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Another weekend of knockout rugby is upon us, with the European Rugby Challenge Cup kicking off on Friday evening in Edinburgh. With the pool fixtures completed, focus now turns to the knockout stage. Four mouth-watering ties promise to be another memorable weekend of action. Challenge Cup Quarter Final Preview Edinburgh v La Rochelle Top14 leaders La […] READ MORE
The exodus continues. Tawera Kerr-Barlow will leave New Zealand at the end of 2017 to take up a three-year deal with French club La Rochelle. The 26-year old has mass experience in all levels of the game and has represented his region and country at all levels. Kerr-Barlow made his Chiefs debut back in 2011 […] READ MORE
Challenge Cup round six sees only two sides definitely through it is all to play for. Here is how Last Word on Rugby sees the quarter finals panning out. READ MORE
Clermont Fly Half Patricio Fernandez to Miss 8-10 Weeks of Play Patricio Fernandez, the 22 year old Argentinian phenom, and current Clermont Fly Half suffered a torn Hamstring injury in Clermont’s match this weekend against Toulouse. According to L’Equipe, ‘Fernandez will not be expected to return to Clermont Auvergne until March’ and this has been confirmed […] READ MORE
The European competitions kick off this week, with the stand-out game arguably Toulon vs Saracens on Saturday afternoon. But the action starts on Thursday night, with an equally interesting game at the Twickenham Stoop. Last season’s beaten finalists Harlequins take on Stade Français in the European Challenge Cup 2016/17 opener, in a repeat of the […] READ MORE
Former All Black Victor Vito performs well for La Rochelle in first Top 14 start READ MORE
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