Topic: Stade Francais

Mauro Bergamasco out for Italy

Stade Francais third-row forward Mauro Bergamasco has been ruled out of Italy's tour of South Africa after failing to recover from a hand injury, the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) announced on Saturday.Bergamasco, who has 84 international caps and is the elder brother ...
Stade Francais have recalled Ollie Phillips from the England sevens squad in an increasingly ugly spat between clubs and countries over player availability.Phillips, one of the world's top players in the abbreviated game, should have been preparing for the London leg of ...
France coach Marc Lievremont on Wednesday called up uncapped Perpignan full-back Jerome Porical for a 30-man squad to tour South Africa and Argentina in June.Porical, 24, and 21-year-old Biarritz flanker Wenceslas Lauret are the sole debutants in a squad that will be ...
Italy captain Sergio Parisse was welcomed back into the squad Monday as coach Nick Mallett unveiled his 26-man squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa.Parisse missed the last Six Nations due to a serious knee injury so his return will be ...
Racing-Metro confront Parisian rivals Stade Francais on Saturday on the last day of the Top 14's regular season.All the six play-off places have already been allocated with Racing-Metro grabbing the final spot last weekend with their thrilling 29-22 comeback win over Biarritz.The ...

Leinster see Clermont as season's biggest test

Reigning champions Leinster take part in their seventh European Cup quarter-final in nine years on Friday and expect the biggest challenge of their season against attractive French outfit Clermont.In other ties, Basque giants Biarritz take on Welsh region Ospreys in northern Spain, ...

Clermont on top as Haskell French row rumbles on

Clermont gained revenge for their 2009 French Top 14 final defeat to Perpignan by beating their rivals 22-17 on Friday to move back into pole position in this season's title race.Clermont were reinforced by the return of their Six Nations players - ...

Haskell row overshadows key game for Stade

The bitter row between Stade Francais and the English Rugby Football Union over James Haskell has overshadowed the French side's build-up to a crucial Top 14 game against Toulouse this weekend.Stade's request to have Haskell released from England duty on what is ...
Rob Andrew said it was down to James Haskell to sort out the club v country row that has seen the Rugby Football Union refuse to release the flanker to French side Stade Francais this weekend.England's 2003 World Cup-winning captain wants to ...

Stade Francais request Haskell release

French club Stade Francais have asked England to release back-row forward James Haskell from their Six Nations squad for their high-profile Top 14 match with Toulouse here on Saturday.Haskell had been expected to be resting this weekend ahead of the final two ...