James Harrington

Cheese-eating, wine-drinking, France-living freelance sports journalist. Mostly rugby, must be said...Also knackered dad of three...

French pro rugby clubs have 'put an absolute brake' on recruitment and are seriously rethinking their finances

08 April 2020, 10:29am

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French pro rugby clubs have 'put an absolute brake' on recruitment and are seriously rethinking their finances

08 April 2020, 10:29am

Historically, France has had a love-meh relationship with its 10s - think Jules Plisson, David Skrela, Francois Trinh-Duc, Remi Ta…

14 February 2020, 5:27am

With Montpellier suffering from an academy depleted under former coach Jake White, their current assistant has a suggestion to bet…

18 January 2020, 4:23am

Lyon attack coach Kendrick Lynn on the injury crisis at the club ahead of the weekend's Champions Cup match against undefeated Lei…

11 January 2020, 4:24am

Blues' star Ma'a Nonu could make a dramatic return to the French club on a lucrative one-year deal, and boss Mourad Boudjellal is …

29 May 2019, 10:00am

Four Top 14 teams are battling it out for three play-off places as the gruelling French league enters the final weekend - here's h…

22 May 2019, 1:23pm

We list the candidates who could still be in the running to take over from Jacques Brunel after FFR President Bernard Laporte has …

18 April 2019, 1:08pm

Simon Mannix felt he was on to a good thing in France, but Pau's consistent struggles to break into the Top 14's higher reaches ha…

16 April 2019, 5:39am