All posts tagged "La Rochelle"
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Challenge Cup
/ 6 years agoBristol killed off by second-half blitz
■By WILL CARPENTER Fast start: Harry Thacker gets the applause after scoring Bristol’s first try after six minutes PICTURE: Getty Images...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoClermont go crashing to end stress for Teague
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Flawless: Baptiste Serin’s immaculate kicking helped get Rory Teague’s Bordeaux home The vultures circling above the controversial...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoClermont show why they are favourites
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Debut try: Paddy Jackson scored for Perpignan PICTURE: Getty Images Apoll of Top 14 coaches anointed Clermont...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoMelbourne Rebels come down hard on pair who were involved in nightclub altercation
Forward Amanaki Mafi appeared in court on Monday and his club have taken action
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBrock goes on and on as others cry enough
Ageless: Brock James has scored more than 3,000 points IN FRANCE, a whole host of grand old warriors are slowly trying...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLeigh Halfpenny to miss Guinness Pro14 semi final
(Photo: Getty Images) By Jake Jones Wales international Leigh Halfpenny has been ruled out of Scarlets‘ Pro14 semi final showdown with...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoLegends quit Toulon but future is so bright
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Not so happy ending: Wonder wing Bryan Habana is leaving Toulon with a sense of grievance PICTURE:...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoBattling Dan has proved his worth to Pivac
NEWS EXTRA By STEFFAN THOMAS DAN Jones has gone from the Llanelli wilderness to one of the Scarlets’ key men. When...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoPatchell’s packing heat from distance
By STEFFAN THOMAS RHYS Patchell insists he’s ready to step up and fire the Scarlets into a first Champions Cup final....
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Features
/ 7 years agoHadleigh parks bride for La Rochelle date
STEFFAN THOMAS catches up with Wales’ new midfield star Hadleigh Parkes Euro bid: Hadleigh Parkes PICTURE: Getty Images HADLEIGH Parkes will...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoBarrow to Saints after short stay in France
LEICESTER Tigers second row forward Dom Barrow is set to join French outfit La Rochelle as injury cover before joining Northampton...
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoSteffon stars but Stade continue to feel the pain
Man of the match: Steffon Armitage starred for Pau against Oyonnax Stade Francais, the one-time giants of French rugby, launched a...
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Six Nations
/ 7 years agoIn comes Laidlaw as Townsend decides to take a more pragmatic approach
Recall: Greig Laidlaw SCOTLAND head coach Gregor Townsend has made six changes from the side that lost so badly to Wales...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoJamie may stay say Quins as their injury woe starts to ease
By NEALE HARVEY HARLEQUINS supremo John Kingston has refused to rule out the possibility of Wales centre Jamie Roberts remaining at...
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/ 7 years agoPacific is washing in waves of talent
WHILE many T1 nations continue to plunder the South Pacific, it might be timely to highlight France’s increasingly fruitful rugby relationship...
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Champions Cup
/ 7 years agoVersatile Lang proving valuable in breakthrough season
Preview La Rochelle v Harlequins Today, Kick-off 3.15pm JAMES Lang aims to prove why Marcus Smith is not the only Harlequins...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoKyle’s craving consistency after injury hell
By NEALE HARVEY NEALE HARVEY AFTER a stop-start return following ten months out after Achilles surgery, Wasps centre Kyle Eastmond is...
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Premiership
/ 7 years agoKyle back in that winning routine
KYLEEastmond excelled in his third game back for Wasps after Achilles surgery. Boss Dai Young said: “Kyle’s an international player who’s...
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The Rugby Paper
/ 7 years agoPrem teams can’t live with La Rochelle panache
FRENCH international rugby is the doldrums, but they have a great club side. La Rochelle are a revelation and don’t score...
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Latest News
/ 7 years agoCastres hit Toulouse for six in clash of day
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Castres team boss Christophe Urios went to Toulouse with the threat of suspension hanging over his head...
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Columnists
/ 7 years agoAshton try touch can ‘t save Toulon strugglers
FRENCH COLUMN The last time Toulon lost three games in a row they ended the season as domestic and European champions....
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Club Rugby
/ 7 years agoRevenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoLamb shows his teeth to savage the Quins
■By NICK CAIN Flying Frenchman: Geoffrey Doumayrou runs in to score for La Rochelle PICTURES: Getty Images RYAN Lamb may have...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoKingston: We’ll be ready for Wasps
HARLEQUINS rugby director John Kingston refused to accept that this home defeat by La Rochelle had scuppered his side’s knock-out chances....
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years ago‘We learnt our lesson’ says Cipriani, as Wasps prepare for Ulster test
By Adam Ellis Ahead of Wasps‘ trip to face Ulster in the Champions Cup under the lights of the Kingspan Stadium...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCollier vows to fill Kyle void for club and country
By NEALE HARVEY WILL Collier has declared himself ready to take centre stage for Harlequins and England in the absence of...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoPint-sized Gabriel cuts down Clermont
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Gabriel Lacroix, of La Rochelle, is an unlikely lad in the muscular world of the Top 14....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoParisse’s musketeers on target for Stade
DAVID BARNES The three musketeers of Stade Francais stood firm as ringleaders of the strike that killed off a proposed takeover...
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Guest columnists
/ 8 years agoMike Ford: My love of risk-taking has landed me in the USA
The opportunity to try something new appealed to me when Dallas Griffins owner Phil Camm asked me to head up the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoPREVIEW… Bath v Gloucester
Today. Kick-off 3pm. The Rec THIS West Country derby promises to be particularly feisty with both teams’ season potentially riding on...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoTrinder targetting big season finale
By NEALE HARVEY BATH’S decision to drop Jonathan Joseph has denied Henry Trinder the chance to pit his wits against the...
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Premiership
/ 8 years agoDerby day can inspire us says Matson
BATH’S European ambitions came crashing down last Sunday in Paris but they have to bounce back quickly if they are to...
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Dream Team
/ 8 years agoDream Team: Declan Cusack – Doncaster fly-half
1. Luke Cowan-Dickie – I only played with him a few times down at Plymouth Albion and he was still a...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoScotland put to the sword in La Rochelle
By NICK VERDIER France W 55 Scotland W 0 FRANCE got their Six Nations campaign back on track with a nine-try...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Germans are defying odds to climb up the rankings
So suddenly Germany are ranked 23rd in the world, hard on the heels of recent World Cup qualifiers Namibia and Uruguay...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoHarlequins confirm signing of Alofa Alofa
Harlequins have confirmed the signing of Samoan international Alofa Alofa. The news, revealed on Sunday by The Rugby Paper, follows the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoTrinh-Duc left out of France World Cup squad
Fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc has been left out of France World Cup squad by Philippe Saint-Andre. The 28-year-old, who played in the...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoKockott handed first France start
Rory Kockott will make his first Test start for France in their Six Nations opener against Scotland on Saturday. The Castres...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoExeter through to Challenge Cup quarter-finals
Exeter have joined Gloucester and the Dragons in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals after their 33-24 win at Connacht yesterday. The Chiefs...
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/ 10 years agoFrance name Six Nations squad
Noa Nakaitaci is in line to make his France Test debut after being named in Philippe Saint-André’s 31-man squad ahead of...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoExeter thump La Rochelle in France
Exeter carried on their formidable run of form with a 36-10 away win over La Rochelle in the third round of...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoChallenge Cup round 2 teams
London Welsh: Seb Jewell; Rhys Crane, James Lewis, Olly Barkley, Nick Scott; Gordon Ross, Paul Rowley; Shane Cahill, Mathew Dobson, Taione...
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Latest News
/ 11 years agoExeter Chiefs sign Bath lock Ryan Caldwell
As revealed in The Rugby Paper on Sunday, Ryan Caldwell will leave Bath and join Exeter on a one-year deal next...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 12 years agoNo frills as Dave Attwood batters his way back
Stuart Lancaster is regarded as a coach of considerable subtlety, but his advice to the recalled Dave Attwood has no frills:...
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