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They'd kissed an made up by the full-time whistle though

"I much prefer a cuddle off Manu than a punch, that's for sure"

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Willis & Manu Tuilagi had a little scuffle on Sunday

"I don't know if you saw the tackle, it absolutely melted one of our boys. I've cleared him out and then pushed him, and then he's looked at me and I was like, oh no, this is going to be a Chris Ashton moment all over. I was a little bit worried"

Outcast Willis 'not overthinking' England absence despite Top 14 clean sweep Toulouse's exiled England flanker Jack Willis says he avoids thinking too much about missing out on Test selection after winning the French Top 14's player of the season award for 2024/2025.Since his ...

Jacques Willis in all his toulousain glory

What a player, England are poorerer without him, the #Top14 is richer with him

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A statement extension from Pau with Emilien Gailleton

Toulouse and La Rochelle had been interested

Will be battling with Nicolas Depoortere and Pierre-Louis Barassi for a spot in France's midfield in November

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'WRU supports this statement. We are considering changes we may need to make to qualification rules as part of ongoing analysis following our recent consultation process. We reserve the right not to select men's and women's players for international duty if they participate in this competition.'

A full piece with Willis coming up this evening

He spoke really well and honestly about England and life in France

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This is from SA Rugby, had to zoom out to get the whole statement in one screen grab

No Wales or Argentina on the R360 statement

"Each of the national unions will therefore be advising men’s and women’s players that participation in R360 would make them ineligible for international selection"

Exiled Willis succeeds Dupont as Top 14 player of the season Exiled England flanker Jack Willis succeeded France scrum-half Antoine Dupont as the French Top 14's player of the season for 2024/2025 on Monday. Toulon winger Gael Drean scooped the breakthrough pla...

From last night

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Thoroughly deserved

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Capitaine Jacques Ouillis

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The best night of the year in French rugby is underway

Toulon’s Gael Drean has been named breakthrough player of the year

#Top14 #ProD2 #LaNuitDuRugby

Communiqué de presse Ce dimanche, le président et le directeur général ont reçu longuement les représentants des joueurs, qui ont souhaité assumer pleinement leurs responsabilités face aux mauvais résultats sportifs de ce...

Head coach David Marty and defence coach Gérald Bastide leave #Top14 basement side Perpignan, following a series of crisis talks after the club's fifth defeat in five games this season

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Salesi Rayasi and Louis Bielle-Biarrey cross in the last 11 minutes as Bordeaux-Begles win 32-20

Nicolas Depoortere was top drawer

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Bordeaux-Begles' struggles continue

The trail Lyon 20-17 with 20 minutes left at Stade Chaban-Delmas

19-year-old scrum-half Esteban Gonzalez has scored twice for the visitors on his first #Top14 start

Paul Gustard and his shades guide Stade Francais to their first away #Top14 win since March 2024 with the victory at Perpignan

Ex-France captain Charles Ollivon played his first match since January in Toulon's win over Pau

He came off the bench for 30 minutes

Good news for Fabien Galthie, a month off the November Tests

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With the smallest of breathing space to boot!

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My higlights

Harry Plummer's 23 points
Noah Nene's first #Top14 try
Ma'a Nonu rolling back the years, AGAIN
Castres, being Castres, in the rain at Pierre-Fabre

A pretty manic set of fixtures

Stade Francais go top thanks to Abraham Papali'i's 82nd minute winner for Castres against Racing 92

Lyon can reclaim No. 1 spot with a win at Bordeaux-Begles tonight (2100 local time)

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Staniforth predicts All Blacks honours for 'freak' Manu before Top 14 match-up Castres' Australian lock Tom Staniforth said Racing 92 centre Joey Manu has a chance of featuring for New Zealand at the 2027 Rugby World Cup before they meet each other in the French Top 14 on Saturd...

The full piece with Tom Staniforth

Arguably the best, and most consistent performing second-row in the #Top14 without Test honours!

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Merci Francisco, means a lot 🙌

If you want to really understand the Quércy-Galthié problem, then read @illtuddafydd.bsky.social substack post

Don't fall for gotcha journalism or non reliable influencers

What is Fred Quercy's beef with Fabien Galthié? The Montauban captain had his player registration frozen after calling the France coach "the worst person on Earth"

Quercy v Galthié

This week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch

Also includes emtional Les Bleus, Basque cider, and an unhapy Antoine Dupont

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Rugby - Pro D2. FCG : les joueurs ont repris l’entraînement, le match face à Provence Rugby confirmé Jouera, jouera pas ? Depuis mardi et la décision des joueurs du FC Grenoble rugby de ne plus s’entraîner – par solidarité avec leur entraîneur ...

The players are back in training today and Friday's match should go ahead.
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Castres lock Tom Staniforth on his mullet:

"You've got to stay committed to it. You've got to have a bit of motivation as to why you're doing it to stay committed. And then once it's there, it's just too good to get rid of"

More later this week looking ahead to hosting Racing 92 in the #Top14

Confirmation of Enzo Herve's loan move from Toulon to Castres until the end of the season

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The full nominations are here

Jack Willis looking to become the second Englishman to win the #Top14 award after Zach Mercer in 2022

Big fan of all three on the breakthrough shortlist, and I'd give the #Elite1 gong to Madoussou Fall

Jerome Bosviel HAS to take the #ProD2 prize

Diddorol

"Very soon" according to this" Vague as vague is!

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