Posts Tagged "France Rugby"

Ireland will once again make the journey to Paris to face a French team who have been flattered by recent results. Trips to the French capital typically offer little more than a weekend city break for travelling Irish support, but there is a flicker of confidence that a successful raid could be on the cards.

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World Cup finalists France overcame a 10-point deficit to beat Scotland 23-17 at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Sunday and keep their hopes of a Six Nations Grand Slam alive.

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When Sebastien Chabal and Racing Metro “parted in good terms” a couple of weeks ago, before a player rebellion against coach Pierre Berbizier, the 34-year-old French international Chabal said he had a few option.

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The postponed Six Nations match between France and Ireland will now be played on March 4, the tournament’s organising committee says.

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France have named an unchanged 23-strong squad for the Six Nations game against Scotland at Murrayfield on February 26.

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His hand forced by necessity, France rugby coach Philippe Saint-Andre has returned to the halfback combination that carried the team to their last Six Nations grand slam.

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The first round of the 2012 Six Nations tournament has been completed, with Wales, France and England (particularly the first two rugby nations) claiming impressive victories.

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Just one weekend of Six Nations action could demonstrate whether Ireland or Wales is best placed to challenge for the title, if France is stronger now the players are talking to their coach, and whether the promise of an inexperienced England squad can yield instant results.

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It was a confident Philippe Saint-Andre who named his Six Nations squad, his first since replacing Mark Lievremont as coach of the French side. Saint-Andre, under whose stewardship Gloucester became one of the best teams in England, is a popular choice with French players and fans.

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France’s new rugby coach Philippe Saint-Andre on Friday unveiled his backroom staff, naming fellow former players Yannick Bru and Patrice Lagisquet as his assistants.

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Except for an hour-long stopover in Auckland en route to Disneyland many years ago, I’ve never visited New Zealand.

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French centre Aurelien Rougerie won’t have to answer accusations of eye-gouging All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in the closing minutes of the Rugby World Cup final amid swirling speculation over the incident.

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Former Italian coach Nick Mallett summed up the International Rugby Board succinctly at a packed corporate luncheon in Auckland yesterday: “They couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery.”

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Yeah, take that All Blacks. You might have won your second World Cup, but it took you 24 years to do it. That’s right, I said it. You and your fourth string flyhalf. I know what’s going on. You think you can just snaffle this World Cup and we’ll all forget the fun we’ve had [...]

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France were left cursing the absence of a stroke or two of good fortune after losing 8-7 to New Zealand in the Rugby World Cup final in Auckland on Sunday.

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This was a memorable Rugby World Cup final. It was a titanic battle with both sides playing with power and passion. It was unbelievably tense. And in the last half hour, the game wobbled over the abyss for the All Blacks after Thierry Dusautoir scored under the posts to take the score to 8 – [...]

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All Black skipper Richie McCaw hoisted the William Webb Ellis trophy at Eden Park last night, but France played the better rugby in the heart-stopping 8-7 victory to the men-in-black.

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It all comes down to this. Eighty minutes of rugby stands between either the All Blacks or France reaching the pinnacle of the sport. Join us from 7.00pm AEDT for live scores and a minute-by-minute blog and find out who will lift the Webb Ellis Cup in the Rugby World Cup Final tonight at Eden [...]

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Since beating the Wallabies, New Zealand has become a land abuzz with confidence. A country brimming in the glad anticipation of seeing a second All Black captain triumphantly hoist the William Webb Ellis Trophy.

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The French farce continues at the Rugby World Cup but the wary All Blacks are taking no chances ahead of Sunday night’s predicted final mismatch.

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