Topic: Dimitri Yachvili
Tonga pulled off one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history when they beat Six Nations heavyweights France 19-14 in their final pool match on Saturday.The South Sea Islanders hurried and harried the French into a catalogue of errors, combining an ...
France coach Marc Lievremont sprung a surprise on Tuesday when he named scrum-half Morgan Parra to play at fly-half for the World Cup Pool A match against New Zealand here on Saturday.Parra takes over from Montpellier's Francois Trinh-Duc who played at No.10 ...
The French players intend to bow out of this year's Six Nations with a performance against Wales on Saturday that restores some of their battered pride, says scrum-half Morgan Parra.Parra said last year's Grand Slam champions had only themselves to blame for ...
Samoan prop Census Johnston and French winger Maxime Medard scored two tries each as European champions Toulouse opened up a seven-point gap in the French Top 14 on Thursday with a 29-9 win over Montpellier.Johnston, who earlier in the day had signed ...
Two tries by former England international Iain Balshaw inspired last season's beaten finalists Biarritz to a 26-19 win over English outfit Bath on Saturday and ensure they finish top of their European Cup pool.Biarritz managed to get their bonus point with four ...
David Skrela kicked six penalties to inspire defending champions Toulouse to a 18-16 victory over 2004 champions Wasps in their opening European Cup clash on Sunday.Skrela landed the sixth of his kicks eight minutes from time to give the hosts a two-point ...
France scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili kicked four second-half penalties to give last season's beaten European Cup finalists Biarritz a 12-11 victory over English outfit Bath on Sunday.Yachvili - who landed five penalties in their semi-final meeting five years ago which also ended in ...
Dimitri Yachvili kicked a perfect six penalties to send Biarritz into the European Cup final on Sunday with a 18-7 win over Munster at the Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastian.Biarritz will now meet Toulouse in the third all-French final at the Stade ...
Former Wales and British and Irish Lions skipper Gareth Thomas, who announced on Saturday that he was gay, was unable to save his Cardiff Blues side from European Cup defeat.Thomas, 35, came off the bench in the dying moments against former club ...
The Wallabies have stacked their flanker options in anticipation of a war at the breakdown against France in the one-off upcoming rugby international here.Coach Robbie Deans is adamant the French will target the breakdown contest on Saturday after their epic victory over ...