate of Lewis Ludlam

Wasps back Lima Sopoaga reaches decision on where he’ll be playing next season

21 February 2021 2 comments

Sopoaga was the subject of surprise interest from the Stormers in South Africa as well as a number of Top 14 clubs

Bath will have to wait until summer on Danny Cipriani

16 February 2021 1 comment

Cipriani remains unsigned after leaving Gloucester last year, with Bath told they will have to wait until the summer for a decision

London Irish full-back Tom Homer off abroad

9 February 2021 0 comments

TOM HOMER is set to leave London Irish and move to French ProD2 outfit Montauban next season. The former England U20 full-back returned to the […]

All change for coaches as Cheika stands by | James Harrington

7 February 2021 1 comment

Top 14 club owners plan big coaching changes, with Michael Cheika under consideration by Montpellier president Mohed Altrad

Newcastle prop Logovi’i Mulipola in transfer riddle

7 February 2021 0 comments

Is the Samoan set to cut short a second stint for a move abroad to France?

Tigers agree to Taufua’s release

7 February 2021 2 comments

JORDAN Taufua has finally completed a move to French Top 14 side Lyon until the end of the season after Leicester released him from his […]

Bath lose talisman Zach Mercer to Top 14

2 February 2021 0 comments

As revealed by The Rugby Paper last November, the Bath No.8 will head to Montpellier at the end of the season

Leicester lock Tomas Lavanini to follow Taufua out of Tigers

28 January 2021 0 comments

Tigers confirm Argentine lock will depart Welford Road this summer

Leicester bid adieu to Top 14-bound Jordan Taufua

27 January 2021 72 comments

The Tigers back row has left Welford Road with immediate effect

Tevita Ratuva off to France

17 January 2021 2 comments

Ratuva to follow Jake Ball out of Scarlets

Carl Fearns on verge of making Premiership return

17 December 2020 0 comments

The former Bath back row is attracting interest from the Premiership

I made the right decision for me, says ex-Harlequins wing Gabriel Ibitoye

28 October 2020 0 comments

Ex-Harlequins wing Ibitoye tells TRP how he is settling in to life in France and the Top 14

Three Premiership clubs eye demolition man Virimi Vakatawa

1 September 2020 0 comments

France centre Vakatawa has been on form for Racing 92 this season in the Champions Cup

Harrington column: LNR chief warns Top 14 may need state aid

1 September 2020 0 comments

James Harrington reports on the situation facing French clubs, with COVID cases propping up in the player pool and TV rights essential to broadcast partner Canal

Harrington column: Stade Francais looking less and less likely to be ready for Top 14 season

24 August 2020 0 comments

The Paris-based club has reported COVID-19 positive players have developed lesions on their lungs

Exodus of Argentina players to Premiership and Top 14 can save Pumas, says Marcos Ayerza

24 July 2020 0 comments

66-cap former Pumas and Leicester prop Marcos Ayerza speaks on the state of affairs affecting the Jaguares

Delon Armitage closing in on surprise move in England

14 July 2020 0 comments

The ex-England full-back has spent the past eight years in France with Toulon and Lyon

Leicester target Nick Abendanon signs deal to stay in French rugby

12 July 2020 0 comments

FORMER England full-back Nick Abendanon has rejected the chance of moving back to the Premiership to stay in France next season. The Rugby Paper has […]

Leicester Tigers eye replacement for Telusa Veainu from Clermont

7 July 2020 0 comments

Full-back Veainu has signed a two-year contract to join Stade Francais in the Top 14

Leicester Tigers ace Telusa Veainu weighing up future

25 June 2020 0 comments

The Tonga international is interesting clubs in France and Japan

Bernard Laporte’s new World Club Cup would not see Wales represented currently

24 June 2020 0 comments

The World Rugby vice-chairman has spoken about his plans for a replacement competition for the Champions Cup

Global season talks hit stumbling block as Premiership and Top 14 oppose summer shift

23 June 2020 0 comments

LNR president Paul Goze believes summer rugby would be a sacrifice made to satisfy the southern hemisphere nations

Saracens’ Alex Lozowski aims to conquer England after Montpellier stint

17 June 2020 0 comments

The Premiership and Champions Cup winner talks to TRP after securing his future at Saracens but agreeing a loan to Montpellier

Saracens centre Alex Lozowski heads on loan to Top 14 giants

8 June 2020 0 comments

England international heads to Montpellier on loan and will return to Saracens for 2021-22 season

Rugby contracts will deviate from what we know now, says Carl Fearns

28 May 2020 0 comments

The former Bath No.8, now at Rouen, believes rugby’s player base could shift towards preferring freelance agreements

Premiership club may offer Nick Abendanon route back to England

20 May 2020 0 comments

Abendanon had said he may be forced to retire when he still desires to play rugby, but there has been interest in the full-back

Julian Savea to leave Toulon and reveals where he would like to play

14 May 2020 0 comments

The ex-All Blacks wing would like to return home to New Zealand

Official: Ex-Wasps full-back Kurtley Beale to leave Waratahs for Racing 92

12 May 2020 0 comments

The Top 14 club bring in Beale and one other Wallaby ahead for next season

Georgian rugby icon Mamuka Gorgodze announces retirement

1 May 2020 0 comments

Gorgodze won’t get end-of-season farewell after Top 14 season abandoned

Proud brother Luke Whitelock tips Crusaders flanker to hit the big time

27 April 2020 0 comments

Four brothers raised on a dairy farm who have hit the heights of New Zealand rugby

Options are drying up for Nick Abendanon who seeks homecoming from Clermont

14 April 2020 0 comments

After six years in France with Clermont, ex-Bath full-back Nick Abendanon had been planning on a return to England

Japan set to overtake Top 14 and Premiership to become No.1 destination

9 April 2020 0 comments

The Top League is attracting players from the world over – and that won’t stop says ex-Gloucester lock Tom Savage

Contract chaos puts Carl Fearns in limbo in France

3 April 2020 0 comments

Former Bath back row Carl Fearns reveals the situation facing him as an out-of-contract player in the Top 14

Kurtley Beale set to switch hemispheres and move north

26 March 2020 0 comments

The former Wasps full-back has agreed a deal with Racing 92, according to reports

Top 14 column: Second coming of Jules Plisson is down to TLC of O’Gara

17 February 2020 0 comments

It’s astonishing what careful and empathetic player management can do. Jules Plisson – remember him? – returned to the club where it all started on […]