One week after the town of La Rochelle went viral with their celebrations of the club winning the Heineken Champions Cup, the town of Bayonne came out in force to rival that following their promotion back to the Top 14. Bayonne beat Mont de Marsan 49-20 on Sunday at the GGL Stadium in the promotion […]
When someone goes online searching for a textbook dummy, very rarely would they expect one of the first videos to appear to be of a tighthead prop. But Oyonnax’s Thomas Laclayat’s deserves to be recognised for his handiwork against Bayonne on Sunday. The 24-year-old 120kg tighthead would not have believed his luck when he was […]
Since their introduction to the game, 50:22s have been well received and generally regarded as a success, but a spanner has now been thrown into the works. Up until last weekend, 50:22s were seen as quite an august achievement, until Carcassonne fly-half Baptiste Mouchous leathered the ball from his own 22 into Vannes’ five metre […]
As 50:22s are the latest introduction to rugby in the northern hemisphere, the Internet is filled with videos of the kicks as a consequence. Saracens No8 Billy Vunipola dipped his toes into the world of 50:22s against Bath on Sunday, while France scrum-half Antoine Dupont continued to show that he has almost mastered the game […]
