'Interesting': Agen have broken silence on Mike Brown speculation
Agen have broken silence on speculation linking them to signing Mike Brown, the ex-England full-back who is a free agent ahead of …
Liam Heagney
13 Aug 2022, 8:05
Pro D2 Rugby News
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Colomiers statement: Contract terminated after failed doping test
Hooker Youssef Saaidia has been sacked by Colomiers just weeks before the start of the new Pro D2 season in France. The 27-year-ol…
Liam Heagney
09 Aug 2022, 10:57
Ex-Wales centre bolsters Biarritz after Saili, Kuridrani exits
Relegated Top 14 side Biarritz have announced the signing of Tyler Morgan, the former Scarlets midfielder who last weekend represe…
Liam Heagney
05 Aug 2022, 10:53
Vannes have torn up their two-year deal to sign Alapati Leiua
Former Samoan international Alapati Leiua has had his deal to join Vannes scrapped just weeks ahead of the start of the 2022/23 PR…
Liam Heagney
02 Aug 2022, 8:20
Pro D2 hooker banned by the French Anti-Doping Agency - report
Colomiers hooker Youssef Saaidia has been temporarily suspended by the French Anti-Doping Agency ahead of the start of the new 202…
Liam Heagney
30 Jul 2022, 9:41
Row over Fijian wing's contract dents Pro D2 playoff preparations
Mont-de-Marsan preparations for this weekend’s relegation/promotion final at home to Perpignan have been clouded by long-serving…
Liam Heagney
08 Jun 2022, 7:17
'Final stages are tears and blood, business made on human misery'
Biarritz president Jean-Baptiste Aldige has branded the current promotion format to the Top 14 from Pro D2 as "tears and blood, a …
Liam Heagney
03 May 2022, 4:58
'Very easy choice': Ex-England back Abendanon extends Pro D2 deal
The Nick Abendanon adventure in France will continue until summer 2023 at the very least as the 35-year-old ex-England player has …
Liam Heagney
30 Mar 2022, 10:14
Ex-Wallabies boss Michael Cheika linked with shock Pro D2 switch
Ex-Wallabies boss Michael Cheika was unveiled as the new Japanese Green Rockets coach last May but a French Pro D2 rumour has now …
Liam Heagney
20 Dec 2021, 6:23
608-day wait is over as Agen end an agonising 34-game winless run
Free-falling French Pro D2 club Agen have finally win won a match for the first time since February 2020, snapping a 34-game winle…
Liam Heagney
23 Oct 2021, 4:56
Radosavljevic is severely punished after his Pro D2 racist remark
Ludovic Radosavljevic has learned his punishment after his racist comments to an opponent in a recent Pro D2 match for Provence.
Liam Heagney
16 Sep 2021, 6:51
Top 14 title winner accused of racism named as he issues apology
Provence half-back Ludovic Radosavljevic has taken to Instagram to apologise for his alleged racist abuse towards Christian Ambadi…
Liam Heagney
07 Sep 2021, 4:49
Ex-Wasps lock Douglas cops ban for a pre-season red card in France
Levi Douglas initially left Wasps for Toulon last May but the 26-year-old lock has since joined Grenoble in the Pro D2 where he is…
Liam Heagney
01 Sep 2021, 13:58
Ex-England scrum-half Hill quits as Rouen boss after eight-year stint
Ex-Worcester boss Richard Hill first headed across the Channel in 2013 and he helped Normandy minnows Rouen rise from Federal 2 to…
Liam Heagney
25 May 2021, 4:48
'Shut up. I don't give a f***!': The latest fiasco in the French Pro D2 League shows just how little referees are respected there
The Pro D2 league in France can throw up some fairly humourous moments, but this week's incident shows an increasing trend towards…
Online Editors
04 Apr 2021, 1:02
Raisuque learns his fate for bizarre 'referee-lifting' Pro D2 celebration
Josaia Raisuque, the Fijian winger at Pro D2 Nevers, was red-carded on January 9 for lifting a referee into the air to celebrate w…
Liam Heagney
20 Jan 2021, 15:48
'If you go to court tomorrow, you aren't going to kiss or lift the judge to thank him for not fining you'
Upset Nevers boss Xavier Pemeja has revisited his comments on the bizarre Pro D2 red card for his player Josaia Raisuque on Friday…
Online Editors
09 Jan 2021, 14:01
Carl Fearns' debut match for Rouen has been postponed
Rouen, the new club of Carl Fearns, have joined Stade Francais in having their opening game of the new season in France postponed …
Online Editors
02 Sep 2020, 5:35
Premiership title-winning prop has signed for Richard Hill at Rouen
James Johnston was a cornerstone of the 2012 Premiership title win by Harlequins, an achievement that has helped him secure a swit…
Online Editors
11 Jun 2020, 9:02
The rugby nobody whose book is outselling Jones, Gatland and McCaw
Ben Mercer is shaking up the Amazon book charts with revelations about a nomadic career in the Championship shadows before a switc…
Liam Heagney
03 May 2020, 4:00
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