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Re: French rugby - 2022/23

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Rugbygramps wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:00 pm SF beat Toulouse with a try last play of the game. Stade really on the up
SF are at home to Pau tomorrow and Toulouse travel to Clermont on Sunday.
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Re: French rugby - 2022/23

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First of all, "Bonne annèe", to you all!
May Tigers make the top 6 at the end of the season and qualify for next season's Champions' Cup, as I think it's unlikely that there'll retain their Premiership title and I hope they make at least the quarter finals in Europe. Not very optimistic expectations but realistic, I believe.

Back to French rugby! Round 174 of the Top 14 was played at the weekend:

Clermont 13 Toulouse 32 (This bp win was Toulouse's first league win at Clermont for a long time. Encouraging for Tigers!)
Bayonne 23 Toulon 18 (Bayonne move up to an impressive 5th place)
Castres 26 Racing 26 (Castres came so close to losing their 28-match unbeaten record at home in the Top14)
Lyon 27 Brive 30 (The result of the round as Brive are no longer in last place after a gutsy win in Lyon)
Perpignan 10 La Rochelle 29 (Perpignan slip to last place)
Stade Français 37 Pau 3 (SF consolidate their 2nd position)
Bordeaux/Bègles 40 Montpellier 10 (The champions ship 40 points. Sounds familiar?!!!)

1 Toulouse 49
2 S Français 42
3 La Rochelle 37
4 Racing 37
5 Bayonne 35
6 B/B 35
7 Montpellier 34
8 Toulon 31
9 Lyon 30
10 Castres 28
11 Clermont 27 (a really disappointing season for Clermont sees them firmly in ther bottom half of the table)
12 Pau 27
13 Brive 21 (Brive off the bottom but still unsure of staying in the Top14 at the end of the season)
14 Perpignan

Round 15 is next weekend before two weekends of Champions' Cup.

Saturday 7th
Bordeaux/Bègles v Bayonne
Clermont v Perpignan (Clermont will surely rest key players before playing Tigers on Friday the 13th!!!)
Brive v Toulon ( a third win on the trot for Brive? Hope so)
Pau v Lyon
S Français v Castres
La Rochelle v Toulouse (Toulouse can afford to lose :smt002 and will probably rest players before the trip to Sale)

Sunday 8th
Montpellier v Racing
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Robespierre wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 7:10 am First of all, "Bonne annèe", to you all!
May Tigers make the top 6 at the end of the season and qualify for next season's Champions' Cup, as I think it's unlikely that there'll retain their Premiership title and I hope they make at least the quarter finals in Europe. Not very optimistic expectations but realistic, I believe.

Back to French rugby! Round 174 of the Top 14 was played at the weekend:

Clermont 13 Toulouse 32 (This bp win was Toulouse's first league win at Clermont for a long time. Encouraging for Tigers!)
Bayonne 23 Toulon 18 (Bayonne move up to an impressive 5th place)
Castres 26 Racing 26 (Castres came so close to losing their 28-match unbeaten record at home in the Top14)
Lyon 27 Brive 30 (The result of the round as Brive are no longer in last place after a gutsy win in Lyon)
Perpignan 10 La Rochelle 29 (Perpignan slip to last place)
Stade Français 37 Pau 3 (SF consolidate their 2nd position)
Bordeaux/Bègles 40 Montpellier 10 (The champions ship 40 points. Sounds familiar?!!!)

1 Toulouse 49
2 S Français 42
3 La Rochelle 37
4 Racing 37
5 Bayonne 35
6 B/B 35
7 Montpellier 34
8 Toulon 31
9 Lyon 30
10 Castres 28
11 Clermont 27 (a really disappointing season for Clermont sees them firmly in ther bottom half of the table)
12 Pau 27
13 Brive 21 (Brive off the bottom but still unsure of staying in the Top14 at the end of the season)
14 Perpignan

Round 15 is next weekend before two weekends of Champions' Cup.

Saturday 7th
Bordeaux/Bègles v Bayonne
Clermont v Perpignan (Clermont will surely rest key players before playing Tigers on Friday the 13th!!!)
Brive v Toulon ( a third win on the trot for Brive? Hope so)
Pau v Lyon
S Français v Castres
La Rochelle v Toulouse (Toulouse can afford to lose :smt002 and will probably rest players before the trip to Sale)

Sunday 8th
Montpellier v Racing
et tu, merci. :smt001
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I should imagine the news of Penaud announcing his transfer from Clermont to Bordeaux hasn't improved team spirit. He was moved inside to 13 v Toulouse, but it didn't improve matters, I guess. I'm interested to know how Dupont went at fly-half for Toulouse!
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KevinR wrote: Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:51 pm I should imagine the news of Penaud announcing his transfer from Clermont to Bordeaux hasn't improved team spirit. He was moved inside to 13 v Toulouse, but it didn't improve matters, I guess. I'm interested to know how Dupont went at fly-half for Toulouse!
There was no lack of effort among the Clermont players but they ain’t the team they were. Camille Lopez and Morgan Parra have gone, their captain Arthur Iturria will leave at the end of the season, as will Damian Penaud. Having said that, they’ll go and beat Tigers now. Antoine Dupont could play anywhere in the backs and he played well yesterday. Toulouse are away at La Rochelle next Saturday and then in the Champions’ Cup, away to Sale and home to Munster. As I said above, they’ll probably send a changed team to La Rochelle and be at full strength for Sale and Munster, where Dupont will wear 9.
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Toulouse have already announced that internationalists Julian Marchand, Antoine Dupont and Anthony Jelonch will be on holiday for Saturday’s game at La Rochelle.
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Watched the Clermont game. They gave it a go but were outplayed.

A team rebuilding itself and a good time to play them even if we do have our own problems.
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Robespierre wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2022 10:34 pm
Rugbygramps wrote: Fri Dec 30, 2022 7:00 pm SF beat Toulouse with a try last play of the game. Stade really on the up
SF are at home to Pau tomorrow and Toulouse travel to Clermont on Sunday.
My apologies were obviously old highlights not always that easy to tell on YouTube
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Top14 round 15 results:

Montpellier 17 Racing 12
Bordeaux/Bègles 23 Bayonne 15
Clermont 31 Perpignan 20
Brive 26 Toulon 17 (Brive are now 7 points clear of Perpignan at the bottom)
Pau 12 Lyon 21
S Français 26 Castres 7
La Rochelle 30 Toulouse 7 (shorn of some regulaf 1st team players, Toulouse are well beaten)

1 Toulouse 49
2 SF 46
3 La Rochelle 41
4 B/B 39
5 Racing 38
6 Montpellier 38
7 Bayonne 35
8 Lyon 35
9 Toulon 31
10 Clermont 31
11 Castres 28
12 Pau 27
13 Brive 25
14 Perpignan 18

There are two weeks of Champions' Cup now and so the next round of the Top14 will be on Jan 28/29

Saturday Jan 28
Lyon v Clermont
Bayonne v Brive
Castres v Bordeaux/Bègles
Perpignan v S Français
Toulon v Pau
Racing v La Rochelle

Sunday Jan 29
Toulouse v Montpellier
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France second row/wing forward, Cameron Woki will miss all of the 6N due to injury. He’s been a regular in Fabien Galthié’s team and will be missed. Step forward, Thibault Flament of Toulouse!
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Robespierre wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 2:49 pm France second row/wing forward, Cameron Woki will miss all of the 6N due to injury. He’s been a regular in Fabien Galthié’s team and will be missed. Step forward, Thibault Flament of Toulouse!
We sure he's injured and not worried about being in Chessum's pocket again?
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TigerFeetSteve wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 2:57 pm
Robespierre wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 2:49 pm France second row/wing forward, Cameron Woki will miss all of the 6N due to injury. He’s been a regular in Fabien Galthié’s team and will be missed. Step forward, Thibault Flament of Toulouse!
We sure he's injured and not worried about being in Chessum's pocket again?
😄 Yes, sure!
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The Top14 returns this weekend with round 16:

Saturday Jan 28:

Lyon v Clermont
Bayonne v Brive
Castres v Bordeaux/Bègles
Perpignan v S Français
Toulon v Pau
Racing v La Rochelle

Sunday Jan 29:

Toulouse v Montpellier
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Round 16 results:

Lyon 34 Clermont 14 (I wonder how long it'll take Clermont's new coach, Christophe Urios, to stop the rot? If ineed, he can)
Bayonne 37 Brive 9 (Bayonne's home form is mightily impressive, and they now sit in 5th position)
Castres 23 Bordeaux/Bègles 18
Toulon 27 Pau 16
Perpignan 31 Stade Français 24 (the surprise result of the weekend)
Racing 39 La Rochelle 36 (by all accounts, the match of the weekend, won by a last minute Finn Russell penalty)
Toulouse 23 Montpellier 9 (Jack Willis came on early in the 2nd half and completely turmed the match around)

1 Toulouse 54
2 SF 46
3 La Rochelle 42
4 Racing 42
5 Bayonne 40
6 UBB 40
7 Lyon 40
8 Montpellier 38
9 Toulon 35
10 Castres 32
11 Clermont 31
12 Pau 27
13 Brive 25
14 Perpignan 22

Round 17 is next weekend:

Toulouse v Bayonne
Clermont v Castres
Brive v Perpignan (Crucial match for both. Allez Brive!!)
Pau v Racing
La Rochelle v Lyon
Montpellier v Toulon
Stade Français v Union Bordeaux/Bègles
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Round 17 of the Top14 was played at the weekend:

Stade Français 12 Union Bordeaux/Bègles 6 (Gabriel Oghre made his début from the bench for UBB)
Toulouse 21 Bayonne 16 (excellent result for Toulouse, shorn of their international players)
Clermont 41 Castres 26 ( Great win for Clermont!)
Brive 22 Perpignan 24 ( Disastrous home defeat for Brive. Both teams now on 26 points at the foot of the table)
La Rochelle 16 Lyon 20 (a rare home defeat for La Rochelle)
Pau 38 Racing 19
Montpellier 18 Toulon 20

1 Toulouse 58
2 SF 50
3 Lyon 44
4 La Rochelle 43
5 Racing 42
6 Bayonne 41
7 UBB 40
8 Montpellier 39
9 Toulon 39
10 Clermont 36
11 Castres 32
12 Pau 32
13 Brive 26
14 Perpignan 26

There are no fixtures next weekend and the round 18 will be played on Feb 18/19

Bayonne v SF
Castre v La Rochelle
Lyon v Montpellier
Perpignan v Pau
Racing v Brive
Toulon v Toulouse
UBB v Clermont
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