Top 14 Recap: No Nonu, but Manoa is a Go-Go for Toulon

November 10, 2014 James Harrington 14

CASTRES, FRANCE – Top 14 champions Toulon have once again dominated the sporting headlines in France. Even as Les Bleus were putting Fiji to the […]

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Top 14 Preview: Toulon Lift Forfeit Threat

November 6, 2014 James Harrington 1

CASTRES, FRANCE – Toulon manager Bernard Laporte earlier this week threatened to forfeit Saturday afternoon’s Top 14 match at Castres due to the unavailability of […]

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Top 14 Recap: Oyonnax’s Urdapilleta Kicks Racing Metro Into Touch

November 2, 2014 James Harrington 3

CASTRES, FRANCE – Lowly Oyonnax threw the Top 14 form book out of the window, across the street and into the river this weekend when […]

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Top 14 Preview: Yes, Rugby Life Exists Outside Soldier Field

October 30, 2014 James Harrington 4

CASTRES, FRANCE – Contrary to what new American rugby fans may have heard recently, the game does exist beyond the boundaries of Chicago’s Soldier Field, […]

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Top 14 Recap: Toulouse Wreck Halfpenny Debut

October 13, 2014 James Harrington 4

CASTRES, FRANCE – There was added international flavour to the Top 14 weekend. There’s always an international flavour, of course, with so many overseas players […]

Top 14 Preview: Leigh Halfpenny Set For Toulon Debut

October 9, 2014 James Harrington 7

CASTRES, FRANCE – The ninth round of the Top 14, and the last before the shiny new European Rugby Champions and Challenges Cups kick off, […]