Topic: Stade Francais

France coach Marc Lievremont has made two changes to his starting line-up for the Six Nations game against Wales in Cardiff on Friday.Bayonne winger Benjamin Fall is brought back in on the wing to replace Vincent Clerc of Toulouse who is sidelined ...

Biarritz back to winning ways in Top 14

Biarritz bounced back from consecutive Top 14 defeats to record a 12-6 victory over Brive in a drab match on Friday evening.Biarritz, who lost to Bayonne and Stade Francais in their last two outings, move to within one point of Brive in ...

Bastareaud gets berth in French rugby squad

Stade Francais centre Mathieu Bastareaud completed an extraordinary turnaround in his fortunes on Wednesday when he was named in France's initial 30-man squad for the Six Nations opener against Scotland on February 7 in Edinburgh.The 21-year-old - whose recall was not expected ...

Bastareaud selected for French rugby squad

Stade Francais centre Mathieu Bastareaud completed an extraordinary turnaround in his fortunes on Wednesday when he was named in France's initial 30-man squad for the Six Nations opener against Scotland on February 7 in Edinburgh.The 21-year-old looked to have abruptly cut short ...
Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy's season came to a premature end on Wednesday when his appeal against a 24-week suspension for gouging was only reduced by a week, according to his club president Max Guazzini.The France international had received the original punishment ...
Castres consolidated their lead of the French Top 14 with a six-try drubbing of Albi on Sunday as Stade Francais stuttered to a drab 6-all draw with Montauban.Clermont, with a game in hand, kept up the pressure on the leaders with an ...

Castres stay top as Stade lose more ground

Surprise Top 14 leaders Castres suffered no hangover after the holiday break as they retained their position at the top on Wednesday beating Montauban 30-7.However, Stade Francais lost more ground as their disappointing season continued apace with a 25-23 reverse away at ...
Stade Francais angrily denounced the six-month eye-gouging ban handed down to scrum-half Julien Dupuy on Friday as " anti-French" and "excessive".French international Dupuy received the season-ending, 24-week ban for eye-gouging Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris during the Irish province's 23-13 European Cup win ...
Stade Francais angrily denounced the six-month eye-gouging ban handed down to scrum-half Julien Dupuy on Friday as " anti-French" and "excessive".French international Dupuy received the season-ending, 24-week ban for eye-gouging Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris during the Irish province's 23-13 European Cup win ...

Leinster topple Scarlets as French suffer

Holders Leinster scored a riproaring 32-7 win away to Llanelli Scarlets on Saturday to bolster their hopes of reaching the European Cup quarters.After starting out their campaign with a loss to London Irish in Dublin Leinster had got themselves back on track ...