Southern Europe - Rucking and Mauling

Ireland may not have won the Six Nations which finished on Saturday but nevertheless on Monday they were the top ranked northern hemisphere country in the IRB world rankings.The Irish are ranked fourth, largely thanks to their victory over the Six Nations ...

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 will seek a quick remedy from their historic Six Nations defeat by Italy last time out by beating Wales at the Stade de France on Saturday and at least end their dispiriting campaign on a high note.A French victory would end ...

France captain Thierry Dusautoir 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 Six Nations with a victory over ...

The French team are determined to set aside the historic defeat by Italy last Saturday and beat Wales in their final Six Nations match at the Stade de France this weekend, wing Alexis Palisson warned Tuesday.The 23-year-old was not part of the ...

France coach Marc Lievremont made five changes to the side that was humiliated by Italy as he tries to make amends against Wales in their final Six Nations match at the Stade de France on Saturday.Lievremont lashed out at his players following ...

France coach Marc Lievremont has made six changes to his squad for next weekend's concluding Six Nations match against Wales following Saturday's historic 21-22 loss to Italy.The casualties of the Rome defeat are: Sylvain Marconnet, Jerome Thion, Sebastien Chabal, Yannick Jauzion, Clement ...

Italy's rugby players woke up on Sunday after their historic 22-21 victory over France to find themselves making a rare appearance on the front pages of sport newspapers.And they were lauded as "heroes" for securing their place in history with a "dream" ...

France coach Marc Lievremont made three changes to his starting lineup on Tuesday when he named his side to play Italy in the Six Nations tournament in Rome on Saturday.Two of those were in the pack where Castres flanker Julien Bonnaire replaces ...

Wales coach Wayne Gatland insisted his side is still on course to win the Six Nations championship following their 24-16 success away to Italy.Wales were forced to hold on grimly in the second period as, with the wind behind them, Italy pushed ...

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Topic: Southern Europe

Ireland top of the northern tree in world rankings

Nallet double helps France on road to redemption

French out to restore pride against Wales at 6 Nations

Rugby captain out to lead French to 'redemption'

Ashamed French rugby team eyes redemption

Lievremont rings changes, but regrets outburst

French rugby coach axes players after Italy defeat

Italy press hails historic rugby dream

France make three changes for Six Nations Italy clash

Gatland 'confident' as Wales beat Italy in Six Nations

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