https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Lawyers for FFR President Bernard Laporte said he was going to appeal against the court's verdict https://www.thelocal.fr/20221214/french-rugby-in-turmoil-as-ffr-boss-gets-suspended-sentence-over-corruption Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:16:17 +0100 french-rugby-in-turmoil-as-ffr-boss-gets-suspended-sentence-over-corruption The France v Ireland rugby game that had been due to take place in Paris on Saturday has been postponed due to the coronavirus situation in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200309/france-v-ireland-rugby-game-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:46:37 +0100 france-v-ireland-rugby-game-postponed-due-to-coronavirus-outbreak French rugby was left mourning the death of a 23-year-old student on Monday, the fourth young player to have died in eight months. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190107/french-rugby-mourns-death-of-another-young-player Mon, 07 Jan 2019 18:00:03 +0100 french-rugby-mourns-death-of-another-young-player UPDATED: The plane that was due to fly France's rugby team home from Scotland on Monday was blocked at the airport after British police asked to question a number of players as "potential witnesses" to an alleged sexual assault. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180212/french-rugby-players-grilled-by-scottish-police-after-edinburgh-fight Mon, 12 Feb 2018 15:53:30 +0100 french-rugby-players-grilled-by-scottish-police-after-edinburgh-fight France has won the right to stage the 2023 World Cup, it was announced Wednesday, despite finishing behind rival bidders South Africa in an evaluation report. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171115/france-wins-bid-to-host-rugby-world-cup-in-2023 Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:45:33 +0100 france-wins-bid-to-host-rugby-world-cup-in-2023 French rugby officials havebeen accused of exploiting the late All Black great Jonah Lomu's young sons to promote their bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170927/france-johan-lomu-accused-of-exploiting-deadrugby-stars-sons-to-win-world-cup-bid Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:46:12 +0200 france-johan-lomu-accused-of-exploiting-deadrugby-stars-sons-to-win-world-cup-bid Three Grenoble players -- Ireland's Denis Coulson, Rory Grice of New Zealand and France's Loick Jammes -- have been charged with gang rape, prosecutors in Bordeaux announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170412/kiwi-and-irish-rugby-players-face-gang-rape-charges-in-france Wed, 12 Apr 2017 13:55:35 +0200 kiwi-and-irish-rugby-players-face-gang-rape-charges-in-france Six Grenoble players including two Irishmen, two New Zealanders and an Australian, were detained by French police on Wednesday following a rape complaint, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170322/irish-kiwi-and-aussie-rugby-players-held-in-france-over-rape Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:41:24 +0100 irish-kiwi-and-aussie-rugby-players-held-in-france-over-rape Top French rugby clubs Racing 92 and Stade Francais, who between them have won the last two Top 14 titles, on Monday announced a shock plan to merge from next season. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170313/paris-clubs-shock-french-rugby-by-revealing-plan-to-merge Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:01:32 +0100 paris-clubs-shock-french-rugby-by-revealing-plan-to-merge French rugby club Racing 92 says it will fire ex-All Black star Ali Williams after he was caught buying cocaine in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170310/french-rugby-club-to-fire-ex-all-black-williams-over-paris-cocaine-bust Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:15:59 +0100 french-rugby-club-to-fire-ex-all-black-williams-over-paris-cocaine-bust New Zealand rugby union legend Dan Carter apologised for a "massive error in judgement" after French police stopped him for drink-driving in Paris. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170217/kiwi-rugby-legend-dan-carter-sorry-for-drink-driving-in-paris Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:16:30 +0100 kiwi-rugby-legend-dan-carter-sorry-for-drink-driving-in-paris Jules Plisson kicked a penalty four minutes from time to defeat Italy 23-21 and deny them a famous first Six Nations victory in France on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160206/france-survive-italy-scare-in-six-nations-openr Sat, 06 Feb 2016 19:00:12 +0100 france-survive-italy-scare-in-six-nations-openr France and Italy kick-off the Six Nations on Saturday under a massive security operation as international sport returns to Paris's Stade de France for the first time since suicide bombers targeted the city on November 13. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160206/france-kicks-off-six-nations-amid-tight-security Sat, 06 Feb 2016 10:53:16 +0100 france-kicks-off-six-nations-amid-tight-security French fans jeered coach Philippe Saint-Andre after his last match in charge on Saturday ended in a record breaking World Cup hammering by New Zealand. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151018/france-coach-jeered-after-world-cup-humiliation Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:05:13 +0200 france-coach-jeered-after-world-cup-humiliation New Zealand v France, who meet in a World Cup quarter-final on Saturday, is a match with a rich history of controversy and no-holds-barred rugby. New Zealand have won 42 of the 55 Tests since 1906, but it is the French who have provided some of rugby's most indelible moments. Here are five of their most memorable clashes: https://www.thelocal.fr/20151016/rugby-five-great-new-zealand-france-matches Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:21:10 +0200 rugby-five-great-new-zealand-france-matches A group of ex-New Zealand internationals performed a "haka" tribute on Thursday at the spot on a French road where former team-mate Jerry Collins was killed in a car crash last week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150612/jerry-collins-new-zealand-rugby-hak-tribute Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:50:04 +0200 jerry-collins-new-zealand-rugby-hak-tribute The three-month-old daughter of All Black great Jerry Collins, who died last week alongside his wife Alana Madill in a road accident, remains in a "worrying" state, according to a prosecutor in the southern French city of Beziers. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150609/france-rugby-stars-daughter-in-worrying-state Tue, 09 Jun 2015 19:34:10 +0200 france-rugby-stars-daughter-in-worrying-state Could France be set to call on England's World Cup winning coach Clive Woodward to take charge of the country's rugby team? That's what reports in France are suggesting on Monday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150518/could-an-englishman-take-charge-of-france Mon, 18 May 2015 13:37:28 +0200 could-an-englishman-take-charge-of-france France were left with their Six Nations challenge in tatters after Wales triumphed 20-13 at the Stade de France on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150301/france-down-and-out-as-wales-keep-6-nations-hopes-alive Sun, 01 Mar 2015 09:54:00 +0100 france-down-and-out-as-wales-keep-6-nations-hopes-alive France's national rugby union team was a vast consumer of amphetamines in the 1980s including in a famous win over the All Blacks, according to a new book. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150225/french-rugby-team-pumped-on-amphetamines Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:31:00 +0100 french-rugby-team-pumped-on-amphetamines