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All change for coaches as Cheika stands by | James Harrington

7 February 2021 1 comment

Top 14 club owners plan big coaching changes, with Michael Cheika under consideration by Montpellier president Mohed Altrad

Rob Howley back to Rugby Canada after betting ban

2 February 2021 0 comments

After an arduous 9 months-long ban, Robert Howley recently secured his return to the world of rugby by bagging the coveted position as an assistant […]

Talks begin to expand Top 14 to 16 next season | James Harrington

2 February 2021 0 comments

A u-turn in French rugby after talk last month suggested the Top 14 would be reduced to 12, now it has shifted into expansion plans

JAMES HARRINGTON

24 January 2021 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN Alldritt’s out of running for Italy with knee injury Blow: Gregory Alldritt must await test results La Rochelle put their recent coronavirus outbreak […]

Exeter and England lock Jonny finds some more hills to climb

22 January 2021 0 comments

The time for reflection isn’t now for the double-winning lock eager to press his claim with England

Dream Team: Northampton Saints and Fiji hooker Sam Matavesi

22 January 2021 2 comments

Sam Matavesi, Northampton, Fiji and former Toulouse, Cornish Pirates, Plymouth Albion, Redruth and Camborne, hooker selects a XV based on the best he has played […]

Lacroix: We’ll get Euro Cups done | James Harrington

12 January 2021 1 comment

James Harrington reports on what is next for Top 14 clubs after the French government called to the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup

Lions call can help Exeter Chiefs centre Henry Slade get over World Cup heartache

5 January 2021 2 comments

Henry Slade is hoping to see a few of his Exeter Chiefs teammates claim British & Irish Lions honours in South Africa

JAMES HARRINGTON

3 January 2021 3 comments

FRENCH COLUMN Jalibert in box seat to replace Ntamack Blow: Romain Ntamack broke his jaw playing for Toulouse on Boxing Day The news broke on […]

Murphy: First 20 minutes crucial if we are to end poor record at Sportsground

27 December 2020 1 comment

Ulster seek to go unbeaten after being dealt the news that Marcell Coetzee will be departing home to South Africa

JAMES HARRINGTON

27 December 2020 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN My team of 2020…and nearly all are French! Try time: Cheslin Kolbe was in top form for Toulouse ■ Castres v Bayonne has […]

Kay: Tough ask but Quins can do it

20 December 2020 0 comments

BT Sport pundit Ben Kay previews Harlequins clash with Racing 92, and says the Premiership club have the toughest schedule in the Champions Cup pools

RUGBY MATTERS

20 December 2020 1 comment

A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Dyanti ban tops off bad year for Boks BRENDAN GALLAGHER Fall from grace: Aphiwe Dyanti scores […]

Leinster are simply in a class of their own

13 December 2020 0 comments

Leinster dispatch Montpellier in the opening round of the Champions Cup

Cheslin Kolbe lands killer blow for Toulouse against Ulster

13 December 2020 1 comment

Toulouse and Springbok star Cheslin Kolbe displays his class once again at the Kingspan, as Ulster fall to defeat in the Champions Cup

Harlequins centre Andre Esterhuizen hit with four-week ban

9 December 2020 0 comments

The Springbok will be unavailable for the next month after catching Gloucester fly-half Lloyd Evans with an elbow

Sebastien is France’s unsung strategist

6 December 2020 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN JAMES HARRINGTON Architect of success: Sebastien Piqueronies coaching the U20s Sebastien Piqueronies is not a name many will instantly think of in relation to […]

Exeter captain Jack Yeandle eager for Glasgow Warriors challenge

6 December 2020 0 comments

Yeandle is already looking ahead to the Chiefs’ Champions Cup opener against Glasgow after easing past Leicester in the Premiership

My Life in Rugby – Cobus Visagie: Highs and lows of being a modern-day gladiator

6 December 2020 1 comment

ALTHOUGH my final surge into the top tier of world rugby was sudden in 1999, I was very blessed to have been nurtured from a […]

Harrington column: Top 14 clubs pay respects to France icon ‘Domi’

2 December 2020 0 comments

French rugby expert James Harrington recaps how French rugby paid tribute to Christophe Dominici following his tragic death

Clubs pay respects to French icon Domi

29 November 2020 2 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France’s rugby world shifted on its axis on Tuesday afternoon as news broke that Christophe Dominici had died, aged 48. The national […]

Harrington column: Fabien Galthie names 16 newbies for Italian job

24 November 2020 0 comments

France took the unusual step of announcing their squad to play Italy even before their match against Scotland in the Autumn Nations Cup

Galthie names 16 newbs for Italian job

22 November 2020 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN If you’ve been even vaguely wondering about nu-France’s potential in depth, the announcement to watch wasn’t the one unveiling the 23-player squad […]

Silver lining for Galthie after Fiji cancellation

15 November 2020 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Maestro: Maxime Medard scored for Toulouse in their win at Pau The Autumn Nations Cup got off to a pretty awful […]

Four or five clubs may not survive the fan ban

8 November 2020 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Bad news: Toulouse flanker Jerome Kaino left the field injured Financial matters continue to top the agenda for France’s Top 14 […]

Van Dyk signs for Exeter

8 November 2020 0 comments

EXETER CHIEFS have bolstered their prop stocks with South African Maks van Dyk. The 28-year-old tighthead will provide cover when England’s Harry Williams and Wales’ […]

Toby Flood interview – We’re all fresh and ready to go for our Premiership return at Falcons

6 November 2020 0 comments

Newcastle Falcons and ex-England fly-half Toby Flood speaks in-depth with Neale Harvey about the Championship winners’ long-awaited return to the Premiership

10 key moments in Exeter’s double-winning season in eyes of Rob Baxter

6 November 2020 0 comments

Rob Baxter talks to Neale Harvey on the events which showcased to him Exeter’s capabilities to win the domestic-European double

Spain will be craving more magic from Melee

1 November 2020 0 comments

BY hook or by crook international rugby is continuing around the world and among those matches expected to go ahead today is the first of […]

Harrington column: Clubs pay heavy price for out-of-window Test

27 October 2020 0 comments

James Harrington delivers his column on all things French rugby, with Toulouse the hardest hit by international call-ups

Runners nobbled in Sexton’s race to glory

25 October 2020 0 comments

Favourite: Irish fy-half Johnny Sexton leads the poll for Player of the Decade PICTURE: Getty VOTING for World Rugby’s Player of the Decade closes today […]

Guscott column: Jimmy Gopperth is key to Wasps springing a surprise

23 October 2020 0 comments

Jeremy Guscott lists the 37-year-old Kiwi central to Wasps’ Premiership final hopes

Go-ahead for six Tests but under restrictions

18 October 2020 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Weeks of posturing, fingerpointing and metaphorical chest-beating ended with something approaching a temporary detente earlier this week, as the French Rugby […]

Gopperth’s key to Wasps springing a final surprise

18 October 2020 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE EVERY WEEK IT would be hard to hit form any better than Wasps have done on the way to the […]

Guscott column: Exeter Chiefs will need all their gumption to win Champions Cup

13 October 2020 0 comments

Can Exeter win at the first time of asking against a Racing 92 side who have lost two finals?

The Maunder dynasty is helpingto build Exeter’s era of success

11 October 2020 1 comment

NICK CAIN TALKS TO JACK MAUNDER, THE LATEST STAR IN A FAMILY OF OUTSTANDING SCRUM-HALVES Rivals: From left, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Stu Townsend, Joe Snow and […]

French in struggle to field team v Wales

11 October 2020 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tipped for greatness: Selevasio Tolofua France’s internationals are hostages in a club and country player-release war ahead of the extended autumn […]

Glorious party amid a sea of red and white

4 October 2020 1 comment

SIMON MASON FORMER IRELAND, ULSTER, ORRELL, RICHMOND, TREVISO & STADE FRANCAIS FLY-HALF MY LIFEIN RUGBY Getting the party started: Simon Mason lifts the Heineken Cup […]

Recount call after Laporte sneaks in

4 October 2020 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Off he goes: Stade’s Luke Tagi is sent off for a headbutt The increasingly bitter war of words that passed for […]

Sam fights for future of family club Teignmouth

4 October 2020 1 comment

By NEALE HARVEY EXETER star Sam Simmonds has launched an emotional plea to get lower league rugby back up and running in order to safeguard […]

Rugby Matters: Humble beginning but Heineken Cup dreamt big

1 October 2020 0 comments

Brendan Gallagher at how the Champions Cup, or Heineken Cup, has always drawn big crowds far beyond club rugby’s norm

Humble beginning but Heineken dreamt big

27 September 2020 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS BRENDAN GALLAGHER SO now, in this most unusual and mind-bending season, we finally have the two finalists for the 25th anniversary European Champions […]

Ulstermen outclassed by Kolbe and Co

27 September 2020 0 comments

ULSTER were swept aside by Toulouse to compound the misery of losing to Leinster in the PRO14 final. Wing Cheslin Kolbe crossed twice in the […]

TEAMS: McCall sticks by the Saracens who overcame Leinster

25 September 2020 0 comments

Full teams for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals this weekend

Novalpina bid for a slice of the action

20 September 2020 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Dispute: Lock Leone Nakarawa is demanding €1million from Racing 92 With the Top 14 in temporary hiatus for the quarter and […]

Ulster call on Cooney to shoot down Top 14 giants

20 September 2020 1 comment

By SAM JACKSON Recall: John Cooney comes in for Alby Mathewson SCRUM-HALF John Cooney has been recalled to Ulster’s starting line-up as the Irish province […]

TEAMS: Johnny Sexton captains Leinster in Champions Cup showdown with Saracens

18 September 2020 0 comments

Leo Cullen and Mark McCall have named their line-up for the repeat of last year’s Champions Cup final

Harrington column: Handre Pollard a doubt for Lions tour after ACL horror

15 September 2020 0 comments

James Harrington recaps the second round of Top 14 action, in which £1m man Pollard was dealt a cruel blow

Top-rated tourist attractions in Amsterdam

7 September 2020 0 comments

Amsterdam is the center of thriving cultural activity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, not merely for holding the title of the capital city, but […]