NPR

AKA The French Thread

Béziers is going to be "le feuilleton de l'été"

I miss Mourad. The media spent less time talking about boring clubs when he was still around. :D

Tsk Mourad is now in the Béziers news :D

Cheika to coach Béziers



it really worked so well last time

Clermont : Macron nouvel équipementier

Macron qui équipe les gilets jaunes, on aura tout vu!

laurent wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:00 am Cheika to coach Béziers



it really worked so well last time

I really wanted Chieka for the Italy job, the FIR is such a shitshow :(

He could fit if they let him but I doubt the FIR would let him.

He is authoritarian and not that good a coach.

Béziers buyers are out for a big name but this seldom works

laurent wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:37 pm He could fit if they let him but I doubt the FIR would let him.

He is authoritarian and not that good a coach.

Béziers buyers are out for a big name but this seldom works

You may not have noticed but we aren't very good either, "not that good" would actually be a step up for us!

More @ béziers

le feuilleton de l'été

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/pro-d2/2 ... tory.shtml

https://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/pro-d2/2 ... tory.shtml

What a clown show

Looks like Laporte's casserolles are getting tangled

https://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/fran ... 201458.php

Let's hope he gets ousted

Well the Top 14 is supposed to restart this week end
Covid is playing havoc with most clubs already
Toulouse has 3 positive cases ahead of the Clermont Game.
Stade Français has a shortage of Front rowers due to covid... and is looking for a postponment.


Top 14

vendredi 4 sep.
Montpellier 20h45 Pau
Stade Français 20h45 Bordeaux-Bègles
samedi 5 sep.
La Rochelle 15h15 Toulon
Agen 18h00 Castres
Lyon 18h00 Racing 92
dimanche 6 sep.
Brive 20h45 Bayonne
Clermont 21h00 Toulouse

Pro D2

jeudi 3 sep.
Biarritz 20h45 Perpignan
vendredi 4 sep.
Vannes 19h00 Aurillac
Mont-de-Marsan 19h00 Béziers
Valence-Romans 19h00 Colomiers
Rouen 19h00 Carcassonne
Soyaux-Angoulême 19h00 Aix-en-Provence
samedi 5 sep.
Grenoble 20h45 Nevers
dimanche 6 sep.
Oyonnax 14h00 Montauban

in the Carnet noir a player died of a heart attack in St Gaudens (Fèd 2)
https://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/un-r ... 201015.php

1 game reported...
https://actu.fr/ile-de-france/paris_750 ... 1598961893

Ans so the T14 starts today, hopefully!

Le XV de départ de Montpellier: 15. Bouthier; 14. Ngandebe, 13. Serfontein, 12. Vincent; 11. Rattez; 10. Pollard, 9. Paillaugue; 7. Camara, 8. Timu, 6. Camara; 5. Willemse, 4. Rensburg; 3. Titi, 2. Guirado, 1. Forletta.

Remplaçants : 16. Du Plessis, 17. Fichten, 18. Chalureau, 19. Becognee, 20. Reinach, 21. Lozowski, 22. Reilhac, 23. Brennan.

V

Le XV de départ de Pau: 15. Malie; 14. Fumat, 13. Roudil, 12. Vatubua; 11. Votu; 10. Hastoy, 9. Le Bail; 7. Gunther, 8. Habel kufner, 6. Puech; 5. Metz, 4. Pesenti; 3. Boughanmi, 2. Lespiaucq, 1. Calles.

Remplaçants : 16. Rey, 17. Moise, 18. Erbani, 19. Tagitagivalu, 20. Daubagna, 21. Harris, 22. Dumoulin, 23. Adriaanse.


On paper, Montpellier should absolutely thrash Pau.

Lots of guts on the Pau side. Deserved victory which will help them in a tight race this year. Well done.

No rhythm in that Montpellier side. Tough start for them.

quelle surprise

Nice try by ST yesterday:



Almost won 15 v 13.

hey, so i missed the big summer change, are we all here now? or PR still active?

PR is still active but French posters are nowhere to be seen, nor there, nor here.

Well I am here

the other place is overrun by right wing loons so this one is more interesting (appart from the bimbospammachine)

Any way.
Club is doing well we have more kids than last year, more coaches and more players.

Even better 2 new sponsors

Only downside is that cadet and junior are very few (we had a Junior side last year but they more or less all are over 18 and a lot have gone to University too far from here).

good to hear Laurent !

after a lot of hesitations we sent our oldest son to play football this year i/o rugby (he's 6 this october), the local club is great but after last year lockdown and the fact that he just changed school we thought it would be better for him to see his friends from the old school who are all at the football club.

Eldest kid starting in Junior in this year and the younger one in benjamin, covid permitting.

Pretty cool.

La soule wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 12:25 pm Eldest kid starting in Junior in this year and the younger one in benjamin, covid permitting.

Pretty cool.

being a father has some nice bits :P

Highlight for Round2
Taupe 14

ProD2

This Had to happen

https://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/bern ... 201039.php

in custody
the crooks will hopefully get whiped out

laurent wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:22 pm This Had to happen

https://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/bern ... 201039.php

in custody
the crooks will hopefully get whiped out

The way he reacts reminds me somebody oh .... Which hunt!

He quacks like a duck so he must be made of wood ...

And Laporte Stays...

The mind boggles really.

Away from Top 14.



side note penalty try at our level

laurent wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 3:12 pm And Laporte Stays...

The mind boggles really.

Dégouté, the clubs are going through tough times and this asshole doesn't give a shit.
How does this election work ? Every pro and amateur clubs have the same number of votes?

Clubs Presidents have a number of votes depending on membership numbers.

I don't have the exact stuff.

With the new Confinement rules I am not sure the season won't be stopped.

This article explains it.
https://sport24.lefigaro.fr/rugby/actua ... oi-1016284

As for the season, almost every weeks a couple of clubs had covid cases, this weekend looks fine, they should forfeit the games when they can’t play.

When I see how much influence / votes some clubs have I am now sure why our president did not want to put a réclamation against them...

Any Way a good win against a good club...

Unfortunately no Men's game this week end as there is covid in Fijian camp... :(

Only the ladies against England And With What they showed against Scotland I am not really looking forward to it

Ah well there is always P0rn ;)

le compte rendu d'Oval Masqué

https://actu.fr/sports/rugby/pro/contro ... 47211.html




the group for the next games



Julien Delbouis (Stade Français) is replaced by Jonathan Danty,
Yacouba Camara is replaced by Sacha Zegueur, from Oyonnax (D2)

ovale

Jalibert has to wake up and play like he does with Bordeaux.

Danty : : mister yellow cards, a little Bastaraud wannabe.

Now we see that we are limited in 2nd and 3rd rows

Macalou, should be banned from EDF, great athlete but he'll bring a dark cloud on the team ( no pun intended), a bit like Torque during the games threads

It's a Real Shit day

https://www.cabrive-rugby.com/index.php ... de-ce-soir

Dal-Maso has Parkinson disease for a while now and Has to stop coaching.

laurent wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:40 pm It's a Real Shit day

https://www.cabrive-rugby.com/index.php ... de-ce-soir

Dal-Maso has Parkinson disease for a while now and Has to stop coaching.

Sad news. Has known of this illness for some years and coached the Japan scrum under Eddie Jones. Would have played with Dominici for les Bleus.

Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:01 pm Macalou, should be banned from EDF, great athlete but he'll bring a dark cloud on the team ( no pun intended), a bit like Torque during the games threads

I'm not in this camp. Macalou is a freak of nature and needs to be given a chance by steely direction from coaches just as Teddy has. Fra is not yet in such a position it can afford to throw away players of his ability.

Jalibert is looking increasingly like a poor man's Plisson minus Plisson's passing skills. Have said before I think Carnbonel is the best option but I get why Galthie thinks Ntamack is the right option since he plays with Dupont at club level.

Same thing with Serin whose distribution makes Parra look like dynamite. There are at least 2 better SHs: Irabiren and Couilloud.

laurent wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 8:40 pm It's a Real Shit day

https://www.cabrive-rugby.com/index.php ... de-ce-soir

Dal-Maso has Parkinson disease for a while now and Has to stop coaching.

Several years in fact. Pretty sure it was known in Brive at least 5 years ago. But sh*tty news as you say. Do wonder how much affect playing rugby had in contributing towards these types of illness.

Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 25, 2020 9:20 am

Marylandolorian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 10:01 pm Macalou, should be banned from EDF, great athlete but he'll bring a dark cloud on the team ( no pun intended), a bit like Torque during the games threads

I'm not in this camp. Macalou is a freak of nature and needs to be given a chance by steely direction from coaches just as Teddy has. Fra is not yet in such a position it can afford to throw away players of his ability.

Jalibert is looking increasingly like a poor man's Plisson minus Plisson's passing skills. Have said before I think Carnbonel is the best option but I get why Galthie thinks Ntamack is the right option since he plays with Dupont at club level.

Same thing with Serin whose distribution makes Parra look like dynamite. There are at least 2 better SHs: Irabiren and Couilloud.

One more time I disagree with you about these players.

- I watch Jalibert ( UBB*) )almost every weekends, you should too, same class than Ntamack, my worry is that he might be like Ramos, " le petit cœur" when he's in blue, but so far he hasn't done anything that cost us a game, he even saved a try against the Scotts. I like Carbonel also

-Serin (ex UBB*)you never liked him anyway, but to say couilloud or Iribaren are better than him shows how biased you are .BTW the Yach said few years ago that Serin had the fastest pass from all the t14 sh.

Macalou (SF*)s an asshole
* see the trend

These are facts not opinions