Tag: Rugby
Death of André Boniface, French rugby legend, at 89
Former Mont-de-Marsan center André Boniface, legend of French rugby and icon of “French flair”, died Monday at the age of 89 at Bayonne hospital, AFP learned from his family. Center…
Phil Vickery: The nightmare of the rugby legend, once captain of his national team and now personally bankrupt
By Thomas Martin | Editor A great sports fan, he likes to know what is hidden in the lives of athletes, but does not neglect film or singing stars. After…
Rugby: here is the program of the French XV for the rest of 2024
By beating England to the wire (33-31), thanks to a penalty from Thomas Ramos at the last minute, the French XV partly made us forget its poor start to the…
Rugby: the French rugby team relieved after its second place in the VI Nations Tournament
Cédric Chasseur // Photo credits: Shaun Botterill / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP 7:25 a.m., March 18, 2024modified to 9:14 a.m., March 18, 2024 An almost unexpected…
Dead at 33, New Zealand rugby player Billy Guyton suffered from degenerative brain disease
Billy Guyton, a rugby player who died in May 2023 at the age of 33, was the first known professional rugby player in New Zealand to be diagnosed with chronic…
Rugby: one year after the humiliation of Twickenham, England in search of revenge
Cédric Chasseur / Photo credits: Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP 9:25 a.m., March 15, 2024modified to 9:30 a.m., March 15, 2024 The XV of France arrived this Thursday March 14 in…
2024 Olympics: France can win gold in rugby sevens, according to Antoine Dupont
Published on 03/04/2024 at 11:27 a.m. Photo credit © Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – Antoine Dupont believes…
Rugby Sevens: the Dupont Blues triumph in Los Angeles, the Olympic goal is well underway
So this is the “Dupont effect”? The emblematic captain of the XV of France, who came to the challenge of the VII to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games (July…
Rugby Sevens: “Dupontmania” takes effect at the Los Angeles Tournament
Aviva Fried / Credits: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP 08:22, March 3, 2024 After a nice bronze medal at the Vancouver Sevens rugby tournament, the Los Angeles tournament continues for…
Rugby Sevens: France begins with two successes in Los Angeles, Antoine Dupont scores a try
Europe 1 with AFP 10:07 a.m., March 2, 2024 The French women’s and men’s sevens rugby teams both won their first match in Los Angeles as part of the discipline’s…
Between the “Antoine Dupont effect” and Paris 2024, the new life in the spotlight of French rugby sevens
The coach of the French women’s sevens rugby team, David Courteix, with his players before the HSBC SVNS tournament in Vancouver, Canada, February 24, 2024. DON MACKINNON / AFP He…
Antoine Dupont propels France into semi-final on rugby sevens debut
Antoine Dupont against Ireland, in the quarter-final of the Vancouver stage of the world circuit, February 24, 2024. DON MACKINNON / AFP He had arrived in Vancouver on tiptoe. “I…