This week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch comes from the Alps during a ski holiday
The conditions are good, but a piece on Finn Russell could not wait
#SixNations #SCOvFRA
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This week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch comes from the Alps during a ski holiday
The conditions are good, but a piece on Finn Russell could not wait
#SixNations #SCOvFRA
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As reported in November in Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch France are releasing a special ‘third’ 120 jersey for #LeCrunch
Here’s the launch video
It’s bloody cool
#SixNations #FRAvENG
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Reason 4,396 why #ProD2 is the best league in the world
Here's how the match ball for Brive's game with Dax tonight was delivered
On the fire service's hovercraft
Always!
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Juan Ignacio Brex and Tommaso Allan back in Italy's squad for #ITAvENG
Allan in at full-back for Capuozzo?
#SixNations
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France's squad will meet up in Marcoussis on Monday morning
Could be tight turnaround for the Pau/ Bordeaux-Begles players who play on Sunday night
The team for #SCOvFRA will be announced on Thursday at 1130 (local time)
#SixNations
Simmons and Sowakula make it onto the bench
Newsome not even in the 23
Jauneau makes his first start since December
#Top14
It's first v second in #ProD2 tonight and it's a 39th straight home sell-out for Vannes
Great numbers
Nine points seperating the Bretons and Colomiers in the table
Interesting to hear a debrief from World Rugby's Shape of the Game conference
Much fewer law trials planned
No major push for law changes
TMO/ scrum reset delays are a worry
Midi Olympique reports France are considering basing themsleves in Nice in the build-up to #FRAvENG to avoid the Parisian rain!
#SixNations
According to Midi Olympique, Mignoni has taken a break due to mental health issues linked with the intensity of being Toulon coach, long days, big expectation etc
He also has had other health issues, including a "serious" problem almost two years ago
#Top14
Bayonne have stopped off in Perigueux for a training session on the way to Clermont
Have a look at who's out on the field... Coup d'etat, what coup d'etat?
#Top14
I was there for the Clermont win, incredible scenes, Capilla and Carreras were unreal!
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A full piece with Simone here
#Top14
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Really sad news about Tarbes to confirm what we kind of already knew.
Tarbes was also the formation club for new 🇫🇷 superstar Fabien Brau-Boirie
Best of luck to the staff and playing squad
😢
Third-tier Tarbes have filed for bankruptcy due to a debt of €640,000
They won the Bouclier de Brennus in 1920 & 1974
Former players include Philippe Carbonneau, Colin Charvis & Vereniki Goneva
The amateur arm of the club will remain
#Nationale
Et voilà... just in time for your pavlova
#AupaBaiona
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France's squad for #SCOvFRA
Depoortere and Moefana are back as is Le Garrec
Montagne is out with a neck problem
#SixNations
Toulon DoR Laurent Emmanuelli says Mignoni will return after the #SixNations break and will be absent for Saturday's trip to Lyon
Up to the players to react this weekend after the recent home loss to Clermont
#Top14
This week's Substack will be out tomorrow midday
Just in time for your Friday lunch of poulet roti, frites, and glass of Bordeaux...
#Top14
French third-tier club Narbonne sign ex-Springboks winger Aphiwe Dyanti until the end of the season
He last played in February 2025
#Nationale
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Proper belting!
Really enjoyed this
Allez les Ospreys!
Stade Francais host Perpignan in the #Top14 on Saturday looking to avoid back-to-back home league defeats for the first time since October 2020
Via Opta
Bayonne's Joris Segonds has scored 38.5% of his team’s points this #Top14 season, the highest share of any player
He has taken over from Camille Lopez smoothly at Stade Jean Dauger
A little nugget from Opta:
Bayonne have lost their last four #Top14 matches, their longest losing run since November 2020–February 2021
It is the first time they have lost their first four matches of a calendar year in the #Top14
Toulouse's France hooker Guillaume Cramont will join Bayonne on loan next season
The 25-year-old competes with Julien Marchand and Peato Mauvaka for a starting spot at Stade Ernest Wallon
#Top14
Clermont centre Irae Simone on his #RWC2027 ambitions:
"I'd still like to put my hand up for Wallabies. I am also eligible to play for Samoa if the Wallabies weren't interested"
More from the midfielder via @afp.com later this week
France centre Yoram Moefana has returned to training with Bordeaux-Begles for the first time since the Ireland win in the #SixNations
He's in line to feature for his club against Pau in the #Top14 on Sunday
Fellow centre Nicolas Depoorte sat out the session with a calf issue
Former France back-rower Olivier Magne has joined football club Lyon as a mental coach/ performance psychologist
"Even if the balls change their shapes, the levers of human excellence remain the same"
A year ago, Gregory Patat and Bayonne were cruising to the #Top14 play-offs
12 months later Patat is gone and they're 12th in the table.
What's gone wrong at Stade Jean-Dauger is the focus of this week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch
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