When you stand at 6 foot 5 inches tall, it is pretty hard to pick up passes that are thrown at your feet, but Massy flanker Alexandre Loubiere has found a way around that problem. Up against Carcassonne last Friday in France’s ProD2, the flanker ran a support line for his teammate, second row […]
If anyone wants any proof that rugby has changed for the better over the past ten years, look no further than a ProD2 match between Lyon and Agen. This match saw legendary French forward Sebastien Chabal then at the final stages of his career, aged 36, but still as brutal as ever. In fact, he […]
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 […]
