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Homecoming for Rhys Webb at Ospreys

1 January 2020 0 comments

Toulon agree to release the Welsh scrum-half a year early from his contract

Williams column: Ross Moriarty should stay in Wales with Dragons

24 December 2019 0 comments

Shane Williams praises the back-row forward for filling in for Taulupe Faletau, but that he should turn down interest from overseas

Jonny May is latest Leicester Tigers star to be targetted

23 December 2019 0 comments

SARACENS are weighing up a move for England winger Jonny May who is coming into the last six months of his Leicester Tigers deal. The […]

Moriarty should stay in Wales with the Dragons

22 December 2019 0 comments

Stick or twist: Ross Moriarty will have numerous options for next season PICTURE: Getty Images ROSS Moriarty has quickly become one of Wales’ most important […]

Kubriashvili has got yellow fever

22 December 2019 0 comments

DAVIT Kubriashvili is only halfway through the season but already far ahead of schedule to break all yellow card records. Grenoble’s veteran prop has collected […]

Emotions run high over death of ‘Ibou’

22 December 2019 1 comment

French rugby this week mourned 2013 Top 14 champion Ibrahim Diarra, who died on Wednesday at the age of 36. A minute’s applause rang out […]

New stadium will end talent drain to Exeter says Matavesi

15 December 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY Big chance at Saints: Sam Mataves SAM Matavesi believes the ambition of Cornish Pirates will blow the Premiership’s ringfencing brigade clean out […]

Nick Abendanon drawing interest from home as Clermont stay nears end

12 December 2019 0 comments

Nick Abendanon is keen on a return to the UK after five years in France

Kolbe makes his return

8 December 2019 0 comments

POOL 5 PREVIEW… Toulouse v Montepellier Today. Kick-off 3.15pm, Stade Ernest Wallon WORLD Cup hero Cheslin Kolbe makes his return to Toulouse colours for today’s […]

Saints lead the chase for Fearns

8 December 2019 0 comments

LYON No.8 Carl Fearns is potentially on his way back to the Premiership. Fearns is not expected to extend his fruitful stay in the Top […]

Lyon finally break their Champions Cup duck

8 December 2019 0 comments

LYON cruised to their first ever win in the Heineken Champions Cup at Matmut Stadium de Gerland after eight successive defeats in the competition and […]

Northampton Saints will move on Ben Youngs should talks with Tigers fail

3 December 2019 0 comments

Cobus Reinach has been offered an eye-watering amount of money by Montpellier, and Saints could turn to Ben Youngs to replace him

Sam Matavesi has joined Northampton Saints

Northampton Saints fill Dylan Hartley void with new hooker signing

3 December 2019 0 comments

Sam Matavesi has left Cornish Pirates to move to Franklin’s Gardens

Harrington column: Mourad Boudjellal ready to pack his bags at Toulon

1 December 2019 0 comments

Is one of rugby’s most eccentric owners set to leave the Top 14?

United nations of France are doing rugby proud

1 December 2019 0 comments

Diminishing breed: Romania No.8 Andre Gorin plays for Bayonne THE riotous Tower of Babel that is professional French club rugby has always been a useful […]

Will RFU scrap rules if Sarries go down?

1 December 2019 0 comments

So it’s back to the real business of club rugby this week as we return to the Premiership and the serious matches. Europe may be […]

Magical Radradra can cast spell on Premiership

1 December 2019 0 comments

Serious talent: Semi Radradra picks wonderful lines PICTURE: Getty Images PAT LAM has pulled off a sensational coup with the signing of Fijian wing Semi […]

Savage Bears serve Brive a tasty bagle

24 November 2019 1 comment

By GARY FITZGERALD Flair: Try-scorer Harry Randall threatens Brive again PAT Lam acclaimed his Bears romp in France as “a big statement” in their desire […]

Hanrahan drop-goal goes wide so it’s a tie

24 November 2019 0 comments

By RONAN O’BRIEN MUNSTER full-back Mike Haley insisted they were thrilled to secure a draw even though his side should have beaten Racing 92 at […]

Ackermann rings the changes for Montpellier test

24 November 2019 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY New lease: Joe Simpson is feeling rejuvenated at Kingsholm SCRUM-HALFJoe Simpson insists Gloucester are faced with no other choice but to rotate […]

Joe blow gives Dai Exeter problem

24 November 2019 1 comment

WASPS boss Dai Young fears Joe Launchbury will miss Saturday’s Premiership match at Exeter due to a calf injury. The England lock was led off […]

Harrington column: Heyneke Meyer leaves, now Stade Francais look to Quesada

21 November 2019 0 comments

Stade Francais are comfortably the basement boys of the Top 14, with Meyer gone they are now chasing Gonzalo Quesada

Exeter Chiefs lead pack chasing Wales flanker Ross Moriarty

21 November 2019 0 comments

Rob Baxter wanted to bring the Wales flanker to Exeter once he knew he would be leaving Gloucester in 2017

Basham rises to challenge as Dragons ease to victory

17 November 2019 1 comment

By ROB COLE Future star: Taine Basham of Dragons scores his third try PICTURES: Huw Evans TAINE Basham couldn’t have picked a better time to […]

Wasps left wanting as Jalibert puts boot in

17 November 2019 1 comment

By GARY FITGERALD DAI Young’s men were left ruing what might have been as they slipped out of South West France empty handed from a […]

Holmes scores four as Tigers claw the French

17 November 2019 0 comments

By ROB WILDMAN To the four: Tigers’ Jonah Holmes scores PICTURES: Getty Images LEICESTER welcomed back their England World Cup men, only for Welsh international […]

My Life in Rugby: Former Bath, Toulon and Sharks scrum-half Michael Claassens

1 November 2019 0 comments

A player who loved running out at The Rec before stints with Toulon and the Sharks

Bordeaux face battle to retain Radradra

27 October 2019 1 comment

World class talent: Semi Radradra PICTURE: Getty Images Semi Radradra’s stock has never been higher than it is right now. After a slow start to […]

Diamond: We won’t let playoff place slip by again

20 October 2019 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA By GARY FITZGERALD STEVE Diamond is convinced Sale have the player power to mount a serious push for the top four. Four successive […]

No World Cup regrets insists Ashton, baby comes first

20 October 2019 0 comments

Choice: Chris Ashton declined to be in Eddie Jones’ squad By JON NEWCOMBE CHRIS ASHTON admits watching the Rugby World Cup has been a difficult […]

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 […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

13 October 2019 0 comments

MICHAEL CLAASSENS FORMER SOUTH AFRICA, CHEETAHS, BATH, TOULON AND SHARKS SCRUM-HALF LIKE most kids in South Africa I grew up wanting to be a professional […]

Deadshot Edwards hits late winner for Birchgrove

13 October 2019 1 comment

Welsh Cups round-up By CARL FIELD LAST season’s National Plate runners-up Bonymaen took another step towards a return to the Principality Stadium as they saw […]

PR disaster as ‘injured’ Ramos plays for Toulouse

13 October 2019 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON A minor storm, of sorts, is brewing in French rugby, with Toulouse’s international full-back Thomas Ramos at its eye. He was […]

France call for the new poster boy Barassi

6 October 2019 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN New star? Pierre-Louis Barassi is hailed as the answer to France’s midfield problems France coach Jacques Brunel has already dipped into […]

European bosses vote to scrap Continental Shield

6 October 2019 0 comments

By ADAM HOOKER SPECULATION is mounting over potential expansion in European rugby after the EPCR confirmed that their tournament for emerging rugbyplaying nations has been […]

My Life in Rugby – Hugo Southwell: Former Scotland, Edinburgh, Stade Francais and Wasps full-back

3 October 2019 0 comments

Southwell recalls the World Cup heartache of 2007 when the Scots were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Argentina

Quesada set to take over Stade from Meyer

29 September 2019 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Who’d be a Top 14 coach? French domestic rugby took a break for the start of the World Cup, but more […]

World Rugby must take blame for tackle farce

29 September 2019 0 comments

Let off: Samoa’s Rey Lee-Lo should have been red-carded I’m not a fan of World Rugby, primarily because it seems to me to be becoming […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

29 September 2019 0 comments

HUGO SOUTHWELL THE FORMER SCOTLAND, EDINBURGH, STADE FRANCAIS AND WASPS FULL-BACK. LIKE so many Scotland players of my generation some wonderful highs were mixed with […]

These Sevens stars can shine bright in Japan

22 September 2019 0 comments

Gold: Leone Nakarawa SEVENS sometimes gets a bad wrap with the perception being that it has become a sport apart and doesn’t connect with the […]

Eddie will find Tonga give focus to his men

22 September 2019 2 comments

A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME JEFF PROBYN Physical: Tonga’s bruising Castres No.8 Ma’ama Vaipulu England play their first match of the World Cup […]

Little things matter if the Canucks are to progress

15 September 2019 0 comments

CANADA Hope: Evan Olmstead CANADA emerged from last year’s last-chance saloon as convincing winners of the repechage tournament to continue the tradition of there always […]

World Cup takes its heavy toll on Toulouse

15 September 2019 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON Veteran: Census Johnston, playing here for Racing 92, is still going strong for Bayonne at the age of 38 The Marseillaise […]

Loved Quins but France offer too good to refuse

8 September 2019 1 comment

Neale Harvey talks to former Harlequins lock George Merrick about his surprise move to France Winning start: George Merrick in action for Clermont against La […]

Te’o off to Japan after his pit stop in France

25 August 2019 1 comment

By NEIL FISSLER EXCLUSIVE BEN TE’O will be heading to Japan despite England coach Eddie Jones leaving him out of his 31-man World Cup squad. […]

Cruden fails with last-gasp kick to hand Castres win

25 August 2019 1 comment

Seventy days after Toulouse lifted the Boucliers de Brennus for the first time in nine years, the new Top 14 season kicked off with high […]

Peter Pan Brock is holding back the years in France

28 July 2019 0 comments

ACCORDING to official sources last season and every season before that, Brock James was born on October 22, 1981 which would make him 38 within […]

World Cup snub will fire up Chiefs’ back row rejects

21 July 2019 0 comments

■By NEALE HARVEY ENGLAND’S failure to embrace Exeter’s array of “world-class” back rowers should spark fear throughout the Premiership, according to departing lock forward Mitch […]