Topic: Francois Trinh-Duc

'Slavery' row as Rugby World Cup resumes

The scheduling row that has soured the World Cup took on a new dimension with a Samoan player accusing the International Rugby Board of exploitation akin to "slavery" and "apartheid".Eliota Sapolu Fuimaono, a centre who plays his club rugby for Gloucester in ...
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 ...

Nallet double helps France on road to redemption

Two tries by former France captain Lionel Nallet inspired the French to a 28-9 victory over Wales in their final Six Nations match here at the Stade de France on Saturday.The win will have gone some way to repairing the damage done ...
France coach Marc Lievremont's honeymoon period has not lasted long and defeat against Six Nations champions Wales here on Friday could signal the start of divorce proceedings.For the mounting band of critics his selection for the match against the Grand Slam holders ...
France coach Marc Lievremont's honeymoon period has not lasted long and defeat against Six Nations champions Wales here on Friday could signal the start of divorce proceedings.For the mounting band of critics his selection for the match against the Grand Slam holders ...
France coach Marc Lievremont has named four newcomers, including fly-half Francois Trinh-Duc, in his team to play Scotland in the Six Nations championship on Sunday at Murrayfield.. Lievremont had promised changes when he took over from Bernard Laporte in the wake of ...