Young Rugby Club Toulonnais back-rower Patrick Tuifua has been forced to go under the knife because of a knee injury. The operation will keep the Toulon prospect off the pitch for a long spell.
The French rugby federation (FFR) had its sentence upheld on appeal on 26 November 2025, in the case of the abandoned Grand Stade project at Ris-Orangis, launched under former president Pierre Camou.
England centre Joe Marchant will leave Stade Français at the end of the 2025-2026 season to join Sale Sharks, an announcement made on Wednesday by the British club.
During the France - Australia match at the Stade de France, close to 3,000 seats were still empty at kick-off. A puzzling sight, but one whose causes appear to have nothing to do with any lack of interest from supporters: transport disruption and cancelled coaches are said to be behind it.
Argentina head coach Felipe Contepomi has hit out at England flanker Tom Curry after the Pumas' defeat at Twickenham, blaming the player for a tackle that caused the serious injury to Juan Cruz Mallía as well as for hostile behaviour off the pitch. England immediately defended their international.
Under a low sky and unrelenting rain, Arpajon-sur-Cère (Cantal) beat Belvès (30-8), in Fédérale 2, in a match where the wind, the mud and sheer determination shaped the afternoon as much as the players did. At La Vidalie on Sunday, rugby found its winter face again: harsh, raw, united. The face of soaking wet Sundays when sport becomes a natural, almost wild element once more.
Thanks to their win over Australia (48-33), France keep their place in the world top 6 and guarantee themselves seeded status for the 2027 World Cup pool draw, scheduled for 3 December in Sydney.
The Autorité de régulation du rugby (A2R) suspects Stade Toulousain of accounting irregularities linked to the transfer of Melvyn Jaminet. Summoned on 8 December before the disciplinary board, the red and black club could face a sporting sanction, notably a points deduction in the Top 14.
In the oval-ball immensity of the Stade de France, on the eve of a duel between France and Australia, it is tempting to look not only at today's players but also at those who embody the soul of Australian rugby. A few thousand kilometres away, in the corridors of the Senate in Canberra, sits a figure who was once one of the masters of the pitch.
In response to the club's decision to send the ASBH squad to Oyonnax on the morning of the match itself, supporters' group "Les Brennus" have launched a fundraiser to pay for a hotel night for their players, to improve their preparation.
A dozen or so former France rugby internationals will be pulling their boots back on this Saturday in Vietnam, in Ho Chi Minh City, for a charity fixture. Answering the call of François Trinh-Duc, the former international fly-half with distant Vietnamese roots, the gathering aims to raise funds for his charity, which helps the country's underprivileged children and orphans.
Named man of the match last week against Fiji on his return in the France jersey, big "Charles" starts again against Australia on Saturday at the Stade de France (9.10pm),…
A Fijian US Montauban player was arrested after a complaint over a "hand on the backside" was filed at a nightclub, shortly after Saturday evening's France-Fiji match.
France's schedule for the second half of 2026 is taking shape: the first Nations Championship will see them face the All Blacks, Japan and the Wallabies in a hugely demanding block.
The broadcast of France's match against South Africa drew an average of 6.2 million viewers, close to a 35% audience share, once again outstripping the performance of the France football team.
The France staff delivered the bad news on Thursday evening, one more of them: Emmanuel Meafou (10 caps) is out of France's second test match against Fiji, on Saturday at 9.10pm in Bordeaux.
Now that France's autumn tour is being shown on TF1, more and more supporters and viewers are "missing" the France Télévisions commentary duo of Matthieu Lartot and Dimitri Yachvili. A nostalgia that stirs in them the feeling that something has been lost.
Despite a successful start to the Top 14 season on the pitch, Aviron Bayonnais have again been rocked by major internal tensions after a "very heated" meeting between president Philippe Tayeb and manager Grégory Patat in late October. According to revelations from Sud-Ouest, the president is said to have violently attacked his coach's management, going as far as telling him: "You're not a good manager. Laurent (Travers) has to take everything back over."
