Cold and crisp was the order of the day or should I say evening, with a 21.00 ko. a swirling bitter cold wind and Montpellier were playing hosts to French Champions Toulouse.
With Christmas just round the corner, you would expect festive cheer and lots of gifts, Toulouse came bearing no gift
Three H Cup games played and a only 4 points, a draw against Champions Leinster and loses against Bath and yesterday Glasgow Warriors, the only consolation 2 loosing bonus points.
Although Montpellier did not send their strongest team, that was due to injuries and forced holidays, the boys w
Never could you imagine 8 days ago, Montpellier had three matches to play in 8 days, Clermont at home, Lyon and Biarritz away, anyone with any sense would maybe state a win and two defensive bonus points, or two wins and a bonus point, three wins and an attacking bonus point, don’t be ridic
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TWO DOWN ONE TO GO!!!
Three matches in 8 days at the highest and most intense of levels, Saturday Montpellier beat leaders Clermont at home and last night the second game in 4 days they were away to Lyon, a resounding 30 -10 victory, 4 points and a giant leap up th
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Bath rugby club was founded in1865 and is one of the most titled rugby teams in England, 6 times Champions, and runners up 5 times, 10 English Cup victories and one H Cup Final victory where they came out narrow winners against Brive in Bordeaux in 1998 the score 19-18.
There are certain rugby teams that turn the eyes of some, but when you are drawn in the same H CUP pool as the defending champions Leinster and it’s the first game ever in the history of Montpellier, eyes are wide open in anticipation.
Nems is Samoan by birth and weighs in at 135 kg and 1.78 mts. He started with the Espoirs and received his pro Status in the season 2007/8. He played for Western Samoa in the last World Cup in 2007 when he came off the bench to get his first cap for his country and that was before he had pl
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Rassie joined Montpellier this season from Aurillac, he is a specialist hooker but can also play tight head prop which he has done on several occasions already this season.
SW. Drikus you have been at the club for 6 years and 7 seasons, what do you think of the situation of 5 games played already this season and zero victories?
The second home game on the trot lost to a newly promoted Bordeaux-Begles, absolutely no disrespect to the visitors but they came, they conquered, and left, leaving Montpellier distraught and confronted with a dilemma which is beginning to increase in altitude.
Fabien Galthie and Eric Bechu will be relying on a mixture of youngsters and older players for Friday evenings TOP 14 game against newly promoted Bordeaux- Begles. KO 20.00.
Eric Escande will keep his place at scrum half and will have Academy team mates Yann Perez, Llian Perraux Kelian Galle
There are times when not a lot goes right, but when you can get on the bus home with something in the pocket, there is still a small amount of satisfaction to be taken, and that satisfaction was the 1 point that Montpellier stole from their opponents Perpignan on Friday night at Aime Giral. They
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Friday evening Montpellier were in Paris for the 2nd time in 2 weeks, this weekend the match was at Charlety against the Dieux du Stade, Stade Francais, with zero wins from 2 games Montpellier needed to show that they were not going to be also rans this season.
On the positive side, Geoffrey
A very humid and sticky afternoon saw a poor and very quiet crowd of 9,459 turn out for the first home match of the season against the Correziens of Brive.
Saturday 3rd of September, Montpellier’s first home game of the season against Brive, but who will play no 9. Benoit Paillaugue out for 6 weeks with a suspected fractured jaw Julien Tomas on the mend but not fully fit, and the young Eric Escande holding maybe the keys to the truck. Mo
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Monday 10.30 over 1500, dignities, supporters and club officials were present for the first public training session of the season. Although the players were a little late on duty, the supporters were entertained by speeches from the club’s new President Mohed Altrad and other VIP&rsqu
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The second warm-up match of three was held last night in the very picturesque town of Millau famous for its bridge , cured salt ham some fairly amazing cheeses, and their rugby club is not bad either.
It was not that long ago that Montpellier were playing a certain final in Paris against Toulouse, but that’s now history, holidays over and back to work preparing for the new season, after 2 weeks training and an altitude fitness training week in Tignes where the t
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All week the press have been having a field day, Montpellier the outsiders, Montpellier lucky to be there, Montpellier could loose by 30/40 points, well Gentlemen the press, you may start eating your hats.
For 80 minutes Montpellier showed to the rugby world why they were in the Final, not
The hit song worked for years for Liverpool FC, why not Montpellier, their most difficult and intense game in the clubs history, Saturday afternoon ko. 16.25 against Racing Metro in the vast Stadium Velodrome Marseille capacity 60,000 for a place in this seasons TOP 14 Final.
(THE COMMITMENT, THE CLUB, AND THE PASSION.)……..
The first TOP 14 1/4 play-off game in the history of Montpellier will be played at the Stade Pierre Antoine on Sat 14th May ko 16.25 against Castres who finished 3rd with 76pts in this seasons competition.
Firstly congratulations to the players, the coaches, the staff, all the club officials and anyone who I may have forgotten, Saturday 7th May history was made in Montpellier by the Montpellier Herault Rugby, for the very first time in their lives they qualified for the play-offs but more imp
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Congratulations to Kevin Gimeno, Pierre Berard, Yohann Artru, and Kelian Galletier under 20’s all from Montpellier who have been selected to represent France in the under 20’s World Cup which will be held in Ita
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Tuesday morning Montpellier opened their training session to the press and public and what a response, nearly 700 supporters turned up for the session, the squad were greeted to rapturous rounds of applause on their arrival, even the Gentle Giant and the Genera
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Saturday May 7th KO. 16.30 Montpellier play their last game on this seasons TOP 14 against the mighty Toulon, the next game could be a place in the play offs and against whom, but that is still the unknown factor.
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Never has a season been so tight at the top of France’s Elite rugby championship, there are still a possible 9 teams who can still qualify for the final 6 places.
Someone once said “winning or loosing is not life or death; it is far more serious than that”
Just 3 games left in this seasons TOP 14, the first against Bayonne on Saturday k.o. 14.30 at the Stade Yves du Manoir. The situation is incredibly tight at the top with still a possible 9 teams able to qualify for the final 6 places, but after this weekend it
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Once upon a time rugby was just a sport until Montpellier decided to contest for the highest of places in the TOP 14, now it is known as the direct route to the local heart clinics for all, including coaches staff and supporters, it seems that only the players
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Sunday evening and Montpellier were hosts to Stade Français a match that had to be won if qualification was going to happen for the very first time in Montpellier’s history. The weather was not good for the south of France, which left the pitch very wet and ball handling diffic
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This week saw Montpellier’s preparations for the forthcoming match against Stade Francais go into overdrive. The squad has left headquarters and gone to the coast for a 2 day training camp at the Stade Michael Millet Agde. A change of scenery to obtain th
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France made up some lost ground in Paris on Saturday evening when they put Wales to the sword. England having lost to Ireland in Dublin a little earlier on in the afternoon gave Wales the slimmest of chances of winning this years 6 Nations Championship, but the
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It had to happen, the one result that no Frenchman wanted to see or hear about, the dreaded defeat at the hands of our transalpine neighbours Italy. Since the game was lost in Italy on Saturday afternoon, many words have been spoken, players have been ejected f
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Montpellier decimated by injuries played the return fixture against La Rochelle on Saturday afternoon. The home side was in desperate need of points as they were sitting on a relegation place before the match. To add insult to injury Captain Fulgence Ouedraogo
... Just 6 games to go before the playoffs and qualification for next seasons H Cup, the countdown begins this Saturday afternoon against La Rochelle, newly promoted this season from the Pro D2. Montpellier are well positioned in 4th place with 56pts but stil
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Playing the last game of this weekends 20th day of the seasons TOP 14 is always an advantage, the results are laid before you so everybody knows exactly what has to be done to progress. Montpellier was the hosts of Agen for Saturday evenings Gala Game sho
... One again Montpellier have the honour of Canal +’s televised match de Gala Saturday evening when they entertain Agen, ko. at 20.45. Stade Yves du Manoir.
Words had been spoken all week by all parties concerned, but when 18.00 arrived Saturday afternoon it was all down to the 30 players on the park to show the rugby world just who really was going to boss this game. One remarkable statement was the minute of sile
... The days of old have long passed by, like water passing under the bridge, when winding up the French XV before THE CRUNCH, it was easy game before, but today the England v France at Twickenham has taken on a whole new meaning. We still have the words of war fro
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Saturday afternoon was a pleasant enough day to play rugby, two teams both needing points to keep or improve their positions in this seasons TOP 14, and a great match in prospective.
Saturday afternoon 19th February, Montpellier are away to Castres Olympique, KO 14.30 at the Stade Pierre Antoine. The last couple of years the results have been indifferent, last year a narrow defeat, a match we could have easily won and the year before an exc
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The luck that is usually attributed to the Irish changed hands Sunday afternoon in Dublin, the French pack so strong against Scotland were put under the cosh by their Irish counterparts, and after 80 very scary minutes were somewhat lucky to come away with a 3
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SW. Alex you first game for your new club Montpellier your impressions please.
So far so good, a hard fought victory against Dax in terrible conditions gave MHRC their first away win of the season. It may not have been pretty, but not every TOP 14 side will come away from Dax with 4pts.this year, remember they gained a bonus point at Toulouse the previous week, which is no
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A tougher start to the season would be difficult, for our first game this season we were hosts to TOULOUSE French Champions. The first chapter of this seasons TOP 14 ended with a great victory for MONTPELLIER 16-11, in front of a near capacity crowd. The team’s performance
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