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Connolly joins SBW at Toulon
Former Wallabies coach hired by crisis-ridden Toulon, the French
rugby union club of Sonny Bill Williams.
All Black to give Castres boost
Former All Blacks backrow forward Chris Masoe is set to give
struggling French championship side Castres a boost by joining up
with them on Friday.
Toulouse hand Stade first defeat of season
French champions Toulouse inflicted the first defeat of the season for ex-NSW Waratahs coach Ewen McKenzie's Stade Francais on Saturday, winning 26-13 at the Stade de France.
Michalak adds spice to Sharks
France fly-half plays a key role as KwaZulu-Natal Sharks edged Blue
Bulls to win Currie Cup.
Michalak boosts Sharks
France international flyhalf will be out to prevent the Blue Bulls
from retaining their Currie Cup title.
Jack injured, Jacobs set for debut
Former All Black out of action until after Christmas while Waratahs
centre could make debut for Saracens.
Elsom scores in Leinster win
Irish skipper Brian O'Driscoll scored twice and then hobbled off
injured as Leinster inflicted a sixth defeat in eight games for
struggling English club Wasps in Heineken Cup action over the
weekend.
Kelleher and Marshall escape punishment
Former All Blacks halfbacks Byron Kelleher and Justin Marshall
escaped penalties after being found not guilty of foul play when
they appeared before the European judiciary process.
Kelleher charged with stomping
Former All Blacks halfback Byron Kelleher charged with trampling
Butch James in Heineken Cup match.
Tigers strongarm Ospreys
Leicester outmuscled the Ospreys 12-6 in the European Cup on Sunday while Toulouse edged a nail-biting 18-16 win over Bath, David Skrela hitting the winning penalty two minutes into injury time.
Elsom scores in Leinster win
Australian flanker scores in European Cup debut while Stade
Francais and Sale score impressive wins.
Latham in try blitz
Former Wallaby fullback bags three tries as his English club
Worcester score crushing win in European Cup.
French stragglers cling to All Blacks icon
Toulon boss Mourad Boudjellal has rubbished speculation John Connolly could replace Tana Umaga as coach of the club.
Juniors break hoodoo
THE Australian Schoolboys yesterday created history with their first victory over New Zealand Schools on Kiwi soil. The young Australians won a bruising encounter 15-11 in New Plymouth - a result that also delivered back-to-back triumphs over NZ for the first time, following a win in Sydney last year.
Carter heads foreign legion
New Zealand flyhalf heads the list of overseas players giving
glamour to the Heineken Cup.
NZ players kicked off flight
South Canterbury rugby team yellowed carded off flight after
"pick-up line " from player goes awry.
Is this rugby's worst ever jersey?
High art, or high farce? You be the judge as Stade Franais launches
its latest rugby jersey on the world.
Byron backs Carter's move
Former All Black believes Dan Carter's French sabbatical is the
mid-career tonic the world-class five-eighth needs.
Eddie Jones backs young gun
Saracens coach Eddie Jones believes Owen Farrell will not suffer by
being compared to his father Andy Farrell, the former Great Britain
rugby league skipper who also plays with the English Premiership
side.
Gasnier injured as Stade win again
Stade Francais continue their unbeaten run in the Top 14
championship but pay a heavy price.
Toulon and Stade Francais fined
Tana Umaga's Toulon side and Ewen McKenzie's Stade Francais have both been fined after an ugly brawl in their Top 14 clash in mid September.
Gasnier set for French encore
Mark Gasnier will be hoping to back up his impressive rugby debut
when Stade Francais side host Montauban.
After all the rucking and mauling, clubs regain control of Shute Shield
NSW rugby officialdom was last night expected to return power to the people with a vote on who runs the Shute Shield next season and beyond.
Time to face some provincial realities
Let's back the truck up a bit. Before we go spraying the NZRU with too many bullets, perhaps we need to ask ourselves one important question: has New Zealand's main provincial competition had its day?
Gaz tickled pink with try on debut
THE difference 13 days make. On September 13 Mark Gasnier trudged
from Brookvale Oval after St George Illawarra's 38-6 qualifying
final defeat to Manly and noted: "I feel crap but it's more for the
loss than because I'm going."
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