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Laidlaw in charge as Clermont reclaim top

17 February 2019 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Marksman: Greg Laidlaw kicked 20 points for Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Clermont, whose last outing took place in the Land of […]

Wales announce team to take on France in Six Nations

30 January 2019 0 comments

Team news is in…

Edinburgh top Pool 5 to make it a Scottish

20 January 2019 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN RICHARD Cockerill believes his improving Edinburgh side can topple anyone at home after they continued their unbeaten run at Murrayfield to seal […]

Rock bottom Falcons rue one that got away

20 January 2019 0 comments

By ROSS HEPPENSTALL Touch of class: Filip Nakosi scores Toulon’s second PICTURES: Getty Images Michael Young of Newcastle Falcons breaks through to score his side’s […]

Richard Cockerill names unchanged side to face Montpellier

17 January 2019 0 comments

Edinburgh name unchanged team for Montpellier clash

Newcastle Falcons vs Toulon: Champions Cup Preview

16 January 2019 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons vs Toulon – 18/1/19 Dean Richard’s Newcastle Falcons suffered a heavy 8-45 defeat to French side Montpellier in their last Champions Cup match, […]

Edinburgh vs Montpellier: Champions Cup Preview

16 January 2019 0 comments

Edinburgh vs Montpellier – 18/1/19 It’s first versus second on Friday night in Pool 5 of the Champions Cup. Edinburgh have won four out of […]

Brilliant Mata adds gloss to epic Edinburgh win

13 January 2019 1 comment

By ROB COLE Star man: Bill Mata RICHARD Cockerill refused to get carried away with his side’s historic win at Stade Felix Mayol and pledged […]

‘World class’ French show their firepower

13 January 2019 2 comments

By ALEX BYWATER DEAN Richards saw Newcastle’s European dream end as he admitted the Falcons were blown away by “worldclass” Montpellier who ran in seven […]

Deano: It was too hot for us

13 January 2019 0 comments

DEAN Richards admitted his Newcastle youngsters found it hard to deal with the heat Montpellier delivered on the field as well as the French sun! […]

Local gem Lester adds sparkle to the Parisians

6 January 2019 1 comment

What a find: Stade Francais flyer Lester Etien PICTURE: Getty Images ■Former New Zealand prop Carl Hayman has been suspended by Pau following an altercation […]

Wonder of Webb but Stade are heroes all

23 December 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES Standing ovation: Rhys Webb starred for Toulon Stade Francais brought a tragic week to a winning close that allowed them to rediscover the […]

Tackle law review as more die in France

16 December 2018 1 comment

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Concerns: Giant prop Jefferson Poirot PICTURE: Getty Images Jefferson Poirot, the France international prop, has most things to be happy about, […]

Late tries give Toulon the edge in clash of the French giants playing catch-up

9 December 2018 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Toulon …38pts Tries: Penalty try 31 Lakafia 47, Monribot 71, Nakosi 76 Conversions: Penalty try 31, Belleau 47, 71 Penalties: Belleau 5, […]

Burrows loving high life since switch to Falcons

9 December 2018 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE Aiming for an 80-minute performance: Ryan Burrows PICTURES: Getty Images Rival: John Hardie RYAN Burrows achieved another memorable milestone in his career […]

Bordeaux give Joe the big job – for now!

25 November 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Joe Worsley does not talk a lot in public. In fact, you don’t see him for dust when there are mics […]

Home rule mars Top 14

11 November 2018 0 comments

AWAY wins are still hard to come by in the Top 14. Last weekend out of seven fixtures there was one away win – Racing […]

Picamoles escaped but Montpellier did not …

28 October 2018 1 comment

BACK in the day when Tommy Smith, Ron ‘Chopper’ Harris and their apprentices ruled English football with a rod of iron they never wasted any […]

Cockerill rues the famous victory that got away

14 October 2018 0 comments

By PETER WILLIS EDINBURGHmissed a golden chance to cause a major Champions Cup upset in Montpellier after dominating their hosts. As well as keeping the […]

Dean Richards can’t wait for Newcastle’s return to big time after a wait of his own

11 October 2018 0 comments

The Falcons travel to Toulon for Sunday’s opener

Cockerill relishes Warriors’ big European challenge

30 September 2018 0 comments

By GARY HEATLY Tough: Richard Cockerill EDINBURGH Rugby head coach Richard Cockerill has a long history with the Heineken Champions Cup and he cannot wait […]

Castres send Euro warning to Premiership

30 September 2018 1 comment

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Gloucester and Exeter had better beware of French title-holders Castres when they both face them in the Champions Cup this month. […]

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 […]

Itoje rubbishes French talk and stays at Sarries

9 September 2018 0 comments

New deal: Maro Itoje MARO ITOJE is set to pledge his loyalty to Saracens by penning a new three-year contract with the Premiership champions. The […]

Oh for Jonny is lament of Toulon’s sad faithful

2 September 2018 1 comment

DAVID BARNES Off the bench for Toulon: All Black Julien Savea PICTURE: Getty Images Just two games in and a twittered lament of a Toulon […]

Deano: It’s bubbling here but we need to scrap on

26 August 2018 0 comments

By GARY FITZGERALD Salute: Falcons’ Vereniki Goneva celebrates scoring like Alan Shearer at St James’ Park DEAN Richards admits his Falcons will need to sharpen […]

The Fijian Beast could be coming to feast at Bath

19 August 2018 0 comments

Explosive: Josua Tuisova ARE Bath about to break the bank to land Toulon’s superstar winger Josua Tuisova to replace injured England and British Lions star […]

Free agent Qera hopes for a joker

12 August 2018 2 comments

BY NEILFISSLER FORMER Gloucester player of the year Akapusi Qera is leaving French side Agen but doesn’t have any plans to return to the United […]

Goosen’s all set to face Racing boo boys

29 July 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Montpellier man: Johan Goosen scores for South Africa against England PICTURE: Getty Images The fixture compilers of the Top 14 have […]

Barnes column: The golden generation give hope to Bernard Laporte

29 June 2018 0 comments

David Barnes reacts to Les Bleus Under-20 World Championship victory on home soil

The golden generation give hope to Laporte

24 June 2018 0 comments

Prodigy: Jordan Joseph was best player of the Junior World Cup PICTURE: Getty Images French rugby boss Bernard Laporte has glimpsed a golden future for […]

El Abd’s in dreamland after latest miracle job

10 June 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Dad’s a hero: Joe El Abd with his children Maya, 6, Gabriel, 8, and Zachary, 4, at the Stade de France […]

Apprentice Hansen can be master of Wales

20 May 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Four New Zealanders have been touted for the imminent vacancy of running Wales, a quartet armed with […]

Ashton loses his golden touch at wrong time

20 May 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES Dismay: Chris Ashton missed two chances to score, costing Toulon defeat PICTURE: Getty Images FRENCH COLUMN The sureness of touch that has brought […]

Juan Figallo and Duncan Taylor pen new deals at Saracens

16 May 2018 0 comments

Argentinian tighthead extends his stay in North London till 2021

Chiefs’ red hot rivalry taking Nic to new level

13 May 2018 0 comments

By MIKE SINCLAIR EXETER Chiefs had already won their first Premiership title when former Australia scrum-half Nic White arrived at Sandy Park last summer. Even […]

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 […]

Jackson and Olding face bigger trial among public

22 April 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK What happens next to Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding is less about them being cleared of rape […]

Erasmus brings in de Bruin for June campaign

15 April 2018 1 comment

NEWS EXTRA By SAM JACKSON LIONS head coach Swys de Bruin will join the Springbok coaching staff on a consultancy basis for the June Tests […]

Former Racing 92 fly-half Johan Goosen to end retirement saga by playing for Cheetahs

12 April 2018 0 comments

25-year-old Goosen set to play rugby for the Cheetahs before joining Montpellier at the end of the season

That defeat by Clermont will drive Leinster says Lancaster

1 April 2018 3 comments

By NEIL HARVEY LEINSTER backs coach Stuart Lancaster is wary of a Saracens backlash, which comes just a fortnight after their England players suffered a […]

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. […]

Quins ace is battle-ready after fighting for his life

4 March 2018 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY Ordeal over: Demetri Catrakilis in action against Newcastle PICTURE: Getty Images Close call: Catrakilis is carried off in September HARLEQUINS fly-half Demetri […]

Nadolo gets behind bid for Pacific Islanders franchise

25 February 2018 1 comment

ISN’T it odd how things come full circle. Back in the supposedly bad old amateur days, the Super Ten competition was formed in 1993. Western […]

Brunel rap for putting Jalibert in harm’s way

11 February 2018 0 comments

Mega-boot: Lionel Beauxis is back at fly-half PICTURE: Getty Images It didn’t take long for the club v country rows that have dogged French rugby […]

Pacific is washing in waves of talent

4 February 2018 1 comment

WHILE many T1 nations continue to plunder the South Pacific, it might be timely to highlight France’s increasingly fruitful rugby relationship with their French Pacific […]

France find it difficult to feel love for Altrad

4 February 2018 1 comment

DAVID BARNES Montpellier chairman Mohed Altrad, born to a Bedouin tribe in the desert, has built a global empire that turns over billions. Unfortunately for […]

Ashton’s alive and kicking at full-back

28 January 2018 1 comment

Showman: Chris Ashton showed some fancy footwork for Toulon PICTURE: Getty Images Chris Ashton hasn’t always shown the fancy kicking that helped Toulon secure a […]

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