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Toulouse 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...
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...
'Plastic Englishmen' and other foreign nomads should have to wait longer before changing their allegiance
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsAnother 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...
XV de France : les 30 pour le stage préparatoire
1 decade ago by Top 14 newsLe staff tricolore a dévoilé ce jour la liste des 30 joueurs qui participeront au stage du XV de France, du 28 septembre au 1er octobre à Marcoussis. Le staff tricolore a dévoilé ce jour la liste...
France name Kockott for November
1 decade ago by Planet RugbyFrance head coach Philippe Saint-Andr� has named five uncapped players in his squad for November's internationals, with scrum-half Rory Kockott included. Props Uini Atonio and Xavier Chiocci, back-row...
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...
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...
Best of the weekend: Wasps stun champions, NZ remain unbeaten
1 decade ago by The Rugby BlogSarries smash Quins and Wasps stun SaintsAfter last weekend, you may have been forgiven for thinking that the new Aviva Premiership season had an air of predictability round it – but thankfully, that...
