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Cov help Ryan cope with loss of brother

17 November 2019 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Power surge: Ryan Burrows, playing for Newcastle last season, bashes through Brive in the European Challenge Cup quarter-final PICTURE: Getty Images BATTLING […]

Toulouse god Noves finally calls career over

20 October 2019 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN That’s it. A French era is over. Former France and Toulouse coach Guy Noves officially announced his retirement this week, nearly […]

Paddy needs some luck at Irish

9 June 2019 2 comments

AT a time when they had hoped to be preparing for the World Cup, Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding have been heading in different directions. […]

Lyon dig in to keep the dream alive for Delon

2 June 2019 0 comments

Finishing in style: Lyon full-back Delon Armitage could go out a champion Direction Bordeaux next weekend where Toulouse will face La Rochelle and Clermont will […]

Jackson, Olding bid for costs rejected

16 December 2018 3 comments

THE two Irish players who were acquitted of rape have lost a court bid to recoup legal costs. Ex-Ulster players Paddy Jackson, 26, and Stuart […]

Clermont go crashing to end stress for Teague

23 September 2018 1 comment

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Flawless: Baptiste Serin’s immaculate kicking helped get Rory Teague’s Bordeaux home The vultures circling above the controversial figure of English team […]

Davidson lets rip at Bordeaux’s ‘Lucky

12 August 2018 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Tough stance: Bordeaux coach Rory Teague Bordeaux-Begles coach Rory Teague is preparing for the most important campaign of his life with […]

Axe swings at Stade as Meyer plays pain game

15 July 2018 0 comments

Star signing at Stade Francais: former Toulouse centre Gael Fickou PICTURE: Getty Images Heads are rolling in Paris. Not quite as many that once did […]

Jackson linked with Perpignan

3 June 2018 1 comment

PADDYJackson is understood to be close to joining Stuart Olding in relocating to France as both bid to kick-start their playing careers after being cut […]

Stuart Olding signs for relegated Top 14 side Brive

28 May 2018 0 comments

Olding and Ulster team-mate Paddy Jackson had their contracts at the Kingspan revoked in April

Spedding dumped by new French red tape

6 May 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Outcast: Scott Spedding is finding it impossible to sign for a new club PICTURE: Getty Images Top 14 clubs like Toulouse, […]

Legends quit Toulon but future is so bright

29 April 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Not so happy ending: Wonder wing Bryan Habana is leaving Toulon with a sense of grievance PICTURE: Getty Images Toulon fans […]

Cipriani features in Meyer plans for Stade

15 April 2018 2 comments

Linked: Danny Cipriani BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler FORMER Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer jetted into Paris at the end of last week […]

RACING 92

15 April 2018 0 comments

EURO SEASON SO FAR: Absolutely outstanding quarter-final win against Clermont at Stade Michelin where they attacked their way out of trouble and knocked the home […]

Steffon stars but Stade continue to feel the pain

25 March 2018 0 comments

Man of the match: Steffon Armitage starred for Pau against Oyonnax Stade Francais, the one-time giants of French rugby, launched a public campaign to summon […]

Humiliation for Carter as Racing come back

18 March 2018 1 comment

Racing president Jacky Lorenzetti describes the merger that never was with Stade Francais a year ago as the most painful episode of his 12-year reign. […]

Action man Browne completes epic trans-Atlantic solo mission

25 February 2018 0 comments

POWERFUL Irish lock Damian Browne travelled the world playing rugby with long spells at Connacht, Northampton, Brive, Leinster and Oyonnax and now he is roaming […]

Long wait goes on for Warrirors

21 January 2018 1 comment

Brive …33 Worcester …7 By TOM VALE BRIVE beat Worcester in a torrid rearranged game in Tulle to secure a place in the quarter-finals. Brive […]

Bath should remember helpers from Brive

7 January 2018 0 comments

ANDY Nicol acclaims it as ‘without doubt the greatest achievement of my career’, Bath’s single-point European Cup final victory over Brive in Bordeaux in January […]

Castres hit Toulouse for six in clash of day

3 December 2017 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Castres team boss Christophe Urios went to Toulouse with the threat of suspension hanging over his head and a club record […]

Ashton try touch can ‘t save Toulon strugglers

26 November 2017 1 comment

FRENCH COLUMN The last time Toulon lost three games in a row they ended the season as domestic and European champions. If only they had […]

Revenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema

19 November 2017 1 comment

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael Chaume and winger Noa […]

Brive’s man of steel was the architect of All Black slaying

5 November 2017 1 comment

Points machine: Christophe Lamaison CHRISTOPHE Lamaison had absolutely no gas and you can count on the fingers of one hand the occasions he produced a […]

Teen-star Jalibert lets Toulouse off hook

5 November 2017 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Heartache: Matthieu Jalibert missed a winning kick for Bordeaux An 18-year-old making his fly-half debut in the Top 14 had the […]

ROUND-UP

22 October 2017 0 comments

■PAU produced a scintillating second-half to beat Zebre. Trailing 30-7 at the break, they scored four tries to win 38-33. Zebre were ahead through scores […]

Italy helps restore careers of striken half-back talents

15 October 2017 1 comment

Return: Brive fly-half Florian Cazenave ITALIAN rugby can be proud of the part it has played in the rehabilitation – physically and mentally – of […]

Pint-sized Gabriel cuts down Clermont

10 September 2017 1 comment

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Gabriel Lacroix, of La Rochelle, is an unlikely lad in the muscular world of the Top 14. He is a titch […]

Parisse’s musketeers on target for Stade

3 September 2017 0 comments

DAVID BARNES The three musketeers of Stade Francais stood firm as ringleaders of the strike that killed off a proposed takeover by Parisian rivals Racing […]

Lopez relishing his chance on the big European stage

23 April 2017 0 comments

By NICK VERDIER CLERMONT have not been at their best in recent weeks but fly-half Camille Lopez reckons only one game matters in April – […]

Ellis unfazed by Parisse as Bath bid to end 9-year wait for trophy

16 April 2017 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Enjoying life in back row: Bath flanker Tom Ellis UNSUNG flanker Tom Ellis aims to complete a stellar conversion from second to […]

Frustrated Fisher tells Gloucester to get real

2 April 2017 2 comments

By NEALE HARVEY LAURIE Fisher says Gloucester have a long way to go before they can be considered a powerhouse of English rugby after revealing […]

Wales denied despite Evans’ salvo

19 March 2017 0 comments

France W 39 Wales W 19 FRANCE made it three from three over Wales in this last weekend of the Six Nations with their women’s […]

20 QUESTION

12 March 2017 1 comment

KIERAN MURPHY EALING NO.8 Enjoying a good run of form recently? We targeted that last block of Championship fixtures starting with a narrow loss against […]

Scotland prop joins Brive immediately

4 January 2017 0 comments

Scotland prop Ryan Grant has left Glasgow to join Brive on loan in the Top 14 with immediate effect. The loosehead was an unused substitute […]

Jeff Probyn: I won the ball; took the punch … and Brian Moore got the credit!

23 September 2016 0 comments

Sometimes it’s difficult not to feel a slightly nostalgic tinge when you hear of the French having a mass brawl during a game. The Brive/Grenoble […]

20 Questions: George McGuigan – Newcastle hooker

2 December 2015 0 comments

Going into the unknown against Enisei today aren’t you? They’re an unknown quantity so we’re focusing a lot more on ourselves and make sure we’re […]

My Life in Rugby: John Liley – former Leicester, Moseley, Worcester and Doncaster full-back

21 April 2015 1 comment

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Looking back I should never had left Leicester for Moseley in the late Nineties. I’d had nine great years at […]

My Life in Rugby: Terry Fanolua – former Gloucester, Brive and Samoa centre

7 April 2015 0 comments

Terry FanoluaI’m currently back at my home from home, Gloucester, coaching in schools as part of the club’s community programme. It’s great to be able […]

Challenge Cup round 2 teams

23 October 2014 0 comments

London Welsh: Seb Jewell; Rhys Crane, James Lewis, Olly Barkley, Nick Scott; Gordon Ross, Paul Rowley; Shane Cahill, Mathew Dobson, Taione Vea; Mat Corker (Capt.), […]

Challenge Cup fixtures announced

14 August 2014 1 comment

Round 1 October 16 Gloucester v Brive (19:45) October 17 Newcastle v Bucharest or Calvisano (20:00) Bordeaux-Begles v Edinburgh (20:00) October 18 Lyon v London […]

GB Students 7s crowned World Champions

12 August 2014 0 comments

Students retain World crown in Brazil.

Dream Team: Shane Geraghty – London Irish and former Northampton & Brive fly-half

19 May 2014 0 comments

1. Davit Kubriashvili – I played with Davit at Brive and the guy was unbelievable, one of the very best in world rugby. Incredibly powerful […]

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Noon calls for leniency on England’s selection policy

21 April 2014 1 comment

Former England centre Jamie Noon believes the RFU should take a more relaxed stance when it comes to picking France-based players.

London Wasps and Bath set up all-English Amlin Cup semi-final

6 April 2014 3 comments

London Wasps have set up an all-English Amlin Cup semi-final against Bath after beating Gloucester 36-24 at Adams Park tonight. The two Premiership sides will […]

My Life in Rugby: Phil Christophers – former Bristol, Brive and England wing

14 January 2014 0 comments

After spending a year away from rugby I realised I didn’t want to finish my career on injuries. It was definitely the right choice. It […]

Amlin Challenge Cup round 2 teams

18 October 2013 1 comment

Worcester v Sale Worcester: Chris Pennell; Josh Drauniniu, Alex Grove, Max Stelling, Dean Hammond; Paul Warwick, Jeremy Su’a; George Porter, Chris Brooker, John Andress; Mike […]

Warriors scrum-half Perry forced to retire

1 May 2013 0 comments

Worcester Warriors scrum-half Shaun Perry has been forced to retire with immediate effect due to injury. The 34-year-old has been sidelined with a knee injury […]