La Rochelle

HIGHLIGHTS: La Rochelle v Montpellier

Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals kick-off times and TV coverage confirmed

EPCR has announced the dates, kick-off times and TV coverage of the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup semi-finals.   Following a truly epic victory over Munster Rugby, holders,...

Finn Russell leads charge as Racing 92 dismantle Sale

Racing 92 secured passage to the Champions Cup semi-finals after a 41-22 home win over the Sale Sharks.   Sale missed an early penalty, with Racing slotting two kicks at goal to lead 6-0. Sale got...

Champions Cup: QF highlights ahead of the semis

A thrilling quarter-final round in the Champions Cup grabbed the attention of Europe this weekend as the semi-finals take on a distinctly Franco-Irish look.    A titanic struggle at the Aviva...

Victor Vito steers La Rochelle into the Champions Cup semis

It was the Victor Vito show on Saturday at the Stade Marcel Deflandre as La Rochelle booked their place in the Champions Cup semi-finals.   The former All Blacks' back-rower has hinted that he may...

Rumble at the Stade Marcel-Deflandre as Montpellier challenge La Rochelle

It’s an all-French affair at Stade Marcel-Deflandre as Ronan O’Gara’s La Rochelle host Montpellier.    Last round, La Rochelle had the better of Bordeaux on the former’s...

Jérémy Sinzelle to return to Toulon next season

Trained in Toulon, Jérémy Sinzelle will return to the Rugby Club Toulonnais next season until 2025.     The 31-year-old left the RCT in 2012 to join the Stade Français-Paris,...

The Star-Studded XV of Top 14 players whose contracts are expiring

The 2021/22 season is drawing to a close and several Top 14 players have their contracts expiring.   French website All Rugby has released a the list of players whose contracts are expiring...

French clubs battling on two fronts as Top 14 race heats up

Six French clubs are in action across the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup quarter-finals this weekend but none have secured a playoff spot in the Top 14.   In the most competitive season since...

'We need him to play a bad game on Saturday' - Simon Zebo

Munster and Toulouse face off in the Champions Cup quarter-finals on Saturday when the pair meet at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.   For both clubs, it will be the 19th time they have reached the...