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12 000 tickets sold in two hours for the pre season 🏉 friendly between Vannes and Toulouse in Guingamp.
RC Vannes : 12 000 places vendues en deux heures pour le match de préparation face au Stade Toulousain | Le Télégramme share.google/XKDxIOXQWlvu...
This explains the influx of Wallabies to the #Top14 for the coming season
But when do they get a holiday if they play a full French club season, July games then The Rugby Championship?
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STOP what you are doing!
Take a moment to marvel at Adidas proving that Impossible is Nothing…
They have managed to make the iconic USAP away kit even better, even more outrageous.
Drink it in 👇
Placines is Biarritz through and through.
Still plays with the Basque flag on his scrum cap and judging by his performance against them this season, he REALLY hates Bayonne.
Shortney Lawes 👏🏼
That takes the biscuit over our effort of Not-so Big Courts…
Shortney Lawes 👏🏼
That takes the biscuit over our effort of Not-so Big Courts…
A future star of the #Top14
We’re tipping him to be one of the signings of the season.
Just needs to avoid any freak, thumb-crushing gym accidents like his predecessor at Aurillac (USAP’s “French Finn”, Antoine Aucagne)…
What odds on a ‘cheap’ deal (ie below market rate/his previous rugby salary) to return to Gloucester, followed by signing for big money in France as a medical joker…?
01.08.2025 09:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Only a handful of signings (albeit more ‘big money’ signings than we are used to from Section) but plenty of experienced men departing - maybe there is space in the budget…
Signing LRZ would give them a good option to replace Attissogbe when he moves to 15!
La ROGchelle have done some serious business before the new season
More on the comings and goings on this week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch
#Top14 #ProD2
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We take back everything we said about Joma.
What can they dream up for Montauban…? 🤤
"It's progressing, but nothing formal"
FFR vice-president Abdelatif Benazzi on the talks about a France-Lions game in 2029
To @en.afp.com
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🚨End of Season Pod!🚨
We’re celebrating a mad year of French Rugby with the most prestigious event:
The Rosbifs Rugby Golden Boeufs Awards 🏆
From Players of the Season to the best scandals, accidental tries and best stadium food, who will be the winners?
Find out below 🎧👇
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Spot on James👌
The Drop Goal
The most beautiful Catalyst that deserves love and empowerment ✨
Drop goal merchants @samdavey1993 and Jérôme Bosviel walked me through it under Benjamin Lapeyre's stern gaze
Find out more about rugby's own Caravaggio
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And now he's drinking whiskey with Alex Cuthbert and Simon Zebo
NLG loves rugby, as mentioned on this week's Substack
🎞️ And you can see us debate all of this, including:
- our VERY strict criteria
- our shortlists
- our biases
+ a slight apology to Thomas Ramos & Jiuta Wainiqolo over on @RosbifsRugby YouTube channel:
TOP 14 Team of the Season
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Maybe Ramos, Marchand & Isa can get some game time after all.
Plus we will always be willing to accommodate Macalou…
Oh god, have we fallen foul of the regs?! 😬
7 in the starting line up and only 4 on the bench 🤦🏼♂️
Top 14 Team of the Season 2024-2025
No French Rugby this weekend, so we look back on the 2024-2025 season by picking our #TOP14 Team of the Season.
More players from Vannes than winners Toulouse, strong Bayonne representation, and reward for viral rugby players...
ALLEZ!
A Depth Chart for French Rugby?
You’re welcome 👇
New Zealand v France | Tour Review
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#FrenchRugby #Top14
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🚨Podcast Visuals!🚨
🖥️ For those who have listened to this week’s pod, but want to see our France’s Depth Chart in all its glory…
Our chat is now available on YouTube! 👇
#Rugby
New Zealand v France | Tour Review
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This is the day after Rob’s birthday…dangerous 😳
#FRAvRSA
Perhaps better words that captured the zeitgeist, but as an example, really liked learning about ‘pizza throwers’ ahead of France v Italy
24.07.2025 08:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Reckon you can definitely do a ‘Best of Jouez’ for each segment of the newsletter. Like ‘Word of the Year’ for the word that best captured the zeitgeist at the time and a ‘à Table’ of the year for best thing you’ve eaten and mentioned in the newsletter
24.07.2025 08:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0For our own ‘Golden Beoufs’ we’ll be doing something similar, mirroring the excellent Illtud & the official La Nuit du Rugby awards. (So we’ve got most of the below + coaching team for Pro D2 & Top 14).
And don’t worry, there will be plenty more ‘Rosbif-y’ ones…
Anything you think we should have?
Cheers Chris!
Yep, that’s when we first spotted him (on TV). His goal kicking was exceptional in that game - not just 9 from 9, but 9 tough ones!
Would be very easy to just focus on his goal kicking, so it’s the fact he showed other parts of his game that makes him one for the future!
🚨New Pod!🚨
The season is over, as is the tour that ruffled so many! This week:
- Herculean defense in Hamilton
- Did We Learn Anything?
- Criminal DJ interventions
There's also Rob's view on the U20s, transfer shenanigans and yoghurt based mayhem...
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