http://ruckingandmauling.com/topic/marc-lievremont2011-10-22T18:30:22Z2011-10-22T18:30:22ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-10-22:/blacks-wary-french-threat-world-cup-final-4847611a/

<div><p><a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a> play <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> in the <a title="Rugby World Cup" href="/topic/Rugby+World+Cup" >Rugby World Cup</a> final on Sunday bidding for their second title after beating Les Bleus in the climax of the inaugural 1987 tournament.</p><p>However, the <a title="All Blacks" href="/topic/All+Blacks" >All Blacks</a> remain wary of an inconsistent France side finding their form at Eden Park this week...

2011-09-22T19:30:43ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-09-22:/france-win-lievremont-4835273a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> on Friday defended his team selection for the <a title="FIFA World Cup" href="/topic/FIFA+World+Cup" >World Cup</a> showdown match with the <a title="All Blacks" href="/topic/All+Blacks" >All Blacks</a> saying it was a team chosen with the sole aim of winning.</p><p>His comments came after three days of jibes and counter-jibes over his selection which som...

2011-09-16T18:30:23ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-09-16:/toulon-give-saintandre-wining-sendoff-4832803a/

<div><p>Toulon gave coach <a title="Philippe Saint-Andre" href="/topic/Philippe+Saint-Andre" >Philippe Saint-Andre</a> a winning send-off on Friday with a 27-16 victory over Bordeaux-Begles in the French Top 14.</p><p>Saint-Andre, who will succeed <span><a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a></span> as coach of the French national team after the <span id="rugby_world_cup" class="inform"><a title="Rugby World Cup" href="/topic/Rugby+World+Cup" >World Cup</a><...

2011-03-19T03:30:09ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-03-19:/french-restore-pride-wales-6-nations-4756131a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> will seek a quick remedy from their historic Six Nations defeat by <a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a> last time out by beating <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> at the <a title="Stade de France" href="/topic/Stade+de+France" >Stade de France</a> on Saturday and at least end their dispiriting campaign on a high note.</p><p>A French victory would end Wales's outside hopes of the title whatever happens in <span><a...

2011-03-17T20:08:50ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-03-17:/rugby-captain-lead-french-redemption-4755666a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> captain <a title="Thierry Dusautoir" href="/topic/Thierry+Dusautoir" >Thierry Dusautoir</a> worked hard to earn the nickname 'Dark Destroyer' and on Saturday he will be determined to produce a performance worthy of the moniker and help his side bow out of this year's <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> with a victory over <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a>.</p><p>Victor...

2011-03-17T02:30:12ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-03-17:/players-dig-france-mire-scrumhalf-parra-4755193a/

<div><p>The French players intend to bow out of this year's <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> with a performance against <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> on Saturday that restores some of their battered pride, says scrum-half <a title="Morgan Parra" href="/topic/Morgan+Parra" >Morgan Parra</a>.</p><p>Parra said last year's Grand Slam champions had only themselves to blame for the ridicule they had been subjected to since th...

2011-03-13T17:30:29ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-03-13:/french-rugby-coach-axes-players-italy-defeat-4753586a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> has made six changes to his squad for next weekend's concluding <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> match against <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> following Saturday's historic 21-22 loss to <a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a>.</p><p>The casualties of the <span>Rome</span> ...

2011-02-23T08:30:21ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-02-23:/englad-rugby-flyhalf-wilkinson-wary-french-4745987a/

<div><p><a title="England" href="/topic/England" >England</a> fly-half <a title="Jonny Wilkinson" href="/topic/Jonny+Wilkinson" >Jonny Wilkinson</a> is wary of <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a>'s new-look line-up for this weekend's <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> clash, believing it reflects their rivals strength in depth.</p><p>France coach <span><a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont...

2011-02-22T20:30:32ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-02-22:/chance-jauzion-4745837a/

<div><p>Veteran French centre <a title="Yannick Jauzion" href="/topic/Yannick+Jauzion" >Yannick Jauzion</a>'s omission from the starting XV for the first two Six Nations matches perplexed many not least the <a title="Toulouse" href="/topic/Toulouse" >Toulouse</a> star but having been selected for Saturday's mouthwatering clash with bitter rivals <a title="England" href="/topic/England" >England</a> he is keen to avoid any slip-ups.</p><p>The 32-year-old - who will win his 73rd cap on Saturday si...

2011-02-13T17:30:23ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-02-13:/england-level-rest-french-rugby-coach-4741912a/

<div><p><a title="England" href="/topic/England" >England</a> are the best side in the <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> and Grand Slam holders <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> will have to improve dramatically in the next fortnight if they are to beat them said French coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a>.</p><p>The 42-year-old -- who guided France to their first Grand Slam ...

2011-02-09T19:30:23ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-02-09:/french-rugby-centres-shine-irish-gems-4740505a/

<div><p>Never judge a book by its cover and that old adage could not be truer about the two centre pairings that will face each other this Sunday in the <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> clash between <a title="Ireland" href="/topic/Ireland" >Ireland</a> and defending champions <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a>.</p><p>France coach <span><a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a></span> h...

2011-02-01T17:30:51ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2011-02-01:/medard-replaces-jauzion-french-rugby-squad-4737055a/

<div><p>Veteran centre <a title="Yannick Jauzion" href="/topic/Yannick+Jauzion" >Yannick Jauzion</a> has been left out of the French team to take on <a title="Scotland" href="/topic/Scotland" >Scotland</a> in the Six Nations opener here on Saturday with his place going to <a title="Maxime Mermoz" href="/topic/Maxime+Mermoz" >Maxime Mermoz</a> of <a title="USA Perpignan" href="/topic/USA+Perpignan" >Perpignan</a>.</p><p>Mermoz, who last played in the 41-13 loss to <span><a title="Argentina" href=...

2010-11-20T03:31:44ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-11-20:/french-redemption-nemesis-pumas-4385621a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> will be seeking on Saturday to avenge the party pooping 41-13 humiliation that <a title="Argentina" href="/topic/Argentina" >Argentina</a> inflicted on them back in June having arrived there on the back of their first Six Nations Grand Slam since 2004.</p><p>Argentina, though, have proved regular gatecrashers when it has come to taking on the French, not being content with just one victory over them at the <span id="rugby_world_cup" clas...

2010-08-02T07:16:00ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-08-02:/french-coach-lievremont-awe-blacks-1008045a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> admitted on Monday that the <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> champions have a lot of work to do if they are to challenge the <a title="All Blacks" href="/topic/All+Blacks" >All Blacks</a> at next year's <a title="FIFA World Cup" href="/topic/FIFA+World+Cup" >World Cup</a> in <a title="New Zealand"...

2010-06-22T09:17:00ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-06-22:/france-argentina-test-970747a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> has made seven changes to the French team that will face <a title="Argentina" href="/topic/Argentina" >Argentina</a> in <a title="Buenos Aires" href="/topic/Buenos+Aires" >Buenos Aires</a> on Saturday.</p><p>Bayonne centre <a title="Lionel Mazars" href="/topic/Lionel+Mazars" >Lionel Mazars</a> makes his international debut while <a title="USA Perpignan" h...

2010-02-26T05:17:08ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-02-26:/france-rugby-coach-readies-side-welsh-hell-856643a/

<div><p>Tournament leaders <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> continue their quest for a <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> grand slam away to <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> on Friday with coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> warning his side to beware the "hell" of <a title="Millennium Stadium" href="/topic/Millennium+Stadium" >Cardiff's Millennium Stadium</a>...

2010-02-26T05:16:00ZAFP European Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-02-26:/lievremont-readies-side-welsh-hell-856623a/

<div><p>Tournament leaders <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> continue their quest for a <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> grand slam away to <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> on Friday with coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> warning his side to beware the "hell" of <a title="Millennium Stadium" href="/topic/Millennium+Stadium" >Cardiff's Millennium Stadium</a>...

2010-04-16T06:56:55ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/lievremont-readies-france-welsh-hell-856405a/

<div><p>Tournament leaders <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> continue their quest for a <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> grand slam away to <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> on Friday with coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> warning his side to beware the "hell" of <a title="Millennium Stadium" href="/topic/Millennium+Stadium" >Cardiff's Millennium Stadium</a>...

2010-04-16T09:46:10ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/dusautoir-takes-french-rugby-skipper-709610a/

<div><p>Toulouse flanker <a title="Thierry Dusautoir" href="/topic/Thierry+Dusautoir" >Thierry Dusautoir</a> is to take over as captain of <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> from <a title="Lionel Nallet" href="/topic/Lionel+Nallet" >Lionel Nallet</a>, coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> told AFP in an interview on Monday.</p><p>The 27-year-old <a title="Cote d'Ivoire" href="/topic/Cote+d'Ivoire" >Ivory Coast</a>-born player stood in...

2010-04-16T10:05:47ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/france-benefit-foreign-rugby-players-686732a/

<div><p>The French national rugby team could soon benefit from a raft of top-class <a title="Springboks" href="/topic/Springboks" >South Africans</a> and other nationalities plying their trade in the Top 14 and now eligible for selection for 'Les Bleus'.</p><p>Rugby union's world governing body, the IRB, specifies that players seeking international honours must have either been born in said country, have one of their parents or grandparents born there, or lived there for 36 months prior to initi...

2010-04-16T15:36:47ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/lievremont-reflects-nations-learning-curve-290201a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> rugby union coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> said he "learnt a lot" about himself during the 2009 <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations tournament</a>, in an interview with the Sud Ouest newspaper published on Tuesday.</p><p>In a wide-ranging interview, Lievremont said the tournament "made me grow up" and went on to list the players who h...

2010-04-16T15:55:43ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/lievremont-rues-bitter-nations-experience-258590a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> admitted to experiencing "a bitter taste" despite seeing his side secure third place in the 2009 <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> with a resounding 50-8 victory over <a title="Italy" href="/topic/Italy" >Italy</a> here on Saturday.</p><p>"I have the impression that we're very far from and at the s...

2010-04-16T15:59:14ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/lievremont-receives-support-rugby-chief-254150a/

<div><p>Under-fire <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> rugby coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> received much needed support on Wednesday from French Rugby President Pierre Camou.</p><p>Camou said there was no danger of Lievremont nor his assistants, backs coach <a title="Emile Ntamack" href="/topic/Emile+Ntamack" >Emile Ntamack</a> nor scrum coach <a title="Didier Retiere" href="/topic/Didier+Retiere" >Didier Retiere</a> being remo...

2010-04-16T16:02:08ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/players-france-rugby-coach-251026a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> on Monday lashed out at some of his players for lacking professionalism and fight in the 34-10 <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> drubbing by England at <a title="Twickenham" href="/topic/Twickenham" >Twickenham</a> on Sunday.</p><p>The French, coming off a thrilling win over reigning champions <a t...

2010-10-21T10:34:31ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-10-21:/chabal-switch-roles-2394756a/

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2010-04-16T13:59:08ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/french-defy-critics-nations-clash-wales-405651a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a>'s honeymoon period has not lasted long and defeat against <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> champions <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> here on Friday could signal the start of divorce proceedings.</p><p>For the mounting band of critics his selection for the match against the Grand Sl...

2010-04-16T13:59:23ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/french-defy-critics-daunting-rugby-nations-campions-wales-clash-405327a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a>'s honeymoon period has not lasted long and defeat against <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> champions <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a> here on Friday could signal the start of divorce proceedings.</p><p>For the mounting band of critics his selection for the match against the Grand Sl...

2010-10-21T10:33:02ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-10-21:/marconnet-france-2392194a/

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2010-04-16T14:23:22ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/wales-rugby-test-looms-misfiring-french-375472a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> has less than two weeks to find out what is preventing his side from firing on all cylinders and a failure to do so could see them engulfed by the red tide from <a title="Wales" href="/topic/Wales" >Wales</a>.</p><p>The French did manage an opening 2009 <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> win against...

2010-06-12T05:05:27ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-06-12:/drawing-board-france-rugby-coach-370870a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> saw his <a title="Valentine's Day" href="/topic/Valentine's+Day" >Valentine's Day</a> celebrations spoiled on Saturday despite his side defeating <a title="Scotland" href="/topic/Scotland" >Scotland</a> 22-13 here in the <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations tournament</a>.</p><p>The <a title="Stade de Fra...

2010-04-16T14:28:25ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-16:/france-scotland-pick-rugby-victory-369380a/

<div><p><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> and <a title="Scotland" href="/topic/Scotland" >Scotland</a> go into their <a title="Six Nations Championship" href="/topic/Six+Nations+Championship" >Six Nations</a> clash here at the <a title="Stade de France" href="/topic/Stade+de+France" >Stade de France</a> on Saturday both seeking a welcome victory after bruising opening round defeats.</p><p>The French certainly played their part in a high quality and exciting 30-21 defeat to <a ti...

2010-06-12T04:30:57ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-06-12:/elissalde-suffers-french-nations-snub-326269a/

<div><p><a title="Gareth Cooper" href="/topic/Gareth+Cooper" >Scrum-half</a> <a title="Jean-Baptiste Elissalde" href="/topic/Jean-Baptiste+Elissalde" >Jean-Baptiste Elissalde</a> was overlooked by coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> when the French Six Nations squad for the opening games against <a title="Ireland" href="/topic/Ireland" >Ireland</a> and <a title="Scotland" href="/topic/Scotland" >Scotland</a> was announced on Wednesday.</p><p>The 31...

2010-06-12T04:30:27ZAFP Global Editiontag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-06-12:/lievremont-character-calls-new-face-499972a/

<div><p>Toulouse utility back <a title="Maxime Medard" href="/topic/Maxime+Medard" >Maxime Medard</a> was the only uncapped player named by coach <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> on Tuesday in a 23-strong squad for the autumn Test international against <a title="Argentina" href="/topic/Argentina" >Argentina</a> at Marseille on November 8.</p><p>The 22-year-old winger-cum full-back, who was coached by present French backs coach <a title="Emile Ntamack"...

2010-10-19T10:10:21ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-10-19:/france-mix-2168478a/

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2010-10-19T10:09:14ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-10-19:/vive-la-differencefrance-bring-new-boys-murrayfield-clash-2166637a/

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2010-04-12T20:33:55ZGetty Imagestag:ruckingandmauling.com,2010-04-12:/photo/irb-rugby-world-cup-2011-draw-686470p/

LONDON - DECEMBER 01: Coaches of Pool A rivals, <a title="Graham Henry" href="/topic/Graham+Henry" >Graham Henry</a> (L) of <a title="New Zealand" href="/topic/New+Zealand" >New Zealand</a> and <a title="Marc Lievremont" href="/topic/Marc+Lievremont" >Marc Lievremont</a> (R) of <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> shake hands during the IRB <a title="Rugby World Cup" href="/topic/Rugby+World+Cup" >Rugby World Cup</a> 2011 Pool Allocation Draw at <a title="Tower Bridge" href="/topi...