James Harrington is a freelance sports journalist and editor, based near Toulouse in southwest France, whose key focus is on the French rugby scene. He has worked with World Rugby, EPCR, RugbyPass, Rugby World, the Irish Examiner, SA Rugby Mag, Irish Independent, ESPN, and The Rugby Paper.
Four Top 14 teams are battling it out for three play-off places as the gruelling French league enters the final weekend - here's h…
We list the candidates who could still be in the running to take over from Jacques Brunel after FFR President Bernard Laporte has …
Simon Mannix felt he was on to a good thing in France, but Pau's consistent struggles to break into the Top 14's higher reaches ha…
Clermont winger Alivereti Raka has his sights set on going to the World Cup with France - but revealed vicious online comments mea…
The results are in. They have been counted and verified. And they have told FFR President Bernard Laporte to stop looking beyond F…
Former international scrum-half Galthie to take on short-term role, despite not having been involved in coaching a senior men's si…
Following months of rumours, Nakosi is set to be reunited with former Agen boss Mauricio Reggiardo at reigning Top 14 champions Ca…
FFR President Bernard Laporte plans to appoint next coach of France's national rugby side before the tournament in Japan - but two…
"Dan Carter cannot play rugby in France," Racing 92 reveal after medical advice from experts at the Ligue National de Rugby
At the start of the Six Nations, Clermont's Morgan Parra and Camille Lopez were France's first-choice halfbacks. Three games later…
All Black Julian Savea was not the only Toulon player to bear the brunt of club president Mourad Boudjellal's anger following the …
Dan Carter is set to return to Europe to play rugby again according to reports from France, as he seeks a temporary release from J…
Noves - who turned 65 in early February - is claiming €2.9million in back pay on his reported €800,000-a-year contract, plus 1…
Toulon boss Mourad Boudjellal reveals when he'll quit club and promises fireworks before he goes - including a sizeable player cul…
Mathieu Jalibert is targeting a late February comeback after resuming squad training at Bordeaux nearly a year after suffering a s…
Second row Whitelock turned down a new deal with NZRU for move to Toulon - and he could be joined in south of France by another Al…
French clubs are looking to gain the upper hand when it comes to recruiting top talent once again with concerns over missing out o…
All Blacks' captain Kieran Read is so keen on a post-World Cup career in Paris that he is even willing to forgo even more money el…
Other than being elite-level rugby players, what do Ben Smith, Conor Murray, Bernard Foley, Alexis Palisson, Sekope Kepu, Stuart H…
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