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Last national championship, the Biarritz Olympique waiting for the European Cup as “a breath of fresh air” to find a new impetus. Alas, the displacement at the Ospreys has confirmed what we see since the beginning of the season Top 14, that the soundtrack is still master of his rugby. Boasting an extra week of

Montpellier – Leinster: 16-16 The Herault spend ten seconds of the feat, but Sexton equalized after the siren on penalty. Montpellier has shown a very attractive face and held a candle to the champion for his baptism of fire at the table of the continental elite. Ospreys – Biarritz: 28-21 The Basques of RB competed

What fate is cruel to Montpellier! For an hour, they did more than hold a candle to Leinster, the reigning European champion and had victory in hand until the last minute before having to share the points (16-16). Yet, no one expected such a treat after an early season in the league more than complicated.

On June 7, the leaders of Clermont, Jean-Marc Lhermet in mind, have a big smile in the halls of Twickenham. For once, they welcome a lot of open H-Cup. The Auvergne can be found in Pool 4, along with Leicester, Ulster and Italians Aironi. Not necessarily a fun, but compared to the plate last season

slow decay. That sums up the delivery of Racing against Cardiff in the first day of the European Cup. And suddenly, with this home defeat in the first game, things get complicated for Parisians who always harbored ambitions yet real chicken in a more balanced than last year. Racing forget to widen the gap realistic

The president-elect on December 12 The board of the International Rugby Board (IRB) will elect its president on Dec. 12 in Los Angeles. The outgoing Bernard Lapasset and current vice-president, the English Bill Beaumont, are candidates. The two men were tied with 13 votes each in a preliminary vote on October 19 in Auckland. The

Friday at 9:00 p.m., Racing-Metro 92 will begin his European campaign against the Blues in Cardiff. A departure into the unknown against the Welsh region alone holds a European trophy (European Challenge 2010). But if last year's Racing chicken was particularly noted, the situation has changed a bit this season as acknowledged by the captain

England wants the heavy Just over a month after his elimination in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in New Zealand (opposite XV of France), England was already running towards the end of 2012. The Football Association has announced on Thursday the timing of tests matches this fall. With three guests on the road to

“Laurent Labit, is what the European Cup at the right time when the CO is coming off two successive setbacks? We must use it to bounce. But our schedule Top 14 (receipt of Toulon and Clermont displacement) is the same level, so it would still have had to react. But it is true that the

First to Palisson delayed because of heavy weather of Toulon, the debut of Alexis Palisson with the RCT will therefore not take place in the Top 14 but in the European Challenge. The International is in fact holds the wing in the team announced by Bernard Laporte, who also decided to run for the game

one thing we can not take away, Fulgence Ouedraogo is the kind sourieur. A bright smile. A smile from a kid devouring life but is well aware of his luck. “Of course I was booked in 2011 a lot of emotions. I continue to live my dreams of kids, a championship final, a World Cup

“Patrice Lagisquet, how do you approach the European Cup while the soundtrack is in trouble in the Top 14? Like a breath of fresh air! This is a new competition which is played in a completely different state of mind that the championship. There must be effective, enterprising and play without fear in my stomach.

Chabal has replayed wounded in the left collarbone since the end of September, Sebastien Chabal has replayed Monday at rugby, training. “It was the first time in five weeks,” he said Tuesday. If the third line of Racing Metro said he was “fit” for the competition, he nevertheless told “do not have any illusions” about

“Guy Novès, do you agree that the European Cup is like a sprint when the championship is a long distance race? I would say the Cup Europe is a middle distance race in fact. To have done for some years at the highest level, I know he do not miss his start in such race.

Castres is third after the tenth day of the championship. Yet the CO is to collect a second defeat in row, facing the UBB (24-9), after that granted against Racing (and very angry that followed) a week ago (19-23). For Laurent Labit, morale is suffering. “The game last week really hurt us eventually. It was