Illtud Dafydd
Multimedia Journalist at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Francophone gallois | Sports Journalist/ Newyddiadurwr Chwaraeon @AFP
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1 week ago |
barrons.com | Illtud Dafydd
This weekend's Champions Cup semi-finals featuring Leinster against Northampton and Bordeaux-Begles taking on Toulouse offer a host of players a final chance to stake their claim for a British and Irish Lions role. Head coach Andy Farrell will keep a keen eye on Saturday's game in Dublin as well as Sunday's fixture in south-west France before naming his squad on Thursday for the tour to Australia.
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2 weeks ago |
barrons.com | Illtud Dafydd
Bordeaux-Begles host Toulouse in the Champions Cup semi-final on Sunday having come a long way since their inception more than two decades ago. In 2006, clubs from Bordeaux and Begles, a suburban town to the south, merged to create 'Union Bordeaux-Begles'. Bordeaux won the first of their seven French titles in 1899 while Begles claimed the last of their two in 1991.
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1 month ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Illtud Dafydd
Former New Zealand fly-half Aaron Cruden believes France will pose a serious threat to the All Blacks in July despite sending a depleted outfit on this year's three-Test tour. Six Nations champions Les Bleus are set to rest first-choice players such as Romain Ntamack, Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Thomas Ramos for the games, starting on July 5, due to a clash with the end of the French club season.
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1 month ago |
enca.com | Illtud Dafydd
Ireland fly-half Sam Prendergast scored 11 points as Leinster cruised past Harlequins 62-0 on Saturday to join Northampton, Toulon and Castres in the Champions Cup last eight. Prendergast's influential contribution in Dublin included a first-half try, one of nine touchdowns by the Irish province, as the four-time winners reached the quarters for a ninth straight season. In next weekend's knockout they will face Glasgow or Leicester, who meet later on Saturday.
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1 month ago |
barrons.com | Illtud Dafydd
France's crowning as this season's Six Nations champions underlined their status as genuine contenders to South Africa's global supremacy thanks to an efficient gameplan, generational individual talents and some record-setting performances. The French produced a 20-minute second-half burst to cruise past Scotland in Paris on Saturday for their second championship since the head coach Fabien Galthie took over in late 2019.
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