Tag Archives: Top 14

Argentine fly half Patricio Fernández delivered the performance of his career as Clermont downed Bordeaux this afternoon in a round 19 French Top 14 fixture. Having been 19-0 down Clermont fought back to complete a 24-19 away victory in front of 28,332 supporters to retain pole position in the French …

This Saturday and Sunday will see another full round of play in France’s elite division. Spread over Saturday and Sunday there are to be a host of Americas Players in the Top 14 this weekend, which is week 19 of the 26 week league competition. Kicking-off week 19 will be a …

Our first weekly selection with the Jaguares available! They’ve returned to action at an opportune time as well, with Pro D2, Guinness Pro 12, and Greene King IPA Championship all on a bye week, and Top 14 not quite at a full complement. As such there’s more than a fair …

France’s next international assignment will be a two test tour of Argentina in June. Scheduled for June 18 and 25 the dates are to coincide with the Top 14’s play-off’s. Players from four Semi Finalists will not be considered for the tour, leaving an under pressure Guy Noves to find …

Up and Under is a weekly feature on Americas Rugby News which reviews the best and worst from games involving the Americas teams over the previous week. UP PRO Rugby The announcement of the player rosters for the inaugural PRO Rugby season was a tremendous success. The American rugby community is …

The Top 14 rolls on this weekend with six of week 13’s rescheduled matches taking place. The matches were required to be postponed due to a lack of available dates required for European Champions Cup (ECC) matches. Virtually all opening round matches of the ECC that involved French clubs were postponed …

After the excitement of the Americas Rugby Championship this week’s selection seems downright boring. Los Jaguares were on a bye, as was the whole of the Guinness Pro 12, and most of the top Americas exports were either not playing well or not at all. In some cases we’ve simply …

Mauricio Reggiardo, the current Head Coach of Pro d2 side Albi will take over the reigns of current Top 14 club Agen next season. Having worked miracles last season to save Castres from what was, at point point, probable relegation former Puma Reggiardo will be responsible for Agen playing in France’s …

PRO Rugby has revealed their player rosters for the inaugural season – sort of. A list of five squads has been released, with a total of 98 players spread between teams comprised of between 15 and 22 each. Of course that means there are numerous players still to join up, …

Jamie Cudmore will be playing his rugby in France next year. Previously linked with Aviva Premiership club Gloucester and Welsh regional side Scarlets, the big second row – part of Canada’s coaching staff during the Americas Rugby Championship – will leave Clermont Auvergne in the off-season and head east not …