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PublishedAfter Cros, Lyon target Meafou, Staniforth and Bochaton
Le Progrès reports that LOU, who have confirmed the arrival of François Cros for 2027-2028, are also targeting Emmanuel Meafou, Tom Staniforth and Pierre Bochaton. The three players have one verifiable thing in common: their contracts expire in June 2027, like those of four other Toulouse players.
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PublishedVergé out for eight months, eight days before the season starts
Clément Vergé ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in a knee during Toulouse's training camp in Girona and will be out for around eight months. Valentin Delpy, who hurt his shoulder in the same passage of play, will miss three months. Toulouse lose the only one of their five locks never to have been capped, the man who covered the six rounds played during international windows last season.
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PublishedBrive close a 484-point round, promoted sides draw a blank
Round 1 of the Pro D2 ended on Friday night at Amédée-Domenech, where Brive held off a Valence-Romans comeback to win 23-21. Eight matches, 484 points scored, and one clear takeaway: neither promoted side scored more than nineteen points, while the club relegated from the Top 14 left Nevers with a win. Dax top the early standings.
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PublishedThree unbeaten in Nationale, Mont-de-Marsan already beaten
Round 2 of Nationale split the two sides relegated from Pro D2: Carcassonne won 36-12 in Bourg-en-Bresse and remain unbeaten along with Suresnes and Massy, while Mont-de-Marsan lost 21-17 in Albi after thrashing Vienne 47-0. The round ended on Saturday evening with Vienne's 23-21 win over Rennes.
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PublishedLa Rochelle waited two months for Ahio’s release letter
Stade Rochelais on Friday confirmed the signing of New Zealand tighthead prop Sione Ahio, on a deal until June 2028. The news had been circulating since early July, but the club could not announce anything until New Zealand Rugby issued the player's release letter. At 25, he arrives with 32 professional games behind him, including 15 in Super Rugby with the Chiefs.
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Published518 points in seven friendlies before the Top 14 returns
Top 14 clubs wrapped up their pre-season on Friday night, a week before the new campaign. Seven matches, 518 points, six French wins and a draw. Toulouse won at Bayonne in a 101-point match, Lyon beat Leinster and Vannes edged Connacht after the hooter, while Toulon were pegged back by Clermont after leading by fourteen points.
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PublishedPollard ruled out, Erasmus goes back to the fly-half he had dropped
Rassie Erasmus had made his call on Monday: Handre Pollard would wear the South African number 10 for the second Test against the All Blacks, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu dropping to the bench. A calf injury picked up in training overturned the decision. The dropped fly-half gets his place back, and South Africa already have a lot riding on Saturday in Cape Town: 1-0 down in a four-Test series, they have not beaten New Zealand since September 2025.
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PublishedFinal rehearsals before the Top 14, including two classics
The Top 14 resumes on 5 September. Before then, clubs wrap up their preparation this Friday, with two fixtures steeped in the league's history: Castres against Montpellier, who have already met 107 times, and Toulon against Clermont, with 102 meetings. Two Irish provinces are also visiting, Munster at La Rochelle and Leinster at Lyon.
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PublishedSix Brennus titles on, Cros signs for Lyon until 2030
Lyon made the signing of François Cros official on Thursday. The international back row will join the Rhône club on 1 July 2027 for three seasons, until June 2030. At 32, after eleven seasons at Stade Toulousain, the only professional club of his career, he leaves behind six Bouclier de Brennus titles, two European Cups and eight finals, all of which he started.
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PublishedBécognée set for three more years at Montpellier
Montpellier Hérault Rugby back-rower Alexandre Bécognée is expected to extend his contract by three seasons in the coming days. It is a major deal for the Hérault club, which at the same time sees the François Cros lead go cold.
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PublishedKuruvoli held up: what Vannes might owe Fiji
RC Vannes are still waiting for Simione Kuruvoli. The Fijian scrum-half, signed from the Fijian Drua, trained at the end of July before vanishing from sessions: he still had not joined the Brittany club on Wednesday, for administrative reasons the club has not detailed. One possible explanation is the training compensation set out by World Rugby, £5,000 per year spent between the ages of 17 and 23 in the home union. It would also be the only one that cannot justify any hold-up at all.
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Published29 tries in 27 caps: Bielle-Biarrey set to stay at UBB
Union Bordeaux-Bègles and Louis Bielle-Biarrey have reportedly agreed an extension until 2029, according to L'Équipe, with an announcement said to be imminent. The 23-year-old wing, whose contract runs until June 2027, is coming off the most prolific season of his career: 23 tries for his club, 11 for France. In a France shirt, he has now scored more tries than he has played matches.
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PublishedStarter in all eight finals, Cros reportedly heading to Lyon
France back rower François Cros has reportedly signed a three-season deal with Lyon and will leave Stade Toulousain after the 2027 World Cup, according to Midi Olympique. Neither club has confirmed it. At 32, he has known only one professional club since joining the academy in 2009, and he started all eight finals Toulouse have won since 2019. He is the second senior international caught by the salary cap after Thomas Ramos, whose move to Racing 92 has been announced.
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PublishedIn Pro D2, promoted sides win one opening game in four
Seven of the eight Round 1 Pro D2 matches are played on Thursday night, with the last one in Brive on Friday. Three clubs return to a league they have just joined: Narbonne at Dax, Nice at Biarritz, Montauban at Nevers. The last fourteen seasons show a clear gap in their chances: sides promoted from Nationale have won only six of their 23 opening rounds, while teams relegated from the Top 14 have won 13 of 22.
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Published303 matches, one try: Metz comes out of retirement
Stade Français have persuaded Fabrice Metz to resume his career, a few months after he announced his retirement. The 35-year-old lock, a Pro D2 champion with Vannes in June, adds depth to a second-row unit the Paris club wanted to strengthen before the new season. He arrives with 303 Top 14, Pro D2 and European Cup matches to his name, and just one try in fifteen seasons.
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PublishedDréan opens up on heart surgery and targets a 2026 return
In an interview with Midi Olympique, Gaël Dréan breaks his silence three months after heart surgery. The 25-year-old Toulon wing explains his condition, insists he never considered retiring and hopes to play again before the end of the calendar year.
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PublishedTen tries in twenty matches: Nene set to stay in Paris
According to L'Équipe, centre Noah Nene has chosen to stay at Stade Français despite interest from Stade Rochelais. Our records confirm his season of 20 matches and 10 tries, only two years after a Pro D2 campaign with Dax.
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PublishedRecalled after two years, Tu’ungafasi falls ill on arrival
Recalled by the All Blacks for the first time since 2024, Ofa Tu'ungafasi was withdrawn from the team to face the Lions the day after arriving in South Africa, through illness. RugbyPass broke the news.
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PublishedPoirot to retire at the end of the season, and will miss the opening rounds
Jefferson Poirot announced on Wednesday that this season will be the last of his career. The 33-year-old Union Bordeaux-Bègles loosehead prop has also injured his knee in training and will be out for six to eight weeks, including the start of the Top 14.
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PublishedJoseph Manu heads back to league: 11 tries in Japan, 1 in France
Joseph Manu has told Racing 92 he will not extend his contract: he will join rugby league side the PNG Chiefs at the end of the 2026-2027 season. His spell in union will have lasted three seasons, two of them in the Top 14, with very different returns from one country to the other.
