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Arata's step not enough for Castres
Simmonds kicks 27 points for Pau
Botha's 13-minute double for Lyon
Future Lions (?) score three of Toulouse's nine tries
#Top14
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The late-afternoon #Top14 results...
Lyon into the top six
Montpellier eight points clear of relegation play-off
ANOTHER Racing loss
Toulouse, are just Toulouse
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It's the only official Welsh jersey I want!
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Stade Francais off the bottom of the #Top14 (and up to 11th for now) with a 22-17 win over La Rochelle
O'Gara's side brought themselves right in it with two tries in the final seven minutes
Will Skelton unlucky to be red carded, Sekou Macalou deserved his early douche!
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He’s in the 42-man squad to prepare for the game
As are Buros, Meafou and Tatafu
If the last two are fit, Les Bleus could name a very heavy pack and bench (6-2 split too)
#IREvFRA #SixNations
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It doesn't sound like ROG is leaving La Rochelle anytime soon either, despite the bad run
"I’m not looking for an international job but maybe that narrative has got out there over the past six months. And maybe everyone’s eye drifted a little bit off the ball"
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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Perpignan's home game with Bordeaux-Begles on Saturday will be their 15th straight sold-out game in the #Top14
Toulouse, La Rochelle and Bayonne also on sold-out runs
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More about this week in French rugby (and France on the whole) here!
illtuddafydd.substack.com/p/stade-fran...
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Parisian problems, Aligot & Le Salon International d'Agriculture
This week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch is below
open.substack.com/pub/illtudda...
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A slightly tense press conference for Stade Francais before hosting La Rochelle on Saturday
Bottom of the #Top14, in the relegation scrap big time!
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Bring back Orangina as a Toulon sponsor!
Nonu is back in New Zealand and is expected to return to the Cote d'Azur after the #SixNations
#Top14
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More details here
France's full 42-man squad to prepare for #IREvFRA named on Saturday morning
uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/france-...
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Baptiste Serin to Canal+:
"We have to stay humble, it's been the leitmotive of the whole squad"
#Top14
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FT: Montpellier 30-38 Toulon
Replacement Dan Biggar's 78th-minute drop goal denies the hosts a bonus point
The visitors up to second, above Toulouse, serious #Top14 contenders
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30' left in Beziers
Montpellier 16-27 Toulon
The visitors are one try away from going above Bordeaux-Begles to the #Top14 summit
Serin, Villiere and Isa on form
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La Rochelle's Ronan O'Gara on the defeat at Lyon:
"Being in a negative cycle in rugby can happen, we have to accept it. The answers aren't obvious [...] We were given a hiding today"
#Top14
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Racing 92's Tristan Tedder after the Vannes loss:
"The change in coach is not why we lost today, I think we put ourselves in difficulty"
#Top14
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A hell of a welcome for La Rochelle's Lucas Andjisseramatchi on his first #Top14 start
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Sekou Macalou scored a very Sekou Macalou try
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#Top14 results
La ROGchelle lose a fourth straight game for the first time since 2021
Racing now extend their record French Top 14 winless run to seven matches
Stade Francais out of the relegation zone
Allan misses a key conversion in Perpignan's draw with Castres
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Bayonne beat Bordeaux-Begles 36-32 despite a second-half comeback from the leaders, plenty of edge
The Basques' Andy Bordelai (his surname means 'from Bordeaux' without the final s) with the crucial score
Segonds with 10 points off the boot, Carbery had a tough afternoon from the tee
#Top14
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Yes very much, not in Racing’s 23 today. Galthie & co are big fans, he could come straight back into the 15 against Italy!