Top 14 Preview: Pressure..? What Pressure?

April 24, 2015 James Harrington 6

CASTRES, FRANCE – Heading into the final four weeks of this Top 14 campaign, only one thing is certain. Next season, the Simon Mannix-led Pau […]

Philippe Saint-Andre Successor ? Raphaël Ibañez Plus Two in Frame for France Job

March 31, 2015 James Harrington 7

CASTRES, FRANCE – It is finally official. Win or lose – and it will come as no surprise to anyone to read that the French […]

Amlin Cup Preview: Ties, Damn Ties and Statistics

December 5, 2013 James Harrington 3

CASTRES, FRANCE – Statistics only tell part of the story, but a little reminder about the 934 points scored with 104 tries in 20 matches […]

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Top 14 Review: Biarritz win again… Really

November 26, 2013 James Harrington 5

CASTRES, FRANCE – Any concerns that the Top 14’s two-week break would hit bottom-of-the-table Biarritz harder than most clubs in France’s top flight were laid […]

Top 14 Preview: That’s Nice… It’s Toulon v Clermont

October 3, 2013 James Harrington 15

CASTRES, FRANCE – It’s slightly scary to realize that, at the end of this weekend’s matches and with European rugby set to kick off next […]

Top 14 Preview: Toulouse and Castres under Romain rule

September 19, 2013 James Harrington 17

CASTRES, FRANCE – Chances are, the referee who sin-binned Bismarck Du Plessis for THAT tackle on Dan Carter, then sent the South African hooker for […]