Preview: Oyonnax v Toulon
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyToulon travel to Oyonnax fresh from two convincing wins and coach Bernard Laporte wants his team to build on those performances. The reigning Top 14 and European champions were beaten at Charles Mathon...
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...
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...
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...
Weekend Preview
1 decade ago by Ultimate RugbyWith the Rugby Championship taking a break this week, we cast our attention to Europe and preview the biggest matches from the Top 14, Pro 12 and Aviva Premiership. Pro 12 We begin our weekend...
Preview: Top 14, Round Six
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyAfter five weeks of Top 14 action, Racing M�tro are the only one of last year's play-off teams who are still unbeaten at home. Last Saturday it was the turn of Toulouse and Toulon to go down on home...