The 2024/2025 season of the French Pro D2 is about to start, and the number of international players keeps growing with the likes of Courtney Lawes, George North, Chris Farrell, and Curwin Bosch having joined it.
Springboks legend Bryan Habana has labelled Mamuka Gorgodze as one of the scariest guys he has ever played with, recalling the jaw-dropping moment the Georgian forward presented All Blacks great Ma’a Nonu with a knife in the Toulon dressing room.
With Montpellier now crowned Top 14 champions, attention turns to the players each side has brought in to better their chances of winning the trophy next season. Newcomers Bayonne have been the busiest in the transfer market, releasing players...
The Premiership season is drawing to a close which means numerous players are getting ready to join new clubs over the summer break. Plenty of transfers have already been confirmed across the league.
Last Sunday presented an incredible situation for the 19-year-old London Irish rookie Henry Arundell to capture the imagination and become the latest taxi off the academy ranks to get spoken about in glowing terms in the Gallagher Premiership.
Both red cards issued in last Friday's Gallagher Premiership win by London Irish at Newcastle have been rescinded, leaving Facundo Gigena and Gary Graham free to play immediately for their respective teams after each player contested the charge levelled at them.
Nick Mullins is ideally placed to assess the hopes of the 13 teams for whom the road to Twickenham next June gets underway this weekend.
Having last week signed a prop from La Rochelle, London Irish have gone shopping again in France with the signing of Rory Jennings.