Topic: Stade Francais

Beauxis given 20-day ban for spear tackle

Stade Francais outside-half Lionel Beauxis has been handed a 20-day ban for a spear tackle on Castres' Pierre Bernard during a Top 14 match.Beauxis received a yellow card for the tackle but the disciplinary committee of the national rugby league decided to ...

Wilkinson loses out in French rugby battle

Racing-Metro extended their unbeaten home record with a gritty 15-12 win over Toulon on Sunday to move into second place in the French Top 14 table, two points behind leaders and European champions Toulouse.Racing fly-half Jonathan Wisniewski kicked 12 of his team's ...
Toulouse hold their one-point advantage after 12 games following a 35-11 punishment of tailenders Bourgoin, as second-placed Montpellier achieved an equally impressive 35-9 scoreline at home to struggling Brive.Toulon finally halted their slide with a morale-boosting 29-20 win at Perpignan, but Clermont ...

Bastareaud handed World Cup warning by Lievremont

Bastareaud showed his resilience by bouncing back from the shameful episode in New Zealand last year where he invented a story about being beaten up and subsequently was left out in the cold for last November's tests before being recalled and starring ...

Toulouse beat Stade in bruising French battle

European champions Toulouse defeated Stade Francais 34-16 on Saturday thanks to a breathtaking second-half performance in a bruising French Top 14 clash that saw five players yellow-carded.Stade, who went into the game with two wins from two matches, were 16-11 ahead at ...

Kicking machine Wilkinson can't save Toulon

England star Jonny Wilkinson kicked 26 points but was unable to prevent big-spending Toulon from crashing to a 36-31 defeat by Racing-Metro on Friday, the club's second defeat in three matches.Wilkinson kicked eight penalties and converted Argentine flanker Juan Martin Fernandez-Lobbe's 73rd-minute ...

Toulouse beaten as Brit connection fires Toulon

European champions Toulouse slid to their first defeat of the French domestic season on Saturday, going down 22-16 at Castres to leave Stade Francais and Bayonne as the only sides boasting 100 percent records after two matches.Toulouse had seen off Agen comfortably ...

Perpignan enjoy sweet revenge, Toulon crash

Perpignan beat champions Clermont 21-13 on Friday to avenge their defeat in May's French Top 14 final, but big-spending Toulon slumped to an embarrassing opening defeat to unheralded Bayonne.Perpignan, who won 13 times at home last season, earned all of their points ...

Toulouse, Stade romp in openers as Toulon crash

European champions Toulouse ran in six tries while Stade Francais racked up five in French Top 14 romps on Friday, but big-spending Toulon slumped to an embarrassing home defeat to little Bayonne.Toulouse enjoyed a 44-24 cruise over promoted Agen as the new ...
Clermont, who won their first French Top 14 final at the 11th attempt last season, tackle Perpignan, the team they defeated to clinch that elusive crown, in Friday's season opener.The two clash after a summer which has seen little transfer action while ...