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Delon Armitage’s season is over after damaging knee ligaments

28 August 2018 0 comments

An ACL injury strikes cruel blow to the Lyon full-back

Quins sign Fijian 7s gold star

26 August 2018 0 comments

HARLEQUINS have signed Fijian Semi Kunatani, an Olympic Sevens gold medallist. Kunatani, 6ft 3ins and 16st 8lb, played in all six matches in Rio 2016 […]

Clermont show why they are favourites

26 August 2018 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Debut try: Paddy Jackson scored for Perpignan PICTURE: Getty Images Apoll of Top 14 coaches anointed Clermont champions before business got […]

DREAMTEAM

12 August 2018 1 comment

RICHARD LIST, DONCASTER AND FORMER NARBONNE PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Simon Bunting – Coming into senior rugby […]

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 […]

Axe swings at Stade as Meyer plays pain game

15 July 2018 0 comments

Star signing at Stade Francais: former Toulouse centre Gael Fickou PICTURE: Getty Images Heads are rolling in Paris. Not quite as many that once did […]

RUGBY MATTERS Zimbabwean protest was really just a cry for help

8 July 2018 0 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER A weekly look at the game’s other talking points Rough treatment: Zimbabwe players sleep on the streets of Beja WHAT to make of […]

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

French have quality to mimic Irish renaissance

24 June 2018 0 comments

Fresh-faced: Brian O’Driscoll stars at the U19 World Cup AFTER a long dismal period in French Rugby the stunning success of their U20 side at […]

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 […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

10 June 2018 0 comments

THE FORMER NEW ZEALAND, ENGLAND AND HARLEQUINS CENTRE JAMIE SALMON Three years after being rejected by Kent at an U19 trial I found myself playing […]

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 […]

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 […]

Quins fly-half Lang brings physicality to midfield

13 May 2018 0 comments

Scotland summer squad Call up: James Lang HARLEQUINS playmaker James Lang will relish the chance to make an impact at international level following his shock […]

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

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 […]

Earls returns as Munster shake up the backs

22 April 2018 0 comments

MUNSTER, chasing their fifth appearanc in a European Cup final, have boldly moved their quarter-final hero Andrew Conway to full-back for their semifinal against Munster […]

Quinnell: Scarlets can do a Liverpool

19 April 2018 0 comments

Scott Quinnell looks ahead to the weekend’s clash at the Aviva Stadium between Leinster and his old team Scarlets

Racing aces can gatecrash Irish party

15 April 2018 1 comment

Pack power: James Lowe scores from a pushover against Saracens CAN anybody stop Leinster? Indeed, can anybody stop the Irish? Leinster have been the form […]

MUNSTER

15 April 2018 1 comment

EURO SEASON SO FAR: Getting the job done, just. Sneaked past Toulon 20-19 in their controversial quarterfinal win although nobody could argue over the quality […]

Quinnell: Scarlets can do a Liverpool

15 April 2018 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON THE Scarlets are being backed to make history this week by doing to Leinster in the Champions’ Cup what Liverpool did to […]

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 […]

Les Bleues seal Grand Slam with six-try rout of Wales

18 March 2018 2 comments

■ By GEORGE LAWRENCE Wales Women …3 France Women …38 Grand! France celebrate PICTURE: TRP photographer FRANCE regained the Women’s Six Nations trophy with an […]

Eastmond is snubbed by Bath

18 March 2018 0 comments

No go: Kyle Eastmond KYLE EASTMOND has been been left wondering about his future after Bath last week opted to sign Wales and British Lions […]

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. […]

All Black invasion will boost the Quins

4 March 2018 0 comments

NICK CAIN THE deal that Harlequins have struck with New Zealand Rugby (NZR) to turn the Premiership club into a sabbatical host for All Blacks […]

Dream Team: Former Bath and England full-back Jon Callard

20 February 2018 0 comments

Jon Callard chooses the best he has played with and against…

RUGBY MATTERS

18 February 2018 0 comments

French break the mould with move to Marseilles BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Formidable record: France beat the […]

DREAM TEAM

18 February 2018 0 comments

JON CALLARD, FORMER BATH AND ENGLAND FULL-BACK, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE HAS PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… 1. Jason Leonard – Anyone who plays 114 […]

Versatile Josh out to prove himself again

4 February 2018 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE JOSH Beaumont says he has returned from his latest injury setback stronger than ever as he looks to force himself back into […]

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 […]

MY LIFEIN RUGBY

4 February 2018 1 comment

ADRIAN DAVIES THE FORMER WALES, NEATH, CARDIFF, CAMB UNIV AND RICHMOND FLY-HALF In five years of Test rugby I played under four head coaches so […]

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

France

28 January 2018 0 comments

■FRANCE are desperate to get their hands on the title again after a disappointing third-place finish last season. They improved steadily through the year to […]

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 […]

Jackson column: French teen-star Matthieu Jalibert can light up the Six Nations

26 January 2018 0 comments

The Bordeaux-Begles fly-half has been turning heads in the Top 14 this season

Those who also manned the barricades during the 1968 Five Nations

21 January 2018 1 comment

Bernard Duprat (Bayonne): Proud Basque who made over 400 appearance for Bayonne in a 15-year career. Scored nine tries in 15 Tests for France Jean […]

Noves’ players are history as well!

21 January 2018 0 comments

Slight: Guy Noves HOW the mighty have fallen. Not only has Guy Noves, boss at Toulouse for over 20 years, been unceremonioulsy booted out of […]

RUGBY MATTERS

21 January 2018 0 comments

The game must face up to its possible drugs problem BRENDAN GALLAGHER A new weekly look at the game’s other talking points Banned: Johan Ackermann […]

The class of 68 – the team that took the Grand Slam in Cardiff

21 January 2018 0 comments

I5 Claude Lacaze (Angouleme): A fixture in the French side during most of the 60s until he retired in 1969 with 33 caps. Originally from […]

When Bath spoiled the French party in Bordeaux

14 January 2018 3 comments

BRENDAN GALLAGHER talks to Bath captain Andy Nicol about their European glory night 20 years ago Brive …18pts Penalties: C Lamaison 5 Drop Goal: A […]

Polledri pushing for Test debut against England

14 January 2018 0 comments

By SAM JACKSON Rising star: Jake Polledri JAKE Polledri was not expecting his Italy call-up so soon but the Gloucester flanker is now determined to […]

Castres hit Toulouse for six in clash of day

3 December 2017 0 comments

FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Castres team boss Christophe Urios went to Toulouse with the threat of suspension hanging over his head and a club record […]

Revenge so sweet for Clermont boss Azema

19 November 2017 1 comment

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Clermont boss Franck Azema confessed he found Lyon annoying for signing up his players. His prop Raphael Chaume and winger Noa […]

It’s time, England, to put some stick about

19 November 2017 1 comment

BRENDAN GALLAGHER VERDICT Opportunity knocks: Elliot Daly goes over for England’s opening try PICTURE: Getty Images England weren’t wildly impressed with what they perceived as […]

Teen-star Jalibert lets Toulouse off hook

5 November 2017 0 comments

DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Heartache: Matthieu Jalibert missed a winning kick for Bordeaux An 18-year-old making his fly-half debut in the Top 14 had the […]