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All set for another Ashton avalanche

8 July 2018 0 comments

Hit man: Chris Ashton BARRINGinjury it’s not difficult to predict an avalanche of Chris Ashton tries for attack-minded Sale next season. Ashton has scored heavily […]

Boudjellal: Bastaraud has become a big head!

8 July 2018 3 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Mr Big: Toulon centre Mathieu Bastareaud Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal loves to have fun at the expense of France captain Mathieu […]

Toulon still in discussions with Ashton

1 July 2018 0 comments

SALE Sharks have been strongly linked to making a shock move to sign former England star Chris Ashton but as yet there has been no […]

Bristol can offer Ash the Splash route back to England

1 July 2018 1 comment

WITH one maverick repaying England’s faith in him, when Danny Cipriani’s magic cross kick bounced kindly for Jonny May in Cape Town, there is another […]

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

Gloucester CEO Stephen Vaughan defends stance over foreign signings

28 June 2018 0 comments

The Cherry and White’s chief executive cools scrutiny over the signing of banned steroid user Gerbrandt Grobler

Springboks star quashes Bath link with Japan move

28 June 2018 0 comments

He starred against England in the June Tests

David Strettle has no doubt he can still star for England

27 June 2018 0 comments

Saracens-bound Strettle hasn’t lost hope of adding to his 14 England caps

Strettle has no doubt he can still star for England

24 June 2018 0 comments

By NEALE HARVEY As fast as ever: David Strettle scores a try for Clermont PICTURE: Getty Images Impressed: Eddie Jones EVERGREEN winger Dave Strettle is […]

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 […]

You haven’t heard the last of Spain insists Nava

10 June 2018 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER High praise: King Felipe VI of Spain congratulates Nava after Spain’s victory over Germany Warrior spirit: Veteran Spain No.8 Jaime Nava SPAIN […]

Worley relishing challenge to be the new Foden

10 June 2018 1 comment

MATT Worley learnt his trade alongside Dan Carter – now the precocious 20-year-old has his sights set on nailing down the full-back starting berth at […]

Botha hits back after German club gets the boot

10 June 2018 1 comment

By STEFFAN THOMAS FORMER England lock Mouritz Botha has blasted EPCR’s decision to throw his Heidelberger RK side out of the European Challenge Cup. The […]

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 […]

Connacht avoid red mist yet again

10 June 2018 0 comments

PETER JACKSON looks at the saints and sinners from Europe’s three main leagues For the first time in 15 years, Connacht will open for business […]

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 […]

Brock goes on and on as others cry enough

3 June 2018 0 comments

Ageless: Brock James has scored more than 3,000 points IN FRANCE, a whole host of grand old warriors are slowly trying to get accustomed to […]

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

RUGBY SHORTS

27 May 2018 1 comment

Narraway to Bordeaux COVENTRY No.8 Luke Narraway has quit the club to join the coaching staff at Top 14 club Bordeaux-Begles. Narraway, 34, spent most […]

Yet again Championship clubs have been shafted

20 May 2018 4 comments

READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK NICK CAIN BRACE yourselves for the Premiership Cup, a tournament which reflects the desperate lack of vision at the […]

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 […]

Surprising Eddie didn’t rest more of his Six Nations flops

13 May 2018 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN Vital role: Brad Shield’s experience of South Africa will be hugely beneficial PICTURE: Getty Images PICTURE: Getty Images I have just received my […]

Little big man Teddy holds the key to block Leinster

6 May 2018 0 comments

Brains trust: Stuart Lancaster WHO is Teddy Iribaren? What is for sure is that if Leinster do not know the answer by the final whistle […]

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, […]

Wayne Barnes to referee Champions Cup final between Leinster and Racing 92

1 May 2018 0 comments

Barnes will be the man in charge in Bilbao, as Challenge Cup officials are also confirmed

French aces vie to land Cipriani

29 April 2018 0 comments

RACING 92 are ready to battle Paris rivals Stade Francais as they look to tempt Wasps fly-half Danny Cipriani to the French capital later this […]

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 […]

Dragons lining up prop Jarvis

22 April 2018 1 comment

THE Dragons look set to sign former Wales tighthead prop Aaron Jarvis from Clermont Auvergne. Jarvis is returning to the Guinness PRO14 with the aim […]

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 […]

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

ON THE BLIND SIDE

1 April 2018 1 comment

BY NEILFISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler ■ LEICESTER TIGERS prop Logovi’i Mulipola has been made an offer to join Pro D2 outfit Grenoble next […]

Clermont will need Abendanon at his best

1 April 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Unique: Nick Abendanon is the only player to have scored in two European Cup finals Clermont star Nick Abendanon spoke last […]

Dave Attwood at home with ‘mutants’ in France

28 March 2018 0 comments

The Bath lock is enjoying life on loan at double-chancers Toulon

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. […]

Tuohy joins Stade Francais as medical joker

11 March 2018 1 comment

FORMER Ulster and Ireland lock Dan Tuohy has signed a short-term deal with French Top 14 club Stade Francais after being released by Bristol. Tuohy, […]

Drop Italy to bring back the level playing field

18 February 2018 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Snarling: Ross Moriarty, No.6, went over the top With the Six Nations taking a break this weekend it gives the opportunity to reflect […]

Welcome to Boyd – now let NZ take one of ours

11 February 2018 1 comment

CHRIS Boyd’s track-record is impressive enough to suggest that a Northampton resurgence will be on the cards when the New Zealander arrives at Franklin’s Gardens […]

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 […]

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 […]

Jacques Brunel must turn France’s Cup aces into champs

31 January 2018 0 comments

Can the 64-year-old turn France into a team to fear? He’s certainly making changes in selection

Jackson column: Rhys Webb has become the victim of politics

31 January 2018 0 comments

Peter Jackson suggests Rhys Webb may never play for Wales in Cardiff again given he will be 32 when his Toulon contract ends

Rhys has become the victim of politics

28 January 2018 0 comments

Sad: Rhys Webb has been robbed of his Cardiff farewell PICTURE: Getty Images The lucky ones find a way of bowing out with a World […]

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 […]

Forget ring-fencing and just cut wages instead

28 January 2018 0 comments

THE price of freedom in Rugby Union, as with freedom in a wider context, is eternal vigilance. Nothing underlines this more than the Premiership ringfencers […]

Lima to Wasps gets NZ alarms buzzing

28 January 2018 2 comments

WITH two seasoned All Black fly-halves, Aaron Cruden (Montpellier) and Colin Slade (Pau), already playing in France’s Top 14, the decision of Lima Sopoaga to […]