Eight pools of twelve, 96 clubs and a proximity-first logic: the FFR has published the Fédérale 2 pools for 2026-27, mixing former Fédérale 1 sides, promoted clubs and division regulars.
The FFR has unveiled the four Fédérale 1 pools for 2026-27. Forty-eight clubs, an openly geographical logic and already a few very tough groups, on the Mediterranean coast as in the Grand Sud-Ouest.
Handed a match behind closed doors and a 10,000-euro fine on appeal after a journalist was assaulted in March, Stade Aurillacois are contesting a ruling they call "disproportionate" and have referred the case to the CNOSF.
Out of contract at ASM, Australian centre Irae Simone has signed for the Green Rockets Tokatsu in Japan's second division. The first starter in our best XV of out-of-contract players to find a club.
Twelve teams, two hemispheres, finals at Twickenham: the Nations Championship is here, replacing the traditional summer and autumn tours. Format, calendar, quirks — everything you need to know about the new competition France open on Saturday against the All Blacks.
France open the first edition of the Nations Championship against the All Blacks in Christchurch on Saturday. Fabien Galthié has named a heavily Bordeaux-flavoured XV, marked by the returns of Damian Penaud and Jefferson Poirot, as they try to end seventeen years without a win in New Zealand.
Winners over Spain 57-32 on Thursday at the U20 World Championship, France moved top of their pool. But their victory, built after a poor first half, was overshadowed by an allegation of racist abuse made by fly-half Luka Keletaona.
The Challenge Cup 2026-27 draw delivered its verdict in Dublin on Wednesday. Toulon and Vannes inherit the toughest group, while Bayonne, Perpignan, Lyon and Castres come off far better.
The Champions Cup 2026-27 draw delivered its verdict in Dublin. Toulouse come out protected, Clermont and Pau land in the pool of death. The full detail of the four pools and the eight French clubs involved.
As the season closes, the Top 14 is letting some big names go. But judged on minutes played, the pecking order flips: here is the best XV of out-of-contract players, ranked on game time from the campaign just gone.
Five days after their bonus-point win over Fiji, Cédric Laborde's France U20 meet Spain on Thursday in Georgia. The head coach has shaken up his XV with eleven changes and hands La Rochelle's Zak Price a first cap.
Beaten twice by Romagnat in the regular season and only third in the table, Stade Bordelais turned the whole hierarchy on its head in the play-offs to claim a fourth straight Élite 1 féminine title (22-10). The Lionnes' historic fourth crown, broken down in numbers.
A year ago, Justo Piccardo was still playing in Argentina's semi-professional league, far from the spotlight. On Saturday, he will start in the centre for Montpellier in the Top 14 final. A look back at a season nobody saw coming.
Five years after leaving, fly-half Pierre Popelin is back at RC Vannes. The Top 14 newcomers have tied down for three seasons a player la Rabine has not forgotten.
A year ago, Montpellier saw him as a failure. On Saturday, Domingo Miotti plays the Top 14 final, and he gets there as the third-highest points scorer in the championship. The story of a rebirth.
Grand Slam in the bag from the last Championship, France U20 launch their U20 World Cup on Saturday against Fiji. Cédric Laborde has named a team largely seasoned in Top 14, with Lucas Andjisseramatchi as captain and Diego Jurd at fly-half.
Three days out from the final against Montpellier, the Toulouse treatment room is emptying at just the right moment. Thomas Ramos is back, and the tests on Alexandre Roumat and Santiago Chocobares have reassured the staff.
Faced with the heatwave, the Federation have rescheduled the weekend's fixtures for Sunday 28 June at 10am, and are releasing up to 3,000 euros per club. The Top 14 final and the women's elite final are not affected.
The RCT international wing, who ruptured the cruciate ligaments in his right knee, has had his contract extended by a season. A mark of faith in a player physical setbacks have never spared.
