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Clermont stay top in France

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Clermont 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...

Toulouse slump to fifth defeat

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Toulouse 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...

TOP 14, J7 - Camille Lopez (Clermont) : « Le plus heureux des hommes »

1 decade ago by Top 14 news

« Le plus heureux des hommes ». L'analyse de début de saison de Camille Lopez, de retour sur les terrains après une longue blessure et menant le jeu de l'ASM, leader du championnat, est sans équivoque....

Autour des arbitres : retour sur l'étape toulonnaise

1 decade ago by Top 14 news

L'arbitre professionnel Mathieu Raynal a donné le coup d'envoi, mardi 23 septembre 2014, de la seconde édition de l'opération autour des arbitres, organisée à Toulon. L'arbitre professionnel Mathieu...

Rugby Tour Optique : l'automne 2014 avec Christian Califano

1 decade ago by Top 14 news

Le Rugby Tour Optique revient pour sa tournée automnale ! Organisé par Les Opticiens Mutualistes, Fournisseur Officiel de la Ligue Nationale de Rugby, le RTO prévoit quatre dates, dans quatre villes...

Clermont storm to the top with demolition of Lyon

1 decade ago by ESPN Scrum

Clermont 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...

Shanklin confident of player return

1 decade ago by BBC Rugby News

Welsh internationals based in France and England will be tempted to return home by the lure of dual contracts, says Ex-Wales centre Tom Shanklin. Wales captain Sam Warburton is the first...

'Plastic Englishmen' and other foreign nomads should have to wait longer before changing their allegiance

1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby News

Another day, another change of allegiance. On Friday it was Saracens’ Australian-born prop, Kieran Longbottom, who declared for the red rose via an English granny. On Sunday it was the turn...

Best of the weekend: Bath batter Tigers, Connacht shock Leinster

1 decade ago by The Rugby Blog

Bath 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 365

Ailing 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...