All posts tagged "Toulouse"
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoNewcastle sign England Sevens flyer
Newcastle Falcons have signed England Sevens international Cameron Cowell to their senior academy squad. The 21-year-old can play at full-back, wing...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Jimmy Richards – former Harlequins hooker
Growing up in a small fishing village in North Pembroke-shire, it wasn’t unusual for me be up at 2am and spend...
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Features
/ 8 years agoMY LIFEIN RUGBY
JIMMY RICHARDS THE FORMER BEDFORD, WORCESTER, LEICESTER & HARLEQUINS HOOKER. Growing up in a small fishing village in North Pembrokeshire, it...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStade sale begins as club await new owner
Stade Francais turned the winning of the first European trophy in their history into a farewell party for some of their...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRef Owens makes it tougher for Cup heroes
Clermont 17pts Tries: Lamerat 27, Abendanon 52 Conversions: Parra 28, 54 Penalties: Parra 60 Saracens 28pts Tries: Ashton 13, Kruis 22,...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Crusading Clermont are closing in on their Holy Grail
It possibly won’t surprise you that Clermont – who took 99 years to land their first French Championship and who are...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoToby Flood returns to Newcastle
Toby Flood will be returning to Newcastle this summer after agreeing Toulouse a year early. The 60-times-capped England fly-half spent the...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCarter set to face England for last time
By PETER JACKSON Home play-off here we come: Sam Hill, right, celebrates Chiefs’ fourth try in their defeat of Northampton PICTURE:...
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoDusautoir will end his career at Twickenham
DAVID BARNES FRENCH COLUMN Thierry Dusautoir will bring the curtain down on a phenomenal career with his first-ever match for the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 8 years agoMunster v Saracens: Pedigree is there for a classic Euro showdown
It’s 18 years since Saracens first met Munster in Europe in a double header that still ranks alongside any clash in...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 8 years agoWigglesworth staying on for more trophy success
Influential Sarries scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth has revealed his devotion to winning persuaded him to turn down big money offers from France....
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Club Rugby
/ 8 years agoStade are enjoying their new lease of life
FRENCH COLUMN DAVID BARNES Stade Francais, so recently facing extinction in a merger with Racing, have become a key element in...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoExiles’ legend signs new deal
Club record try-scorer Topsy Ojo has extended his contract at London Irish as the campaign gathers pace ahead of the play-offs....
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoSaracens add weight to pack with Wallaby star
Saracens have announced that Australian international forward Will Skelton will re-join the club on a permanent deal later this year. Skelton...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoHalfpenny demands improvement ahead of showdown
By NICK VERDIER Hungry: Leigh Halfpenny LEIGH Halpfenny has urged his teammates to snap out of their travel sickness for the...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoFrench giants no match for runaway Red Army
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Munster 41pts Tries: Ryan 5, Stander 48, Sweetnam 76, Conway 80 Conversions: Bleyendaal 5, 76, 80 Penalties: Bleyendaal...
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Champions Cup
/ 8 years agoRyan: We stood up to pack onslaught
STAR man John Ryan admitted the scoreline flattered his team after being made to work hard for the victory. “It was...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoREVEALED: Champions Cup semi-final venues
BT Murrayfield in Edinburgh, Dublin’s Aviva Stadium and Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton, as well as three French stadiums – the Allianz...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoFrance overpower Wales in the generation game
A DOMINANT second-half in Montauban on Friday night helped France and their famous sons hit Wales for six in the last...
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Features
/ 8 years agoFalcons looking to lure Flood home
Heading home? Toby Flood TOBY FLOOD could this summer be heading back to Newcastle Falcons where he started his career when...
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National League 3
/ 8 years agoRedpath pins his colours to England
ENGLAND SCHOOLS CAMERON Redpath will force his father Bryan to cheer on England today after being named on the bench to...
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Columnists
/ 8 years agoIt’s seven heaven for Armitage with Pau
FRENCH COLUMN Life has been somewhat eventful for Steffon Armitage, the back row forward voted the finest player in Europe not...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCONFIRMED: Newcastle bring in Maxime Mermoz
As revealed in the Fissler Files on January 22, Newcastle have added title-winning credentials and proven international experience with the signing...
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Six Nations
/ 8 years agoN’Tamack leads French resistance
By PHIL REES France U20 36 Scotland U20 8 FRANCE bounced back from a big opening defeat to England as they...
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Features
/ 8 years agoStrauss for Falcons? No, he’s off to Toulouse
SCOTLAND No.8 Josh Strauss won’t be moving to Newcastle Falcons when his contract with Glasgow Warriors runs out at the end...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoMathewson ready for relegation dogfight
PUGNACIOUS former All Blacks scrum-half Alby Mathewson is backing his uncompromising style to keep Bristol in the Premiership Bristol’s survival quest...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoWasps bring in hooker with immediate effect
Carlo Festuccia has re-joined Wasps on a short-term contract until the end of the season. Edd Shervington, who came out of...
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Latest News
/ 8 years agoCalum Clark heads to Saracens
As first revealed by Neil Fissler in The Rugby Paper on December 27, Saracens have signed Calum Clark ahead of next...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tim Payne – former Wasps, England and Lions prop
After brief spells at Bristol and then Cardiff I was very close to jacking rugby in and pursuing a career in...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 8 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Erik Lund – former Rotherham, Leeds and Biarritz lock
Fighting Mamuka Gorgodze on my debut may not have seemed like the best career move I could have made but it...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 9 years agoI can hit heights for England and Eddie Jones says Joe Launchbury
Wasps captain Joe Launchbury will today attempt to deliver another towering performance against Toulouse in the European Champions Cup to convince...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoThis Wasps team can top lot – Danny Cipriani
Danny Cipriani has sounded a battle cry ahead of his side’s trip to Toulouse by declaring the current Wasps squad can...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoLouis Picamoles can make Northampton great says Stephen Myler
Long-serving fly-half Stephen Myler reckons the instant impact of French No.8 Louis Picamoles has put Northampton in shape for double-trophy success....
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoSaracens bring in French hooker
France international hooker Christopher Tolofua will join the Saracens on a two-year deal from the beginning of next season. The Toulouse...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Tony Buckley – former Munster, Sale and Ireland prop
Up to the age of 16 my shoe size correlated with my age, meaning I had to have rugby boots specially...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy life in Rugby: Brett Sturgess – former Exeter prop
I came from a football family and didn’t play rugby until about 15 when I became too big to play centre...
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Featured
/ 9 years agoSix Nations can’t ignore Georgia’s tour glory
Georgia were back home in Tbilisi this week being lauded by one and all after their inaugural Pacific Island tour resulted...
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Dream Team
/ 9 years agoDream Team: Ciaran Hearn – Canada and London Irish centre
1. Cian Healy – I played against him twice. The first time was with Agen against Leinster and then at the...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher looks back at the career of Imanol Harinordoquy
So it’s farewell to Imanol Harinordoquy who will be an ex-rugby player by the end of the month, perhaps sooner. His...
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Features
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Looking for knock-out drama? Try a European semi-final!
Heaven knows we’ve had our fair share of drama in European Cup finals over the years but, as with most sports,...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Ayoola Erinle – Former Wasps, Leicester, Biarritz, Nottingham and England centre
Wasps really were avant-garde under the coaching of Warren Gatland, Shaun Edwards and Craig White, and I count myself very fortunate...
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Peter Jackson
/ 9 years agoPeter Jackson verdict on France – Much more of this and Guy Noves will feel his age
When France last required the services of Guy Noves, the Fifth Republic as headed by Charles de Gaulle had barely completed...
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 9 years agoBrendan Gallagher: Six Nations coaches are at the crossroads
Three New Zealanders, two Frenchmen and an Aussie. That’s your Six Nations coaching line-up this season, an eclectic and erudite bunch...
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My Life in Rugby
/ 9 years agoMy Life in Rugby: Nigel Horton – former England, Moseley and Toulouse lock
Being the first England player to play for their country across three decades, I once found myself the subject of a...
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Shane Williams
/ 9 years agoShane Williams column: Alex Cuthbert finding form at just the right time
Christmas derbies… there’s nothing else like them in Welsh rugby. As a player I loved this time of year. Now, as...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoGray joins Toulouse
Richie Gray will be turning out for Toulouse next season after agreeing terms on a four-year contract. The Scotland lock, 26,...
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English Gallagher Premiership
/ 9 years agoDave Denton ‘can cure Bath’s hangover’ from Sam Burgess
Bath‘s new back row signing David Denton will make a huge impact at the Rec according to first team coach Toby...
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Latest News
/ 9 years agoLouis Picamoles signs with Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints have announced that Louis Picamoles has signed a contract to join the club from the beginning of the 2016...
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Latest News
/ 10 years agoWorld Cup hooker joins Worcester
Worcester Warriors have bolstered their options in the front row by signing Georgian international hooker Jaba Bregvadze. The powerhouse forward joins...