There’s rarely a dull day at Toulon, even during the off-season, and this summer a bumper crop of colourful stories has emanated from the Cote d’Azur. At the end of…
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Part 2: French Top 14 comings and goings – Lyon to Toulouse
Lyon The runaway winners of the ProD2, Lyon lost just five of their 30 league matches and finished 31 points clear of second-placed Bayonne. It was a similar story in…
Part 1: Top 14 comings and goings – Bayonne to La Rochelle
As the Top 14 clubs start returning this week from their summer holidays to begin preparing for the new season next month, Gavin Mortimer runs an eye over the comings…
Top 14: Leigh Halfpenny in an amazing comeback for Toulon
Sport can be cruel. And don’t Clermont know it. The club who’ve won just one of their 12 Top 14 finals were beaten in the dying minutes of extra-time in…
‘Tour of Hell’ lies ahead for France
France coach Guy Noves has to take on Argentina with a weakened squad
Triumphant Montpellier struggle to win popularity contest
Montpellier's multinational team may have lifted the European Champions Cup but they're struggling to win over the hearts of the French
Why things have clicked for Racing this season
Saracens should be wary of a Racing side fulfilling their potential in this weekend's European Champions Cup final
Top 14: The rise and fall of Stade Francais
How have Stade Francais gone from French champions to relegation battlers?
Top 14: Ex-Ireland hooker Bernard Jackman readies Grenoble for Quins test
It’s not easy being Bernard Jackman. The head coach of Grenoble is put through the wringer every time his team plays. Last weekend for example, he watched as visitors Castres…
French rugby looking to close foreign player loopholes
French rugby's powers-that-be want to make the JIFF regulations stricter to stop the flood of foreign players into the Top 14