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Preview: Bayonne v Toulouse

1 decade ago by Planet Rugby

Toulouse boss Guy Nov�s was confronted with talk of relegation this week as his team seek to avoid a fifth straight defeat at Bayonne. The most successful club in European history are going through...

Noves remains confident

1 decade ago by Sky Sports Rugby

Toulouse coach Guy Noves insists he is not worried by his side's slump in form heading into Friday's Top 14 clash with Bayonne.

France name Kockott for November

1 decade ago by Planet Rugby

France head coach Philippe Saint-Andr� has named five uncapped players in his squad for November's internationals, with scrum-half Rory Kockott included. Props Uini Atonio and Xavier Chiocci, back-row...

Clermont storm to the top with demolition of Lyon

1 decade ago by ESPN Scrum

Clermont returned to the head of the Top 14 with a bonus-point 43-12 demolition of Lyon after a first half which had been very even. With a 16-12 lead at the break, Clermont scored 27 unanswered points...

Toulouse in crisis after fourth defeat

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Ailing four-time European champions Toulouse slipped to their fourth successive Top 14 defeat on Saturday losing 27-16 at Racing-Metro despite Vincent Clerc scoring the 86th try of his career. Clerc's...

Top 14 wrap: Full house for Clermont

1 decade ago by Planet Rugby

Clermont returned to the summit of the Top 14 standings in style on Saturday while Castres climbed out of the relegation zone thanks to a hard-fought win over Oyonnax. Clermont moved above Toulon thanks...

Brive indiscipline borders on insane

1 decade ago by Planet Rugby

The Top 14 is only six weeks young, yet Brive have picked up nearly as many cards as Racing M�tro did in the whole of last season. Brive now occupy 13th spot with two wins - surprisingly Castres (last...

Wulf-fired Toulon thrash Brive

1 decade ago by Rugby 365

Toulon put their kicking concerns to one side and maximised on a red card to surge to provisional number one spot in the Top 14 with a convincing, bonus-point 53-13 victory over Brive. Bernard Laporte's...

Preview: Top 14, Round Six

1 decade ago by Planet Rugby

After five weeks of Top 14 action, Racing M�tro are the only one of last year's play-off teams who are still unbeaten at home. Last Saturday it was the turn of Toulouse and Toulon to go down on home...

Best of the weekend: Wasps stun champions, NZ remain unbeaten

1 decade ago by The Rugby Blog

Sarries smash Quins and Wasps stun SaintsAfter last weekend, you may have been forgiven for thinking that the new Aviva Premiership season had an air of predictability round it – but thankfully, that...