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EPCR reveal new 24-team Champions Cup

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

The EPCR Board has revealed that after a unanimously vote, the new Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournament formats will be introduced for the 2020/21 season.   The decision to alter...

Premiership clubs circle around Virimi Vakatawa

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Racing 92 and France star centre Virimi Vakatawa could move to the Premiership next summer according to a report in The Rugby Paper.   Vakatawa's contract with Racing 92 comes...

Planned French Top 14 opener won't go ahead yet due to further health risks

4 years ago by Rugby Dump

French Top 14 club Stade Francais' 2020-21 season opener against Bordeaux Begles has been postponed over health risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Fake news" says Pollard of Bath move

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Certain media outlets have recently claimed that World Cup-winning Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard has been linked with a move to English club Bath.   Pollard currently plays for French Top 14...

From the French Foreign Legion to the Top 14, meet Tavite Veredamu

4 years ago by Rugby World

The sevens star has gone from military life to a short-term contract with ClermontRunning it in: Veredamu in Singapore, 2019 (Getty Images)From the French Foreign Legion to the Top 14, meet Tavite Veredamu...

The naughty step which ridiculed a young Gaël Fickou in 2014

4 years ago by Rugby Dump

During the 2014 Top 14 season Brive newbie Benito Masilevu came up with a wicked sidestep to leave French international Gaël Fickou for dead.

Stade Francais players found to have “lung lesions” due to Covid-19

4 years ago by Rugby World

The discovery means their friendly with Toulon has been scrappedHit hard: The club's Top 14 preparations have been rocked (Getty Images)Stade Francais players found to have “lung lesions” due...

Wasps' star young lock off to Toulouse

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Thibaud Flament, Wasps’ 23 year old, 2.03m, 110kg second-row, has confirmed that he will be joining French Top 14 side Toulouse.   Flament’s form has been one of the most talked-about...

Premiership Transfer XV

4 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

Premiership Rugby gets back underway on Friday and we may be finishing off a season but there have been a number of movements that take affect. There has been plenty...

The wild life of the Bouclier de Brennus Top 14 trophy

4 years ago by Rugby World

The historic trophy has been through some dicey moments in its long historyHeld aloft: French singer Oli rides the Bouclier de Brennus after Toulouse win in 2019 (Getty Images)The wild life of the Bouclier...