France Top 14 2013/14 season Round Eight and the surprises continue to come, not least Oyonnax who this time out did for Toulon. Friday night and Montpellier who were on a high travelled to Paris with big expectations. Stade Français Paris however, had other thoughts and it was the home side who came out on top 18-11. Paris led 10-3 at half-time and the scoring was … [Read more...]
Premiership Rugby 2013/14 Rd4 – Tigers & Sarries Away Winners
The Aviva Premiership Rugby 2013/14 Season Round Four Saracens march on away at Harlequins, whilst Northampton and Leicester keep up the chase. Week four opened on Friday night at Franklin's Gardens where Northampton Saints had a comfortable win over Sale Sharks 33-14 in front of almost 13,000 fans. Saints dotted down five tries all by different players and Stephen … [Read more...]
Premiership Rugby 2013/14 Rd3 – Patterns Form & Sarries March On
The Aviva Premiership Rugby 2013/14 Season Round Three was played out with a mixture of results. Some went as expected and some did not. Conditions in the main were OK for running rugby and the teams made the most of it. The weekend opened with two games on Friday night and first we travel to Sixways and Worcester Warriors versus Harlequins.In front of a 7,000 plus crowd … [Read more...]
Top 14 France Rd7- Clermont Fail On Road Again
France Top 14 2013/14 season Round Seven brought us a couple of extremes as Clermont got thrashed 43-3 by Montpellier and Paris won at Oyonnax 15-16, taking their home record on route. So if we look at the complete set of results we had three wrong calls. Starting with Clermont on Friday night. This was a battle of the boot and Montpellier won it eight one. Montpellier were … [Read more...]
Top 14 France Rd6- Castres Do For Toulon
France Top 14 2013/14 season Round Six and apart from Toulon the big boys won. The weekend opened on Friday night with Perpignan hosting Montpellier and winning 28-16. Three tries saw Perpignan into the break at 20-6 and with a try apiece in the second period Perpignan also had the bonus point in their pocket. Saturday and all the other games were played out, first to … [Read more...]