Tag: Rugby
La Rochelle loses against Leinster for its first match of the season in the Champions Cup
Yoan Tanga-Mangene during the Champions Cup match between La Rochelle and Leinster at the Marcel-Deflandre stadium, December 10, 2023. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP After tormenting Leinster over the last three…
a new formula, but still no clarity for the Champions Cup
La Rochelle captain Grégory Alldritt during the Champions Cup final against Leinster on May 20, 2023 in Dublin. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP-PH Rugby has the reputation of being a simple…
The impossible reform of world rugby
During the World Cup match between Fiji and Portugal, at the Toulouse Stadium, October 8, 2023. STEPHANIE LECOCQ / REUTERS VSow can we make a sport rooted in its traditions…
A minute’s silence in tribute to Thomas will be observed on all rugby fields this weekend
Europe 1 with AFP // Photo credit: OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE / AFP 6:51 p.m., November 24, 2023 This Friday, the French Rugby Federation announced that a minute of silence will be…
Rugby night: Antoine Dupont elected best player in the Top 14 and the XV of France
Full card for Antoine Dupont: the scrum half from Toulouse and the XV of France was named best player in the Top 14 and best Blue of last season Monday…
Antoine Dupont named best player in the Top 14 and XV of France
Antoine Dupont during a match at the Stade de France against Australia, August 27, 2023. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP It’s a big hit for Antoine Dupont: the scrum half from…
Antoine Dupont at the Olympic Games, what awaits the maestro of the Blues to adapt to rugby Sevens
The captain of the XV of France, Antoine Dupont, during the opening match of the 2023 World Cup, in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), September 8, 2023. FRANCK FIFE / AFP One of…
Bernard Laporte recruited by Mohed Altrad at the head of Montpellier
Bernard Laporte (left), and French businessman and president of the Montpellier rugby club, Mohed Altrad (right), at the Stade de France, in Saint-Denis, February 6, 2022. FRANCK FIFE / AFP…
Melvyn Jaminet leaves Toulouse to relaunch in Toulon
Stade Toulouse fullback Melvyn Jaminet during a match against Lyon on April 16, 2023 in Toulouse. VALENTINE CHAPUIS / AFP He goes from the Reds and Blacks to… Reds and…
Antoine Dupont in the race for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Antoine Dupont during the Rugby World Cup match between France and Namibia, September 21, 2023 in Marseille. DANIEL COLE / AP The Paris Olympic Games (OG) are getting quite the…
Paris 2024 Olympic Games: towards the participation of Antoine Dupont in rugby sevens
Cédric Chasseur with AFP / Photo credits: FRANCK FIFE / AFP 4:50 p.m., November 15, 2023modified to 7:19 p.m., November 15, 2023 The French Rugby Federation indicated on Wednesday that…
Eight months suspended sentence required against rugby player Bastien Chalureau for racist attack
Bastien Chalureau, at the Toulouse Court of Appeal, November 14, 2023. VALENTINE CHAPUIS / AFP The attorney general requested an eight-month suspended prison sentence against Bastien Chalureau, player of the…