Introducing Andrés Zafra, Colombian rugby star Team-mates at Agen suggest that Andrés Zafra goes quietly about his business, but in the lock’s hometown of Cúcuta, right on the Colombia-Venezuela border,…
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Watch: the best tries in the Top 14
Watch: the best tries in the Top 14 There is no doubting the moment of the weekend in the Top 14. In a crazy Sunday outing, Clermont and Toulouse created…
From the French Foreign Legion to the Top 14, meet Tavite Veredamu
From the French Foreign Legion to the Top 14, meet Tavite Veredamu Sure there were days when he wanted to quit. The training to get into the French Foreign Legion…
The French rugby club 4,300km from Paris
The French rugby club 4,300km from Paris The ‘playing field’ was doing well to be described as such. Strewn with stones and dotted with grazing horses, the patch in the…
Stade Francais players found to have “lung lesions” due to Covid-19
Stade Francais players found to have “lung lesions” due to Covid-19 French giants Stade Français have had to cancel their pre-season match against Toulon after it was found that an…
The wild life of the Bouclier de Brennus Top 14 trophy
The wild life of the Bouclier de Brennus Top 14 trophy At the start of the new season, if you were to glance at the Top 14 trophy – the…
Top 14 2020-21 Season Preview
Top 14 2020-21 Season Preview There is a reckoning coming in the Top 14, due to kick off with Stade Francais versus Bordeaux on 4 September. And it’s not just…
Brothers in Arms: Raising a glass to France
A review of David Beresford's fascinating book about meeting French rugby legends of the 1980s
My Life In Pictures with Mathieu Bastareaud
Roaring success, 2017 “This photo (the main image above) is from a Top 14 semi-final against La Rochelle, at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille,” says Mathieu Bastareaud. “It was not…
French Top 14 Season Set To Be Abandoned
The Coronavirus has meant the current French Top 14 season will be abandoned.