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Brive Best of the weekend: More misery for Tigers, Quins; Ospreys conquer Thomond
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogSaints squeeze past Bath, Misery continues for Quins, Tigers and FalconsIn the big game of the weekend, Saints knocked Bath back down to a ground somewhat after their 45 – 0 mauling of the Tigers at...
Clermont stay top in France
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Clermont retained their French Top 14 lead with a gritty 19-8 win at Oyonnax, but a bonus-point 40-17 triumph for champions Toulon over Montpellier trimmed their advantage at the top. Clermont had...
Top 14 wrap: Grenoble see off Racing
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyGrenoble showed they will be genuine contenders for a spot in the top six as they downed Racing M�tro at the Stades des Alpes. Elsewhere Brive and Lyon picked up vital victories at home to Bordeaux-B�gles...
Toulouse slump to fifth defeat
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Toulouse slumped to a fifth successive defeat Friday as Bayonne claimed a 35-19 win in a match which saw the indisciplined 19-time French champions play for an hour with 14 men. Bayonne outscored Toulouse...
Preview: Bayonne v Toulouse
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyToulouse boss Guy Nov�s was confronted with talk of relegation this week as his team seek to avoid a fifth straight defeat at Bayonne. The most successful club in European history are going through...
Clermont storm to the top with demolition of Lyon
1 decade ago by ESPN ScrumClermont returned to the head of the Top 14 with a bonus-point 43-12 demolition of Lyon after a first half which had been very even. With a 16-12 lead at the break, Clermont scored 27 unanswered points...
Best of the weekend: Bath batter Tigers, Connacht shock Leinster
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogBath Batter the TigersThere appears to be a new trend going around in the Premiership, one which sees supposed title contenders receive absolutely monumental spankings from their supposed rivals. It...
Toulouse in crisis after fourth defeat
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Ailing four-time European champions Toulouse slipped to their fourth successive Top 14 defeat on Saturday losing 27-16 at Racing-Metro despite Vincent Clerc scoring the 86th try of his career. Clerc's...
Brive indiscipline borders on insane
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyThe Top 14 is only six weeks young, yet Brive have picked up nearly as many cards as Racing M�tro did in the whole of last season. Brive now occupy 13th spot with two wins - surprisingly Castres (last...
Wulf-fired Toulon thrash Brive
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Toulon put their kicking concerns to one side and maximised on a red card to surge to provisional number one spot in the Top 14 with a convincing, bonus-point 53-13 victory over Brive. Bernard Laporte's...
