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Rynhardt Elstadt Exclusive: The Toulouse and Springbok forward hoping to lift more silverware this season

June 15, 2021

As Toulouse look to finish their campaign by adding the Top 14 title to their recent Champions Cup success, Rynhardt Elstadt spoke to Joe…

Scott Higginbotham Exclusive: “It is a great opportunity to create some history”

April 10, 2021

As he and his Union Bordeaux Bègles teammates prepare for a Champions Cup quarter-final against Racing 92, former Wallaby Scott Higginbotham spoke to TRU’s…

Charlie Faumuina Exclusive: “We will try to get to that final and win the thing”

April 9, 2021

Success is something which Charlie Faumuina knows all about and the former All Black and World Cup winning prop spoke to Joe Harvey ahead…

Agen release winger Gabriel Ibitoye

January 15, 2021

Former Harlequins winger Gabriel Ibitoye has been released by French club Agen after six months since he joined the Top 14 club. Ibitoye joined…

Exclusive – Clermont’s Rory Jennings: I’d rather be keeping up the momentum of the season

January 15, 2021

Clermont’s Rory Jennings spoke to Joe Harvey about the Top 14’s decision to continue their season amid the Covid-19 pandemic, plus the fly-half discusses…

Thibaud Flament Exclusive: How Loughborough made me a professional rugby player

December 28, 2020

Having left Wasps at the end of last season, Toulouse’s Thibaud Flament spoke to Joe Harvey about his time at Loughborough University and his…

“It would mean a lot for the team” – Challenge Cup Final Preview: Toulon

October 14, 2020

The story of Toulon is a well-known one. Having been a yo-yo team in the noughties, the French club signed England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson…

Kendrick Lynn on ‘disrupters’ Lyon

July 1, 2020

As a player, Kendrick Lynn twice gained promotion to the Top 14 with Lyon.

Philippe Saint-Andre – Back in rugby with Montpellier

June 16, 2020

The last time Phillipe Saint-André was seen in coaching it was leaving the Principality Stadium having lost to New Zealand 62-13 in the 2015…