Best Club Rugby Team in the World = 8th Best Team in France 🇫🇷

Well there we go! Union Bordeaux-Bègles, despite having arguably the best Champions Cup campaign ever, have finished in the bottom half of the Top 14 and missed out on the play offs… 🤯 Of all the scenarios we mapped out, not many could have foreseen this set of results.

Even with this to hand, things are getting hard to work out 😵‍💫 *Think* as it stand right now: 1 Toulouse 90pts 2 SFP 82pts 3 Montpellier 78pts 4 Pau 78pts 5 Racing 74pts 6 Clermont 71pts UBB (69pts) & La Rochelle (68pts) miss out. This has changed at least twice while drafting 😂

Top 14 Final Round | Who Needs What Keep this one to hand over the next couple of hours, you’re gunna need it!

Conclusion: literally anything could happen and trying to predict it is a mug’s game… 😂 ALLEZ!

Confused by all of this, well hopefully this will help…or it could easily make it even worse 🙈

And we’ve gone one step further with the predictions this week… With so many different permutations, we’ve set out what we think will happen in terms of the final standings. Who will get it right: Rob or Rich? 👇

Top 14 Round 26 🔮 Last hurrah for the regular season, and all eyes on Bordeaux vs Clermont in what should be an absolute belter. Racing 92 have a barrage game in their own hands with Toulouse coming to town, and La Rochelle are ready to pounce if them or UBB slip. Strap in! #Top14

Mind blowing try from Provence in the ProD2 final!!! 😱

Be prepared for a clip of that Bituniyata offload to go viral… 🔥🥵 #ProD2

#OutOfContextProD2 #ProD2

And NOW for the Team News run through! PRO D2 FINAL | TEAM NEWS youtu.be/hLm7kEYkx6k

You know you’re too obsessed with French rugby when you walk into your local South London bakery, spot the weekend special and wonder whether its a metaphor for the Pro D2 final… Will it be the team from the Mediterranean in Black or the team steeped in the traditions of Brittany who wins today?

At a loss with what to do with yourself this Friday evening without any rugby to watch? Why not watch our Preview of the final round of Top 14? 📽️ TOP 14 Final Round | NEED TO KNOW youtu.be/DthcLy_eGJY We will help you decipher this…👇

Where is Pro D2!? 🤷‍♂️ Have you got to Thursday evening realising that it looks surprisingly empty? Are you completely lost in the maze of huge rugby matches? Need a way of planning your weekends for the next month? Look no further! 🗓️ Your French Rugby Calendar for June is here! ALLEZ! 🇫🇷🏉

Sud-Ouest and The Telegraph are also reporting Edwards is leaving The FFR have told me there's "nothing concrete" right now... France A play England A in 16 days' time #NationsChampionship

Just got confirmation of this Surgeory to reattach two tendons in his shoulder, nasty stuff #Top14

New Pod! 🚨 Really starting to hot up now with big moves across the Top 14, Pro D2 and Nationale as we reach the business end of the season... There's also a missed opportunity in the retro shirt stakes + some familiar family names making waves! 🎧👇 linktr.ee/rosbifsrugby #Top14 #ProD2

Huge news! Jalibert likely to miss UBB’s winner-takes-all game at home to Clermont on Saturday. Also a chance he could miss the knockouts, although without him on Saturday, will UBB even get there…? 🤔

Lift capacity according to the spec = approx. 16 people

The intrigue around team selections for Racing’s home game vs Toulouse gets another layer! They should definitely pick 18 JIFFs to avoid the deduction. Sunday’s squad had 15, helped by both Georgian props, Tuisova & Tagitagivalu all being JIFF. Outside backs & front row are areas to adjust.

We stand corrected (shock) on the Coville situation. Certainly adds a little more spice to Saturday’s final if there’s a bit of bad blood over Coville’s contract.

As far as we are aware, Coville’s move from Provence to Vannes was confirmed some time ago. Nice little sub plot…

Racing’s hammering of Clermont has really shaken things up - not least because of next week’s fixtures… La Rochelle host Stade Francais and Clermont head to Bordeaux. Racing welcome Toulouse to La Défense. Pau slip to 4th for the first time this season, but have Montauban at home.

Not content with scoring the Try of the Season, Racing properly let rip in the Auvergne. Stunning performance that propels them into 5th place 😳 Leo Carbonneau with his best performance for Racing 92 and confirm his place in the ever-expanding list of 🇫🇷 scrum half talent

Racing 92 have just scored the Try of the Season. Full stop.

Big Ben: Has there ever been a bigger & better advocate for professional athletes boozing hard? Scores a try within 2 minutes of coming on… ALLEZ 🍻🍻🍻

Nissa Rugby promoted to Pro D2! The artist formerly known as Nice/Stade Niçois become the first Nationale team to win the Pro D2 Access Match and earn promotion. Mont de Marsan relegated. Hope they have a reset and rise back up. They don’t feel like a third tier club.

Reckon the scrum might still be a bit of a weak point for Pau? 😬

Top 14 Round 25 🔮 A little late due to technical issues. The big ones to call are later on anyway All eyes on Montpellier vs Pau tonight in the fight for a SF spot. Then two huge fixtures on Sunday, UBB at Toulon & Clermont hosting Racing, both will determine the Top 6 shakedown... Allez!

What do you do when you have 3 amazing and physical centres? If you’re Stade Francais, you stick one of them in the back row 😳 Tani Vili with a first ever start at no.6 - been one of the league’s best 12s over the last few months…

Here we go then... Colomiers vs Provence, live on YouTube via our friends at FRUK www.youtube.com/live/-gZgkgr...

Oh good Lord… 🤤

Utter dominance from Vannes Oyonnax were barely in this game. Vannes played without risk and were largely untroubled. Ominous for whoever awaits them in the Pro D2 Final next weekend. ⚓️💙🤍

The Pro D2 Semi-Finals are here, and we've got you covered! First up, a bonus Pod with Birmingham's finest, Myles Edwards, ahead of Colomiers' semi-final against Provence tomorrow... linktr.ee/rosbifsrugby Two of his former clubs, Vannes and Oyonnax, kick us off tonight... 🧵 #ProD2

This will be epic. Just to be clear, this is the entrance they will go through…

New Pod! 🚨 All things Bordeaux, Bilbao and Big Ben this week after UBB's Champions Cup triumph. The Pro D2 Barrage is done and dusted, there's a huge Top 14 round on the horizon, and a familiar face continues their career in Nantes. Give it a listen 👇 linktr.ee/rosbifsrugby

This is the guy that Tim Cocker has been saying on FRUK looks like our very own Rob…

A big day for Toulouse They face an LNR hearing for salary cap breaches They risk a record fine of €5million #Top14 www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Articl...

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🗞️ Ben Tameifuna has announced his immediate retirement from rugby. He will be taking up a new role as a detective with Police Nationale 33, the local police department.

And so the Big Ben Bender begins…

Blessing your timeline with Big Ben changing room antics 2.0

2nd question: beat Toulouse in a semi final. It’s now looking like they will meet their nemesis in the #Top14 semis this year. It feels like meeting them in a semi is what they need, but beating them in a final would still be too much of a mental hurdle

🌿 Provence through to Pro D2 Semis! Really impressive performance. Matched Brive physically and made them look fairly ordinary as a result. Also scored some scintillating tries of their own. Tough one to call next week away at Colomiers!

All the action will be live on FRUK tonight, the perfect digestif to what will surely be a Champions Cup feast in Bilbao. Strap in! www.youtube.com/live/rH6I_33...

Bru also said Athletico Bilbao had gifted a club jersey to Bordeaux-Bègles' five Basque players I have Lucu, Perchaud, Matiu, Mousques but not the fifth? Classy touch, #AupaAthleti

🍇 BORDEAUX Team News Wow, what a squad of 23 that is! Leinster also look formidable, so gunna be epic! Return of Poirot, form & work rate in back five of the pack + they’ve got some incredible physicality on 6-2 bench. All before even mentioning the backs… UBB to shade it? 🤔

🪻MONTPELLIER Team News Despite largely cruising through, MHR haven’t always put their strongest side out in the CC this season. This, however, is as strong a 23 as they can put out. First choice props on bench but both of Nouchi & Vunipola, first choice locks and half backs all starting

🚨Pro D2 BARRAGE - Team Guides!🚨 The best second division in world rugby has reached its knockout stage! We're bringing all you need to know on each club: key players, killer stats, unsung heroes + more. Here’s your complete English-language guide to the Pro D2 Playoffs!👇

🚨 Bonus Pod! 🚨 It's #ProD2 Barrage week, and to celebrate Curwin Bosch sat down with us ahead of Brive vs Provence. An absolute gent who gave us the inside line on Brive, coaching challenges, SA teams in 'Europe' and heading home with the Bulls. Enjoy 👇 linktr.ee/rosbifsrugby