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Urios falling out of favour as Marti looks at options

13 November 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Under pressure: Bordeaux head coach Christophe Urios overseas training and, inset, Laurent Marti PICTURES: Getty Images A YEAR is a long […]

Bayonne turning home into a fortress

6 November 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN HEADING into the three-week international break, two Top 14 teams in particular will be pretty happy with their opening 10-game block. […]

My Life in Rugby with Joe Maddock

30 October 2022 0 comments

The former Crusaders, Bath, Treviso and Saracens winger, now attack coach at Bath They say one man’s misfortune is another man’s opportunity and that was […]

Davidson’s departure puts Mela on the spot

23 October 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Of the three words in Arnauld Mela’s week-old job title ‘interim head coach’ at Top 14 side Brive, the first one […]

The man who kept Wasps on the road

16 October 2022 1 comment

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Malcolm Sinclair holds the distinction of being Wasps’ first full-time professional, an appointment made as the indirect […]

Lancaster bombs out Giroud at Racing 92

16 October 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Injury concern: France may be without full-back Melvyn Jaminet for the autumn internationals PICTURE: Getty Images The announcement this week from […]

Whitford poised to join Lancaster

9 October 2022 0 comments

Stuart Lancaster is set to turn to an experienced hand when he moves to Racing 92 next season, with Tom Whitford tipped to join his […]

Gray has Brive in his sights

2 October 2022 1 comment

ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER VETERAN Scotland and Lions lock Richie Gray is preparing to move back to France at the end of the […]

Why Club World Cup must fit into calendar

25 September 2022 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK Ideas like the Club World Cup get my support if they encourage rugby of real quality at the […]

Verdict on corruption charges is awaited

25 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Tuesday, December 13. That’s the date a Paris court delivers its verdicts on FFR President Bernard Laporte, vice president Serge Simon, […]

Jalibert in line to join Barrett at Racing 92

18 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN France international fly-half Matthieu Jalibert’s unfortunately timed early-season travails continued on Saturday, amid renewed questions over his future at Bordeaux and […]

Racing 92 hit hard by Vakatawa retirement

11 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN For Racing 92, this is the first weekend after the unexpected retirement before. A matter of days after the club’s French […]

Toulouse will take title, say coaches

4 September 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Toulouse will win the Top 14 title at the end of another tight season – according to a survey of the […]

Concern as refs switch to other side

28 August 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Another of French rugby’s leading gamekeepers turned coach this week, as Top 14 referee Maxime Chalon put down his whistle and […]

Transfer market that never sleeps

21 August 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Accepted wisdom has it that the shortest period of time is the New York Second – helpfully defined in the Urban […]

“I just ran around and smashed everything” – My Life in Rugby with Martin Purdy

14 August 2022 0 comments

The former Wasps, Bath, Gran Parma, L’Aquila, London Welsh, Massy and Grasse lock discusses his career As a professional sportsman you always try and maximise […]

Rennie rings changes as O’Connor comes in

12 August 2022 0 comments

Test match veteran James O’Connor features in a much-changed Australian line-up as they prepare for their second match against Argentina in The Rugby Championship. Despite […]

Fofana, one of the stars of 2006, to bow out

24 July 2022 1 comment

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Clermont star Wesley Fofana this week became the latest Top 14 player to join the annual line of those permanently signing […]

Top eight to follow in Spring’s footsteps

17 July 2022 25 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Young Racing 92 fullback Max Spring earned careful praise from France head coach Fabien Galthie after a mixed performance on debut […]

Top 14 Final Preview – Castres and Montpellier eye the big prize

24 June 2022 0 comments

Castres will be the narrowest of favourites as they play Montpellier in what promises to be a classic French Top 14 final. Castres finished top […]

Aurillac shopped around for bargains

19 June 2022 0 comments

MUCH talk recently about salary cap-hampered English clubs being disadvantaged when they took on the big spenders of the Top 14 in Europe, in which […]

It’s time to step up or face being left behind

12 June 2022 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND It’s time for a re-think for the founding nations of the URC feast after the Bulls stepped-up to beat […]

Rennie has a healthy selection headache

12 June 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST History, we are told, is just one damned thing after another. And by way of rubbing it in, eminent thinkers argue […]

France are the giants, Prem just sleeping

5 June 2022 1 comment

NICK CAIN THE English Premiership has just been described as a “sleeping giant” of sport by Simon Massie-Taylor, its chief executive. He got the ‘sleeping’ […]

No dead rubbers in final round of Top 14

5 June 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRI NGTON FRENCH COLUMN Decider: Challenge Cup winners Lyon face Champions Cup winners La Rochelle PICTURE: Getty Images In less than three weeks, the […]

Wasps aim to give legend Jimmy a perfect send-off

29 May 2022 0 comments

LEE Blackett has paid tribute to Jimmy Gopperth who this weekend plays his final game for Wasps – against Leicester, the team he is joining […]

La Rochelle keep their cool to rule in Europe

29 May 2022 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………..21pts Penalties: Sexton 5, 8, 22, 40+1, 47, 57 R Byrne 65 La Rochelle ……24pts Tries: Rhule 10, Bourgarit 60, Retiere […]

Can’t help but smile at absurdity of Homer’s time wasting

29 May 2022 0 comments

OFFICIALLY I am of course outraged and utterly appalled at the blatant time wasting and abnegation of the spirit of rugby recently at the World […]

World Cup will be won and lost in the run-up

29 May 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Fifteen months out from the 2023 World Cup, the rugby debate in host nation France is getting around to the workload […]

Rugby World Cup 2023

22 May 2022 0 comments

Sports lovers are usually eagerly waiting for world cup tournaments. Rugby World Cup 2023 tickets are in demand as the union tournament is the upcoming […]

Leinster are taking Europe to next level

22 May 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST It is often argued, usually by politicians reneging on a manifesto promise, that “the perfect is the enemy of the good”. […]

Larmour shines bright

22 May 2022 0 comments

By KEVIN FALLON Leinster………………35 Munster …………….25 A SECOND-STRING Leinster side who were already guaranteed top spot were still too strong for an almost full-strength Munster […]

Discipline England’s downfall in Toulouse 7s

22 May 2022 0 comments

NEWS EXTRA SIMON Amor’s England will have to settle for a place in today’s fifth place semi-final after losing their cup quarter final 26-24 to […]

Racing 92 play down any move for Jones

22 May 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Try double: Matthieu Jalibert helped Bordeaux book their place in the play-offs England head coach Eddie Jones set the rugby rumour […]

Ground switch ‘unacceptable’ blasts O’Gara

15 May 2022 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK PREVIEW… Racing 92 v La Rochelle Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Bollaert Delelis LA ROCHELLE head coach Ronan O’Gara says it is “unacceptable” […]

Europe’s best too hot for England

15 May 2022 0 comments

NICK CAIN IT took the 2022 European Cup until the quarter-finals before it delivered in terms of the quality and drama that have made it […]

Now’s the time for the French revolution

15 May 2022 0 comments

CHRIS HEWETT AS a rule of thumb, English teams good enough to fight their way into a Champions Cup final eventually go on to win […]

Tigers miss chances as Gibson-Park pulls strings

8 May 2022 1 comment

By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ……….14pts Tries: Ashton 46, Dolly 78 Conversions: Ford 46, 78 Leinster …………23pts Tries: Van der Flier 16, Henshaw 21 Conversions: Sexton […]

Heartbreak for Munster as Toulouse keep their nerve in shootout

8 May 2022 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Munster ………… 24pts Tries: Kendellen 10, Earls 39, Haley 44 Conversions: Carbery 11, 40, 45 Penalties: Carbery 57 Toulouse ….. …..24pts Tries: […]

All to play for as it begins to get serious

1 May 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON Like any other league, the business end of the Top 14 season is played in a haze of permutations and possibilities on a […]

Tyro back row Kendellen leads Munster charge

24 April 2022 0 comments

By JOHN FALLON Ulster ………………….17 Munster …………….24 ACADEMY back rower Alex Kendellen led the way as Munster powered to their first win in Belfast in […]

No respite as the race for play-offs ramps up

17 April 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN The rugby season in Europe’s top three leagues gets confused at this time of year, as we head into the business […]

Why France must find right cover for Dupont

17 April 2022 1 comment

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK ANTOINE Dupont is captain of Toulouse for a reason, and as stand-in captain of France for the injured […]

Kolbe tops the bill for Baa-baas at Twickers

10 April 2022 0 comments

By PETER JACKSON ENGLAND will finish their sub-standard season by running into Cheslin Kolbe for the first time since he skinned them in the World […]

How the French are putting RFU to shame

10 April 2022 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER I hopped onto the splendid dual language Top 14 website the other […]

Toulon fans in uproar at Carbonel departure

10 April 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Even by Toulon’s unusual standards, this season has been an extraordinary tale of failure and redemption. But, while confidence is mounting […]

Ojo: Irish ready to rejoin the top table

3 April 2022 0 comments

WHILE the Champions Cup enters its knockout stage on the weekend, the Challenge Cup will reach the end of the group stage ahead of its […]

Barlot gets the better of big rival Mauvaka

3 April 2022 0 comments

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Castres Olympique hooker Gaetan Barlot scored his third Top 14 try of the season yesterday, scoring a personal point in a […]

Give next generation game time to develop

27 March 2022 0 comments

SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Late bloomer: Alex Dombrandt starred for Cardiff Met Uni before breaking into professional rugby We’ve been here before in […]