A record attendance Wednesday evening for the visit of European champions Stade Toulouse,
14,284, fantastic!!

Montpellier after victories at home to Racing and away to Perpignan, could not wait to test their skills against

The French International girls, earned their place in the World Cup semi-final by beating Canada 23-8 at the Surrey Sports ground Guildford, England, therefore finishing top of their pool and earning them the right to play the mighty All Blacks in the semi-final next

This was not the Alamo, but the Fortress Aime Giral, the advancing troops were not Mexicans, but from Montpellier, with of course a couple of Argentineans thrown in for good measure. This Fortress has remained intact throughout many onslaughts, more or less the last 2

The French girls marched on in their second pool game of this year’s Feminine World Cup game against Scotland, after winning the first match 15-7 against Sweden; they were good enough to come out 17-7 winners at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford En

Saturday sees Montpellier travel to Perpignan the French TOP 14 Finalists of last season.

Not the best of hunting ground for MHR, but after last week’s very positive victory against Racing the confidence is booming and US

The Gentle Giant and the General, Eric Bechu and Fabien Galthié, have been friends for a long number of years and it was in Colomiers where they first started their partnership, but it was only the 14th July last month that they started this adventure together

The stage for this mornings training session run by club Captain Fulgence Ouedraogo was the Stadium Yves du Manoir main pitch and not the annexe, obviously a ploy to get the guys used to the playing surface for the first home game of the season which is Friday night a

Fabien Galthie and Eric Bechu has chosen their squad for Friday’s home game against Racing Metro, K.O. 19.00, the first appearance of the season for the newly arrived, young and talented Argentinean, Martin Bustos Moyano, and Benji Thierry gets his first run out

Montpellier started their TOP14 season with an away game against Biarritz, the first competitive match for the new coaching duo Galthie, Bechu, this would show if the hard work over the last 10 weeks was going to bring results.

The first half was not the start that Montpellier needed,

With just a few days to the first home game of the season the coaches Galthie and Bechu will have their work cut out to get the show back on the road. Although the defeat against Biarritz was by no means a catastrophe there is still lots of work to be done if we are g

Nearly there, the journey started at the beginning of June when Eric Bechu arrived as the new forwards coach of Montpellier, he was joined by Fabien Galthie a month later a truly honest acquisition by the then President Thierry Perez, since then both of them have been

Montpellier played their last warm up game on Saturday night at Camares in the Challenge Vaquerin against PRO D2 side Aurillac. Montpellier came out winners 32 – 19.

They scored 4 tries with Mickael Ladhuie, Seta Tuilev

The decision has been made, it’s now official the XV de France will play Argentina on the 20th November at the Stade de Mosson Montpellier, this is a first for Montpellier, after hosting the Girls International last season between France and Italy at the Stade Y

Montpellier holders of the Challenge Vaquerin, opened their account last night in their first match in this year’s Challenge against Castres, the second and final game is on Saturday evening against Aurillac at Camares k.o 18.30.

Three mini halves of 30 mins. and 39 players having their first run out this season for Montpellier, an excellent holiday crowd with a packed stand in the picturesque rural stadium of Pezenas, a fitting place to kick start the new season for the first of 3 training ma

The very first match of this year’s new season will take place tomorrow evening at the Stade Piscenois Pezanas, against Carcassonne newly promoted to the Pro D2, K.O. 18.30. This is the first of 3 training matches before  this year’s TOP 14 commences,

The President of Montpellier Herault Rugby Thierry Perez, was finally given his reward for 18 months of hard work and perseverance, Saturday afternoon just hours before Fabien Galthie was to commentate on the H Cup Final between Toulouse and Biarritz, he put pen to pa

Eric Bechu was the coach at Albi Sporting Rugby Club for the last 11 years, where he brought the club from the lower divisions of French rugby to the Elite TOP 14 on two separate occasions, in 2006, and in 2009 the latter after an epic final at the Yves de Manoir Mont

Blue skies the sun in all its splendour, what a day to have the last match of the season. Hours before the kick off, the crowds started to arrive and the whole of the surrounds of the Stadium were awash with hundreds of rugby school members, starting from 4years old t

Five minutes before kick off, 500 Ecole de rugby players in their immaculate kit formed two lines of honour, and out onto the pitch for the very last time in their illustrious careers came Federico Todeschini, Philemon Toleafoa, and Olivier Sarramea to a standing ovat

Blue skies the sun in all its splendour, what a day to have the last match of the season. Hours before the kick off, the crowds started to arrive and the whole of the surrounds of the Stadium were awash with hundreds of rugby school members, starting from 4years old t

21 years old today, Position 2nd row 1.98mts, 124kgs.
Mickeal is a pure product of Montpellier Herault Rugby, and has a professional formation contract with the Academy. He has represented France at many junior levels and took part in the last junior World Cup.

Be there or be square, Yes the last game of the season, one of the most eventful seasons in the history of Montpellier’s life in the Elite TOP 14.
Last week with the win at Montauban, the Blue and Whites saved their season and got themselves out of the re

Born in Royan, Charente-Maritime, 19.04.1976, position wing forward, 1.99mts 100kgs.

Montauban’s home ground Sapiac has in the past always been kind to Montpellier, in 2003 they won the final against Pau for the ascension, to the then Elite TOP 16, this time Montpellier were going to make sure that next season they were playing once again TOP14, a win would assure that, but

The coaches have been hired, the supporters have paid and are ready, and the massive exodus of Montpellier Herault Rugby towards Montauban this coming Saturday morning is revving to go.
The club have organised a massi

Everybody was talking all week about a 5 point victory but nobody expected the thrashing that Montpellier gave to Albi on Saturday afternoon. Lingering in 13th position and the possibility of being relegated certainly focused the minds of the Montpellier players.

SW. Excellent result for Montpellier ?

DH. Yes we have worked hard all week and obviously have realised the seriousness of our situation something had to be done, and we had no room for error, the decision to come out with all guns blaz

The match this coming Saturday afternoon, has become a make or break game for Montpellier, having slipped to 13th position in the TOP 14 and therefore in danger of relegation, the only answer is a victory, and if possible with an attacking bonus point.

Sebastien was born in Creusot 1/04/1978, 1.88mts. 97kgs. his club position is winger He has represented France at A, under 21, school, levels and was FIRA World Cup vice Champion, a long list of brilliant honours and has been an important member of the Montpellier squ

The match against Clermont well and truly lost this weekend by a massive 41-3, all the calculations, prognostics, and forecasts are now out of the window. Just three matches to play, two at home the first next week against Albi, then away to Montauban  on the 17t

Juan Figallo was born in Salta Argentina 25/03/1988
1.90mts, 115kgs. Club position, prop forward.
Juan started his career in the rugby club of Salta in Argentina, he signed for Montpellier at the beginning of last season and after a settling period where

Yes, the very words used by the England players for many years but on Saturday evening the shoe was on the other foot!!!
The last two days I have spent ready the negative reports in the British papers on how France’s 9th Grand Slam was only just, unpolish

One game to play next Saturday evening at home, and of course it would have to be against England, the old enemy of many a year. France won their fourth game in a row when they demolished Italy at the Stade de France in front of a capacity crowd.

Montpellier hosted their first International on Saturday evening when the girls of France took on their counterparts from across the border, Italy.

In front of 3,500 supporters of which 75% were of the fairer sex a fantasti

Once again the number 34 comes back to haunt Montpellier, Toulouse scored exactly the same number of points in the encounter last season; the only difference is that the Blue and Whites manage to score 3 points this year!!
Toulouse playing in their home stadium

16.30 Saturday afternoon Montpellier had crashed from 10th position in the TOP 14 to 12th, so playing last with a 20.45 kick off they knew exactly what they had to do, a small advantage yet a massive task as Racing Metro also needed the points for their end of season

This coming Saturday evening K.O. 20.45 at the Stadium Yves de Manoir, Montpellier takes on newcomers to the TOP 14, Racing Metro 92 from Paris. This is going to be a very interesting encounter and a match not be missed. This week Montpellier will be training

Saturday 13th March the FFR, and Montpellier Herault Rugby organise the girls 6 Nations match against their Mediterranean neighbours Italy at the Stadium Yves du Manoir, Montpellier k.o. 20.30
Three of our girls have been selected to play, Anais Lagougine, Jenn

Cold, wet and miserable is how they describe the weather in Wales, not at all!! There was sun and it was very dry, plus probably the largest gatherings of the French, for a 6 Nations match I have ever witnessed.
With the roof firmly closed the atmosphere was el

Clement Baiocco now playing with Racing Metro in Paris has been called into the French squad for Friday’s 6 Nations match against Wales in Cardiff, Clement is a pure product of the Montpellier rugby school, coming through the ranks where he played as a junior an

All is not lost, but questions must be asked, another performance by Montpellier losing 22-16 at home to Bayonne, and on the very similar lines of the defeat against Brive, one not to be remembered!!
We are now in the era of professional rugby and have been for

Montpellier club captain Fulgence Ouedraogo returned to Montpellier yesterday after declaring himself unfit for the Friday evening 6 Nations game against Wales in Cardiff, after picking up a calf strain during training with the French team in Paris this weekend.

The Blue and Whites of Montpellier will play one of their most important games of the season against Bayonne who are lying in 13th position of this year’s TOP 14; and will be coming  looking for vital points for their survival. Montpellier will be without t

France pulled out all the stops in Saturday’s classic 6 Nations game against Ireland. The Irish last year’s Grand Slam winners and favourites for this year’s tournament came under the cosh from the French, who are placing their ambitions firm

Bruce Douglass was born in Edinburgh Scotland on 10. 02. 1980. 1.80mts, 115kgs he plays prop forward for Montpellier. Bruce’s previous clubs were Harlequins, Borders and the Scarlets, he joined Montpellier in 2008.
Bruce Douglas was educated at Heriots Ed

The French XV played their cards perfectly against Scotland on Sunday, keeping their French Flair in the pocket for the opener of this years 6 Nations.
A scrum which had a steam roller effect on the lack lustered Scottish front five, time and time again the Fre

Thierry Brana was born on 06 02 1986 1mt78, 92kgs. He plays wing threequarter for Montpellier, he joined t

Mickael Ladhuie was born on 04 02 1982 at Toulouse, 1.81mts, 98kgs, and occupies the position of hooker for Montpellier. Mickael previous clubs were Colomie

Montpellier Captain Fulgence Ouedraogo, and Chef D’Orchestre Francois Trinh-Duc have both been selected by the French National coaches to start in France’s opening 6 Nations fixture against Scotland this coming Sunday Feb.7th k.o.15.00 (local time)

The team is a

The Montpellier players who are not selected for the forth coming Internationals, 6 Nations, and group B, 6 Nations are all on holiday until the 8th February. This will give most of the squad a well deserved rest, and for those who are carrying injuries a little extra time to get back to full fit

Massi Matadigo our newly arrived International Fijian has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2012, since his arrival he has integrated into the club with great success and is now a regular first team player wearing that famous no. 8 shirt, tough steps to follow his predece

Montpellier Herault Rugby has created an appeal fund for the earthquake disaster in Haiti last month. For the Amlin Challenge Cup match against Worcester Warriors they donated 1€ for every seat sold that evening, and auctioned off the team shirts at the Gala reception that followed the game&

Mathieu Guidicelli the Montpellier Espoir prop forward has been selected to play for the -20 National French team against Scotland on the 7th February, Mathieu who started his rugby at the Ecole de Rugby de Montpellier at the tender age of 7 years old is following a fine family tradition of rugby

With all the intentions in the world, results cannot be won without the full commitment, mentally, and physically of all the named 23 players.
Montpellier possibly could have created a shock at Toulon on Wednesday evening, Toulon had one or two players missing including the scourge of the

After the injuries picked up in the Worcester match, the news that Mamuka Godgodze has been banned for 40 days and Danie Thiart for 20 days for aggressions in the match against Stade Francais on the 30th December, a very harsh decision as Mamuka was the player being aggressed?
Mamuka will

Montpellier presented a team full of youth to take on Worcester in the last round of this year’s
Amlin European Challenge Cup pool games, 13 of the players who defeated Worcester at Sixways were prepared do themselves justice once again.
Worcester were also taking this game ve

Bill McLaren the BBC commentator for more than 50 years died at his home in Hawick Scotland on Wednesday, he was 86 years old. A true gentleman in the world of rugby loved and respected by all, he was honoured on 3 separate occasions and was the only non International

Pietman Van Niekerk was born in South Africa on 22 01 1980. Prop forward, 1.85m 115kg, he joined Montpellier from Agen in 2008. He has had a season this year full of injuries, and has not often been on the team sheet, we wish him a very Happy Birthday and that he gets

Thursday 18 Feb. during the French school holidays will be the next scheduled training session for the public to watch their Montpellier stars who will be preparing for the TOP 14 match against Bayonne. An excellent opportunity for all the parents to give their children immense pleasure to see th

The weather was probably as much to blame this weekend for Montpellier’s loss in Ireland as anything else, a gale force wind and incessant driving rain, put paid to any champagne rugby, and the epic became a duel in the trenches, unfortunately this was always going to be won by the Irish, t

The French Internationals who are selected for the 6 Nations this season will not be available for their clubs the weekend of 19 /20 February as the Ligue National de Rugby (LNR) will hold the Licences of all the players concerned, this was a treaty signed last summer between the FFR and the LNR.

The leaders Castres were in town for the 18th day of this seasons TOP 14, a match Montpellier needed to win, but never easy when you are up against the team who are playing great rugby and continually searching for points away from home.
Nearly 10,000 supporter

The word is indifferent, great games, little runs of success, then games where there were no lights on, and nobody at home, but at the end of last season we finished 10th; this is where we stand before the home match against Castres next Saturday.

A truly well deserved knighthood will be awarded to Ian McGeechan in the New Years Honours list for his services to rugby.
A veteran of 7 Lions tours, 2 as a player and 5 as the coach, he made 32 caps for his country Scotland, of which 9 were captain, he coache

YVES du MANOIR SATURDAY 9TH JANUARY K.O. 14.30

Another great match to be seen on Sat. where Montpellier takes on TOP 14 leader Castres,
a match of the up most importance for both te

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOAN CAUDULLO,
Born 05- 01- 1982, 1.76m, 99kgs position Hooker.
Montpellier through and through, Joan played for the Montpellier Rugby Club Jacou, from 1991-98 which is just outside Montpellier to the North. He attended Montpellier Univer

To everyone at Montpellier Rugby Club, M. Le President, the Players, Team Officials, all our wonderful office staff, the Coaches, Sponsors, Supporters, Volonteers, and you the readers I wish you all an excellent health and that 2010 will bring everything you all wish

The passionate high obtained just 4 days ago against Stade Francais did not last for Montpellier; they went to Biarritz with the serious intentions of bringing at least a bonus point back to Montpellier, but it was not to be.
Under the new captaincy of Vassili

SW. Great victory tonight, the forwards played exceptionally well.

B D They got a bit of a lead and we had to start chasing them, we probably played our best rugby of the season in the second half, we had to take the game to them and pl

An evening full of emotion, 250  youngsters from the rugby school of Montpellier spelling the name of MAXIME on the centre line of the pitch, Montpellier playing in white with the name of Maxime printed on their hearts and rugby shirts,  a stadium full of fl

I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone, Monsieur Le President, the players, the club, all the officials, and the wonderful staff in the office, the volunteers, the supporters, plus of course you the readers a very merry Christmas, eat loads, drink lots

The coldest weekend of the winter so far, matches being cancelled all over the place, snow and ice covering most of northern Europe, Montpellier had the best draw of the weekend playing Madrid under the Spanish sun with not a snowflake in sight.
They certainly

EUGENE VAN STADEN   GELUKKIGE VERJAARDAG   (happy birthday in Afrikaans)

Eugene Van Staden was born in Cradock South Africa in 1980. His position is prop forward, and he weighs in at 120kgs. for 1.81mts, he joined the club in 2007. H

The National girls’ selectors have chosen their squad for the forth coming 6 nations, where there will be a training camp held on January 2/4th at the National centre Linas-Marcoussis.
The Montpellier girls selected to attend are; Sonia Amat, Anais Lagoug

GELUKKIGE VERJAARDAG, DRIKUS HANCKE (Happy Birthday in Afrikaans)

Drikus was born in Uitenhage, South Africa, 14th Dec. 1978. He joined Montpellier in 2005 from the Mighty Elephants where he captained the Currie Cup team, he had previously been in the s

There was a very sad start to this European Challenge match against Madrid, a minute silence was held for the young Montpellier rugby player, Maxime Michel who passed away this week after a long and difficult illness, he will be sadly missed; our sincerest condolences

Benoit Paillaugue is out for up to 4 months with a shoulder injury. After having medical examinations, the persistent problem of his shoulder was revealed and unfortunatelty he will have to go under the knife next week. This will keep him away from the playing field f

The Baa-Baas created a piece of rugby history at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon, where they defeated the magnificent All Blacks by 25-18. The Blacks without loss in this autumn tour wanted to keep their dominance right till the very last game on the shores of Europe

After spending most of the week in isolation because of a swine flu outbreak, and only being able to start training the Wednesday before the match, Perpignan still managed to run 29 points past Montpellier in this Saturdays encounter. One asks if there was no

The Montpellier girls went top of their national league the TOP 10 on  Sunday afternoon with a convincing win over Caen by  22-10, this well deserved victory was made even sweeter with the first defeat of the season for Perpignan (ex Toulouges) by Bobigny wh

The pitch of the Yves du Manoir on Saturday against Brive could have been mistaken for Father Christmas’s Grotto, because the gifts were plentiful and it was Montpellier who were the not very wise men giving away the early Christmas presents!!

Thursday morning’s training session, the group for Saturday’s match against Brive were put through their paces by the trio Bess,Britz and Lacoste. The late morning was spent well with the Scrimmaging machine being used to its limit, the forwards certainly

Francois Trin-Duc followed in the footsteps of Louis Picamoles last week, in being awarded the Man of the Match in a 43-5 drubbing of Samoa in the Stade de France on Saturday evening. He also managed to get 2 of the 7 tries scored by a rampant French team. The display

Montpellier have often been criticised for not competing for the full 80 mins. of a match, but Saturday afternoon against Bourgoin that certainly was not the case.
Montpellier sent a solid team to Bourgoin, missing obviously Francois Trin-Duc away on Internatio

The French rugby girls got their revenge in the curtain raiser at the Stade de France on Saturday afternoon against the Canadians girls. After loosing the first Test in Dijon by 14-5 on Wednesday; they needed to come back with avengence, as this was also the first tim

Happy Birthday to Na’ama Leleimalefaga.  Born 20/11/87, at Apia Samoa, in the Pacific Islands.
Nems, as he is known by everybody at Montpellier, (may have something to do with the pronunciation of his name), has graduated from the Espoirs and the Aca

The Montpellier girls are progressing well at the start of their TOP 10 league, and are just 2 points behind leaders, the newly named Perpignan (formerly Toulouges)
The last 2 games they had a resounding victory against Bayonne by 25- 0 at home? with an attacki

Benoit was born on the 17/11/87. in La Rochelle on the west coast of France.
Before joining Montpellier last season, he had previously played for Auch in the Pro D 2
and his first professional club was Stade Francais. In his last game for Montpellier he

 Take a bow, all the coaches and rugby educators at the Montpellier rugby school and Academy. The dedication that these people bring to our beloved sport, and who serve the club year in year out in all weathers, are sometimes able to see the nearly finish

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Fulgence Ouedraogo has had to leave France’s H. Q. Marcoussis and the French test squad on Saturday after further tests revealed an injury to his shoulder, wh

The readers of the Daily Telegraph have voted on the best try ever scored at Twickenham, the votes have been counted and would you believe that the winning try was, yes French!!!!!
The try that got over 30% of all the votes was the MAGNIFICENT try scored by Phi

Montpellier club captain Fulgence Ouedraogo and chef d’orchestre Francois Trin-Duc, have both been selected for this seasons Autumn Internationals. They are both included in Marc Livremont’s 30 man squad, captained by Thierry Dusautoir.

The L.N.R. announced that the first semi final of this season’s TOP 14 will be held in Montpellier at La Mosson 32,000 places on Friday 14th May, it will the 6th time that a semi final has been held in Montpellier. This year’s competition allows the teams

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SW. You came on in the second half and did your job well.

A.C. It was important for us a 3rd win on the trot, we have had a bit of a

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There is nothing better than a convincing win before the annual autumn holidays.
Montpellier did just that, but in a manner that warmed the hearts o

Hollywood will not be knocking on Montpellier’s door to create a new epic about Saturdays match away from home against Albi. A gruelling affair, but 4 points is what the Blue and Whites went for, and they came away with the 4 points they so desperately n

SW Great result for the team?

EVS. Excellent we have been working hard all week and finally we played as a unit not giving anything away, and our discipline was exemplary no yellow cards and very few penalties.

SW. There must be a certain

The last two years Clermont have amassed bucket loads of points at the Stadium Yves du Manoir, things had to change. After spending a week behind closed doors Montpellier had a long look in the mirror and several home truths were discussed, the match against C

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Tomorrow the leaders of the TOP 14 visit Montpellier. Yves du Manoir is a great hunting ground for the Auvergnats, they have

Little Big Man, Benoit Paillaugue could be out for up to 2 months with a fractured shoulder, which he picked up during the game against Connacht on Friday evening.
Everybody at the club wishes him a quick recovery and all hope that he will back on the park as s

The Olympic rugby dream has grown from its ashes, and once again the World will see 7’s Rugby at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a wait of only 92 years, the last occasion that rugby was played, was in the 1924 Olympics and the Gold Medal winners, USA.

Friday 16th October the 2nd pool game in this seasons Amlin European Challenge, at our Stadium Yves du Manoir k.o. 20.00.

After the 1st round pool games, Connacht are sitting on top of pool 2 having secured a bonus point wi

Saturday evening presented itself nearly to perfection, dry, sunny and a slight wind blowing from left to right, against Montpellier in the first half and a good number of supporters in attendance.
Our Montpellier girls were looking for at least 5 points from t

They are young, but full of courage, endeavour and just plain gutsy, the team that Montpellier took to play the first pool game of this year’s Amlin European Challenge against Worcester was by no means experienced. At the final whistle the average age of the Blu

The new season of this year’s European Cup competitions get under way this coming weekend. Montpellier are playing in the newly named, European Amlin Cup, and their opponents are Worcester Warriors playing away from home on Thursday evening, a match which is tel

The scene was set for one of the encounters of the season a Montpellier v Toulouse with a certain Louis Picamoles playing for the opposition against his former club and a Stadium packed to the gunnels with over 14,261 present and ready.

Sat. October 3rd Yves du Manoir k.o. 14.30  MONTPELLIER HR V STADE TOULOUSE.

The game that everybody wants to see Toulouse at the Yves du Manoir, Les Rouges et Noirs
are coming to town, if you have not already purchased your ticket for Satur

Sometimes they say that you have to go backwards to go forwards, let’s hope this is the case for Montpellier, they found themselves back in 13th place in the TOP 14 after yesterday’s results, but bringing home a bonus point from Paris after a very well fou

Once again Montpellier was on the road looking for their first away points this season, whether it is bonus, or that first away victory. Friday evening the pitch at Bayonne was pronounced unplayable, waterlogged and the game was postponed till Sunday afternoon.

After their away victory last week against Bobigny Rugby 12-3, in the first match of this season’s TOP10, our Cochinelles were at Sabathe against newly promoted St. Orens from Toulouse. The match started with Montpellier immediately attacking their oppositions t

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The scene was set for an enthralling afternoon, the Stadium Yves du Manoir was just short of full, the supporters from Toulon had arrived in their thousands and g

Tomorrow afternoon, K .O. 14.30 Montpellier take on the mighty Toulon with all their stars, a match which Les Cysts must win if they are going to keep their home record intact, and progress from the depths of the TOP 14, to a much healthier position.
Toulon wi

The Montpellier girls who represented France in the Nations Cup are back in town. After a fabulous trip to Canada where they played matches against South Africa, England, Canada and the U.S.A. The girls had a fantastic time, for one Montpellerienne Sandrine Legros it

The training sessions open to the general public are again working well and the support is tremendous, with some of the day’s attendances over and above 150. This gives the club’s supporters the chance to see their stars in action before the game scheduled

Rugby sevens hopefully are to be included in the 2016 summer Olympics, last months I.O.C. meeting gave a nearly definite YES to sevens being introduced.
The I.O.C. will have a full session October meeting, which should give the green light for the sport to be i

The game of rugby today has seen a sharp increase in the number of long term injuries. The physical impact that rugby is now producing is bringing the usual and new kinds of injury to players.
Because of the physical nature of the game the squads are increasin

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Castres were given medical clearance to play their game against Montpellier after their last two games had been postponed because of an outbreak of swine fever amongs

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

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