FOUR CONSECUTIVE play-off appearances point to a team consistently vying for the top echelons of French rugby. Yet Castres remain the quiet outsiders as the likes of Clermont and Toulon…
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Win a trip to the Top 14 final!
THIS IS your chance to see who will be next to lift the Bouclier de Brennus at Stade de France on Saturday 1 June. TV5MONDE – the international French-language channel…
Lions 2013: More Barbarians brought into Young’s horde
A FEW weeks ago the Twitter-viewing public were agog as they stared at the first few names released by the Barbarians for their summer games against England and the British…
More change as Scotland name summer tour squad
CHANGE IS coming, or so it would seem north of the border as Scotland today named nine uncapped players for their quadrangular tournament this summer in South Africa against their…
Rugby World – June 2013 edition contents
[imagebrowser id=39] WITH THE start of the tour less than a month away it should come as no surprise that the new issue of Rugby World is jam-packed with Lions…
The Championship blog – Play-offs: Round 1
“ANYONE WHO thinks that life is fair,” Richard M. Nixon once said, “has been seriously misinformed.” A view held, amongst others, by many of the Newcastle Falcons squad who, after…
Sam Warburton talks team-mates
SAM WARBURTON was announced as Lions captain last week and will face a big challenge to bring together players from four nations as they head to Hong Kong and Australia.…
Your chance to play with the Tigers!
A HOST of former rugby stars will be pulling on their boots again for the inaugural Legion Legends Rugby Festival on 13 July at Wimbledon RFC and we’re offering you…
Lions 2013: Stuart needs a Hogg-father
AS OF Tuesday, everyone in Scotland was a mathematician. Three. Three Scottish Lions. Half of all the Tigers; half the number of Leinstermen; one fifth the number of Welshmen; one…
RWC 2015: The countdown is well and truly on
AMID GREAT fanfare in the cavernous Live Room at Twickenham, Debbie Jevans, CEO of ER2015, and assembled rugby dignitaries, sat at the raised top table to announce the fixtures and…