Top 14 Recap: Heart-Breaking Defeat Leaves Castres with One Foot in ProD2

March 16, 2015 James Harrington 7

CASTRES, FRANCE – Last season’s ProD2 champions Lyon and 2013 Brennus-winners Castres are strong favourites for relegation from the Top 14 following the 20th weekend […]

Top 14 Preview: Why Only A Vintage Bordeaux Performance Will Be Good Enough

March 12, 2015 James Harrington 5

CASTRES, FRANCE – To say Top 14 play-off contenders Bordeaux have had a tough run in the league recently is an understatement bordering on the […]

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Top 14 Recap: Stade’s Matchwinner Plisson Stakes France Claim With 17-Minute Masterclass

March 8, 2015 James Harrington 4

CASTRES, FRANCE – Jules Plisson dropped a clear hint to France coach Philippe Saint-Andre that he is ready to reclaim the national side’s number 10 […]

Top 14 Preview: Tension Mounts as Top 14 Enters Final Eight Weeks

March 5, 2015 James Harrington 2

CASTRES, FRANCE – Eighteen regular Top 14 season weekends down, eight to go – and the play-off slots are currently occupied by, in order: Clermont, […]

Top 14 Recap: Bordeaux’s Chalmers Has Last Laugh In Toulon’s Comedy Of Rugby Errors

February 22, 2015 James Harrington 14

CASTRES, FRANCE – A try on the stroke of halftime gave Bordeaux the kick in the derrière they needed to make a game of their […]

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Top 14 Preview: Sexton’s A Racing Certainty This Weekend – But McCaw Shrugs Off Pau Rumours

February 19, 2015 James Harrington 6

CASTRES, FRANCE – Rumours that Richie McCaw would see out his career in France’s Top 14 after the 2015 Rugby World Cup would appear to […]