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.
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.
From the favourites for promotion to the Top 14, Agen, Brive or Provence, to the only promoted team, Stade Nicois, all clubs have managed to enrich their squad with at least one player who has had a taste of international rugby.
Bernard Laporte's Montpellier are taking a growing trend in French rugby to the extreme by loaning out nearly one-fifth of their side to other clubs next season.
Exeter reached the Heineken Champions Cup quarter-finals on try count after extra-time following a dramatic 33-33 draw with Montpellier at Sandy Park.
Ambushed by Saracens at home in September, Leinster have named the team they hope can make Champions Cup amends versus Toulon.
Wounded by their Premiership semi-final loss, Pat Lam has taken a scalpel to his Bristol Challenge Cup final XV and made 6 changes.
Variation shines when comparing early January wingers across the Premiership, PRO14 and Top 14, Montpellier fielding players with a 56kg weight difference.
