France

Tomás Albornoz hit top form for Toulon on Sunday. He scored two tries for Toulon who completed a 27-22 victory over Bordeaux in the latest round of the Top 14. The match was the first for Bordeaux in the Top 14 since the team won the European Champions Cup Final …

Vannes are 80 minutes away from successfully earning promotion from the Pro D2 back to the Top 14. The club completed a comprehensive home Semi Final victory over Oyonnax on Thursday. The outcome means Vannes will face the winner of the second Semi Final, between Colomiers and Provence in the …

Colombian second-rower, Andrés Zafra captained Provence to victory over Brive on Saturday. The 39-21 win sees Provence advancing from barrage to the Semi Finals of the Pro D2 while, former Top 14 club, Brive were eliminated. Played at a sold-out Stade Maurice-David in Aix-en-Provence, France, Zafra’s team outscored Brive by …

Montpellier are the 2026 European Challenge Cup Champions. The French Top 14 club completed a comprehensive 59-26 victory over Ulster in Bilbao, Spain to lift the trophy on Friday. The victory saw Montpellier lifting the Challenge Cup for the third time. The club also won the Challenger Cup in 2016 …

Oyonnax overcame Valence Romans on Thursday to advance to face Vannes in the final four of the 2025-2026 Pro D2. The Semi Final between the teams will be a home match for Vannes on May 28. The winner of Vannes vs Oyonnax will secure a place in the Pro D2 …

Justo Piccardo made history on Saturday. The Pumas center became the first Argentine to score four tries in a Top 14 match. Piccardo scored four tries for Montpellier against Montauban, three of which were in the first half. They came in the 3rd, 16th, 37th and 73rd minute marks of …

Pittsburgh’s bid to host Rugby World Cup matches in 2031 may have received a boost after J. Kenneth Moritz and John H. Tippins of the Pittsburgh-based firm Stonewood Capital Management have invested in RFU Championship club the Cornish Pirates. URC club Zebre Parma have signed Patricio Baronio on a two-year …

Oyonnax have confirmed the recruitment of Iñaki Ayarza on a two-year-deal. In doing so, the Pro D2 club has bought out the player from his existing contract; Ayarza signed a long-term deal with Vannes in 2024 that saw him under contract with the club until 2028.   OYONNAX SIGN AYARZA …

Uruguayan captain Manuel Leindekar’s playing future will continue to be in France. The big (2,05m, 117 kg) second-rower will be joining Grenoble next season from his current club, Oyonnax. Leindekar is in his second season at Oyonnax. He has made eleven Pro D2 appearances thus far in the 2025-2026 season. …

The first ever New York stop on the World Sevens Series saw two closely contested Cup Finals on Sunday. In the first, South Africa clinched top spot for the men heading into the championship with a 10-7 victory over their closest rival Fiji. On the women’s side, New Zealand edged …