Judoka Amandine Buchard is leaving Stade Français for AC Bobigny 93 and will discover Élite 1 on 25 October at Toulon. After a first rugby season more substantial than expected, thirteen matches including ten starts, she moves up a division. Her gamble has already cost her the judo World Championships in Baku, and the hardest part is still to come: a first cap with the France sevens team.
According to La Dépêche du Midi, Castres have secured Lucas Martins' agreement for 2027-2028. The SU Agen winger, a Portugal international, is coming off a seventeen-try season, the best total in Pro D2. Enough to fill a real hole in the Castres attack.
Siya Kolisi, Eben Etzebeth and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu pull on the Springboks shirt again on Saturday in Buenos Aires. None of the three had played an official test since November. And recent history says Argentina at home come down to a handful of points.
Stade Toulousain have confirmed that Thomas Ramos will leave for Racing 92 at the end of the 2026-2027 season. After 197 matches and 2,319 points in red and black, the France full-back will play one last season in Toulouse before moving to the Hauts-de-Seine.
A set-up freed from the broadcaster, up to 17 cameras, a dedicated technician and eleven new video referees: from September, the TMO will no longer depend on Canal+ replays in Top 14 and Pro D2.
Castres Olympique have confirmed six contract extensions in one go: captain Baptiste Delaporte and prop Loïs Guérois-Galisson are now tied to the club until 2030, four other senior players until 2029.
Promotion snatched in a play-off on 31 May, administrative relegation on 24 July: Nissa Rugby will defend its place in Pro D2 on Friday 7 August at 9.30am before the FFR appeals committee. With two million euros still nowhere to be found.
The FFR has named a 38-player squad for the WXV Global Series. The big absentee is captain Manae Feleu, who is prioritising her medical studies. A huge autumn awaits France, with the Black Ferns, Australia and Canada on the menu.
Eleven years after leaving, Reda Wardi is back at the club that made him. The France loosehead prop has signed with Montpellier until 2030, with the 2027 World Cup in his sights.
Signed last summer to take over from Camille Lopez, Gareth Anscombe is already leaving Aviron Bayonnais. The 35-year-old Wales international is heading home to the Scarlets.
One outside signing, departures that hurt more than they look and thirteen contract extensions: behind the champions' apparent stillness sits a deliberate plan to chase a fifth title in a row, something no club has ever done.
At the referees' camp alongside every Top 14 and Pro D2 coaching staff, the France head coach delivered a data-backed argument against a "two-speed" game.
World Rugby has set a 24-hour ultimatum for the Samoan government, which has just withdrawn its recognition of the national union. Without a U-turn, Samoa will be suspended for four years and shut out of the 2027 World Cup, where they are due to face France. Behind the scenes, Belgium are holding their breath.
Relegated by administrative decision despite winning promotion on the pitch, Nissa Rugby are fighting for survival. In a statement shared on LinkedIn by back-rower Thibaud Rey, the players make an appeal: "There are a few days left to find a solution."
The Montpellier captain, who hurt his ankle with France, will be out until the end of September. Gabriel Ngandebe, who has had Achilles tendon surgery, will not play again before 2027.
Six matches in seven weeks, three home fixtures and four meetings with New Zealand: the autumn programme of the France women's team is out, and it is a tough one.
