Spoke to Jonny Wilkinson at a brasserie in the Parisian suburbs today England, Steve Borthwick, mental health in rugby, Thomas Ramos and the Nations Championship on the menu Full piece out tomorrow

Interesting little move this Waratahs centre Joey Walton to join Montauban next season on a two-year deal Les Sapacians are likely to be relegated to #ProD2 #Top14

Glad to see this. Can't sit around waiting for the WRU forever.

Aupa Rosbifs!

Toulon scrum-half Baptiste Serin suffered a shoulder injury against Stade Francais on Saturday but things seem positive He's away on holiday this week with further tests planned on his return #Top14 www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Actual...

Hollie Davidson will become the first woman to referee a #Top14 game when she takes charge of Clermont v Lyon on the weekend of April 18-19

Antoine Dupont, Thomas Ramos, Thibaud Flament & Emmanuel Meafou back in Toulouse training today before Saturday's #Top14 home game with second-placed Montpellier Peato Mauvaka, Kalvin Gourgues & Pierre-Louis Barassi on holiday this week Georges-Henri Colombe out injured with an ankle/knee issue

An ex-Toulon centre/ coach and a former Brive scrum-half in there www.allblacks.com/news/all-bla...

Pau's Australian back-rower Reece Hewat has undergone surgeory on an Achilles tear and is expected to be out for the season #Top14

I had a look at last weekend's tight-heads in the #Top14 Nine (from the 28 in the matchday 23s) were French Eight are Georgian, two are Tongan with also a Moldovan, Australian, Samoa, Kiwi, Fijian, England, South African & a Spaniard Aldegheri/ Bamba were rested, Colombe benched, Montagne injured

"We often say the Top 14 is a marathon but, right now, it's a sprint" That was the #Top14 weekend that was. And this is what players and coaches had to say about it, as the table tightened at a crucial stage Please read, like, comment, share - and subscribe lerugby.ghost.io/top-14-talki...

Galthie was questioned about problems at scrum & a lack of tight-heads Galthie says 50% of their conceded tries came from penalised scrums "The scrum is a passionate and complex part of the game but it's played by eight not only the tight-head"

A little stint in Newcastle before a move to La Rochelle for Ben Healy www.newcastleredbulls.com/en/articles/...

A long-ranging interview with Fabien Galthie in today's Midi Olympique He says his squad selection for the Nations Championship will be based on "freshness and talent" and Alldritt, Fickou and Penaud have futures with Les Bleus

Jacques Ouillis v Bordeaux-Begles Minutes: 69mins Carries: 19 (#1) Turnovers: 3 (#1) Tackles made: 18 (=3) #Top14 (Via RugbyPass)

The full #Top14 table Toulouse host Montpellie next weekend, tasty! Stade Francais v Clermont on Sunday night could be decent too

Fascinating results in the second round of the French local elections, with the extreme-right failing to win any of its significant targets once again. Paris remains socialist, and so - it seems - does Marseille. Lyon remains Green. Centre right and "republican right" candidates doing well.

Before this weekend, only Jalibert and Graou had made 11 or more assists in the #Top14 And it's going to be a bit of Jouez, Jouez, Jouez as UBB (80.1%) and Toulouse (79.7%) have the best off-load rate in the league

🗳️ Municipales à Paris: Emmanuel Grégoire donné largement gagnant, Rachida Dati échoue à ravir la capitale aux socialistes, selon les estimations.

Mignoni's Toulon were thumped 46-27 by Stade Francais yesterday, the Parisians' first win at Satde Mayol since 2014 Mignoni was pretty calm in the presser afterwards and refused to give up on their play-off hopes as they trail Bordeaux-Begles in sixth by five points #Top14

Half an hour to kick-off at the Matmut Atlantique It's Le Garonnico/ Jalimack/ chocolatine derby time In addition to the two 10s, Penaud v Gourgues & Gazzotti v Willis will be great to watch #Top14

Blanco elected on a centrist ticket, taking over from the right-leaning Maider Arosteguy It's very good news with the town's rugby club, who have been desperately searching for help (mainly financial) from local authorities #ProD2

Ex-France full-back Serge Blanco has been elected mayor of Biarritz

Olympic gold medallist Andy Timo made his La Rochelle debut last night "Athletically he's impressive" He's on loan there from Stade Francais until the end of the #Top14 season www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Articl...

Nairo Quintana announces this will be his final season. "Cycling has been my life but this is not the end of my story" he says

Pau lock Thomas Jolmes with the best 'locks' in the #Top14...

English fly-half Joe Simmonds is set for his first Pau appearance since October after recovering from a calf injury France #SixNations champions Theo Attissogbe, Emillien Gailleton and Hugo Auradou start for La Section at La Rochelle #Top14

Springboks winger Aphiwe Dyanti will make his Narbonne debut against Rennes tomorrow in the third-tier #Nationale His last game was in February 2025

La Rochelle fly-half Antoine Hastoy will make his 100th club appearance against former side Pau tomorrow He had been linked with a departure earlier in the year but Ronan O'Gara confirmed Hastoy will stay Munster's Ben Healy is set to arrive on the Atlantic coast next season #Top14

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This week's Jouez: The French Rugby Dispatch looks at Pierre Mignoni's return from a burnout as well as Fabien Galthie attempting the splits and a slab of Alpine cheese What more do you want? #Top14 open.substack.com/pub/illtudda...

Stade Francais and Kappa, you little genuises, it's corker #Top14

The PREM broadcast rights in France have been brought by streamer Janusport The first game will be Bath v Saracens on Friday www.youtube.com/shorts/iX9Di...

Bordeaux-Begles' Australia back-rower Lachlan Swinton is nearing full fitness He hasn't played since February 2025 due to a knee injury #Top14

Original this from Manu on La Defense Arena: "It's like a movie cinema, it's awesome" #Top14

Racing 92's Joey Manu on #RWC2027... "Growing up in New Zealand, playing for the All Blacks is every kid's dream. I'm not too sure where that lies at moment. I'm going to take this season as it comes. If the opportunity comes then I'd be excited for that" #Top14

Baptiste Serin and Gael Drean are set to feature for Toulon against Stade Francais on Saturday Charles Ollivon and Jean-Baptiste Gros are likely to be rested Haven't seen anything about Ben White yet #Top14

Matthieu Jalibert looks back on the #SixNations with L'Equipe: "I was myself, I was liberated [...] There's also been an evolution in our attacking gameplan which meant I was in the best conditions to express myself, individually and as a team" www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/Articl...

Louis Bielle-Biarrey will be rested by Bordeaux-Begles Yoram Moefana, Maxime Lucu, Maxime Lamothe, Temo Matiu and potentially Matthieu Jalibert could feature #Top14

A boost to Bayonne's hopes of ending a seven-game winless run Centre Sireli Maqala as well as back-rowers Esteban Capilla and Rob Leota are set to return from injuries as they head to bottom side Montauban on Saturday #Top14

It looks like Franck Azema will take over at Fiji before #RWC2027 La Rochelle's defence coach Romain Carmignani and ex-Perpignan attack coach David Marty could go with him as his assistants www.rugbyrama.fr/2026/03/16/t...

Head coach Pierre Mignoni has returned to Toulon in time for Saturday's #Top14 game against Stade Francais The former scrum-half has been away from the club due to mental health issues since February 19 It's the focus of this week's Jouez: the French Rugby Dispatch, out on Thursday

Edwards on Fabien Galthie "He's a bit of a genius Fabien, he's one of the most creative people in rugby" #SixNations

Shaun Edwards' reasoning behind high-scoring games: "World Rugby, they want more points. A lot of the rules have been changed for the attack [...] and the quality of the pitches, some of them are unrecognisable" Via BBC Radio 5 #SixNations

Here are some of other of my reflections on France’s #SixNations campaign A second-straight title was expected but the lack of a Grand Slam was a massive let-down Thread…

👩‍🍳⭐ Le restaurant Les Morainières, en Savoie, est la seule table à décrocher une troisième étoile en 2026, selon le palmarès du guide Michelin dévoilé lundi à Monaco, qui a décerné au total 62 nouveaux macarons aux meilleures tables gastronomiques françaises.

Scotland lock Jonny Gray linked with a loan move to Perpignan Compatriot Jamie Ritchie is already at Stade Aime-Giral #Top14 www.rugbyrama.fr/2026/03/16/t...

Louis Carbonel extends his Stade Francais deal until 2029 The fly-half is third in the #Top14 leading scorers this season with 185 points The 27-year-old made the last of his five France appearances in 2021

France scored 30 tries in the #SixNations These three were involved (scored or assisted) 27 of them Attissogbe helping us all forget about Penaud's ommission, LBB finishing eveything off, Ramos the perfect second playmaker

According to Midi Olympique, La Rochelle are interested in the Springboks' tight-head Frans Malherbe for next season following Uini Atonio's retirement and Joel Sclavi leaving #Top14 www.rugbyrama.fr/2026/03/16/t...