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James Harrington
@Jamesonrugby
James Harrington is a freelance sports journalist and editor, based near Toulouse in southwest France, whose key focus is on the French rugby scene. He has worked with World Rugby, EPCR, RugbyPass, Rugby World, the Irish Examiner, SA Rugby Mag, Irish Independent, ESPN, and The Rugby Paper.
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Internationals Womens
'I must now face the facts': France's Romane Ménager ends career
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20 days ago
Club Rugby
AXA Elite 1 Final | Stade Bordelais complete French four-peat
37 days ago
Internationals Womens
AXA Élite 1 Final preview: The finale we deserved
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41 days ago
Club Rugby
Taylor Price: 'This was totally meant to be'
50 days ago
Analysis
AXA Elite 1 Feminine: Semi-finals confirmed as ASM Romagnat top table by one point
Last year's champions Stade Bordelais finished third and will have a chance to defend their title while Stade Toulousain narrowly …
James Harrington
12 Jun 2026, 2:00
Analysis
AXA Elite 1 Feminine: How things stand ahead of Round 16
France’s AXA Elite 1 returns on Sunday, just one week after England beat France to a Guinness Women's Six Nations Grand Chelem…
James Harrington
22 May 2026, 1:00
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Analysis
Nine France players to keep an eye on in new World Cup cycle
France’s new head coach Francois Ratier laid down a marker with his first Six Nations squad, a 32-player list that is long on po…
James Harrington
10 Apr 2026, 2:56
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No place for Bourgeois in France's opening match day Six Nations squad
France’s new head coach François Ratier has left the reliable kicking fullback out of his squad for his first match in charge a…
James Harrington
09 Apr 2026, 3:29
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Uncapped and young: France's 2026 Six Nations training squad announced
New France coach Francois Ratier has included 16 uncapped players in the squad for his second three-day training camp to prepare f…
James Harrington
19 Mar 2026, 4:30
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France's François Ratier turns to a pair of former rivals to fill coaching vacancies
France’s new head coach François Ratier has turned to a pair of former rivals to fill two vacancies in his national coaching se…
James Harrington
29 Jan 2026, 8:23
Opinion
Top 5 players of 2025: France Women
2025 has been another frustrating year for France’s senior women’s team. As the women’s game in France looks to what it hope…
James Harrington
19 Dec 2025, 2:00
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Analysis
How things stand: AXA Elite 1 seven rounds into 2025/26
After seven matches of the 18-game AXA Elite 1 season in France, the 10 teams are now on a break until the end of January.
James Harrington
15 Dec 2025, 7:18
Interview
'I needed a different environment': Chloe Rollie opens up about latest French adventure
Scotland full-back Chloe Rollie likes a challenge. How else do you explain leaving the relative certainty of Premiership Women's R…
James Harrington
01 Dec 2025, 2:05
France name current Stade Bordelais’ manager as new women's head coach
The Fédération Française de Rugby (FFR) has named current Stade Bordelais’ manager François Ratier as the new head coach of …
James Harrington
27 Nov 2025, 1:19
Analysis
France's AXA Elite 1 Championship: Get to know the teams
Ten teams. One goal. France’s newly titled AXA Elite 1 Championship kicked off with a big-match bang on October 12th, just two w…
James Harrington
22 Oct 2025, 5:52
FFR advertise for new head coach to lead women's team
The FFR is looking for a new coach to lead the women’s national team, after the Gaëlle Mignot and David Ortiz partnership led L…
James Harrington
21 Oct 2025, 7:49
Here and no further: how France failed to hit new heights in 2025
Fourth is, by sporting consent, the worst tournament position — a so-near, so-far frustration of a finish. Those who prepared fo…
James Harrington
30 Sep 2025, 1:39
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Analysis
'Les Bleues were a bedraggled shadow of a side' but march on to semis
France live to fight another day at the Rugby World Cup after defeating Ireland 18-13 in dismal conditions in Sandy Park in the qu…
James Harrington
15 Sep 2025, 5:09
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'We’ll have to be careful': France name team for quarter final clash
France co-head coaches Mignot and Ortiz have taken no risks up front in their Rugby World Cup quarter-final clash – selecting th…
James Harrington
12 Sep 2025, 8:56
France announce side for South Africa: 'We’re going to take this team very seriously'
Les Bleues look to complete a perfect pool phase run against South Africa in Northampton on Sunday.
James Harrington
05 Sep 2025, 7:35
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Analysis
Top 14 season preview: More Test stars head to France but can anyone topple Toulouse?
France's top-flight campaign kicks off this weekend with at least 11 of the 14 clubs holding play-off ambitions.
James Harrington
04 Sep 2025, 0:48
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Six head coaches axed: Inside Montpellier’s game of thrones
Benson Stanley is relishing the relative calm that being part of a settled staff has brought.
James Harrington
03 Sep 2025, 2:44
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'France needed that': Why heavy victory for Les Bleues v Brazil was important
After a determined, stern-faced, no-frills win over Italy in their Women’s Rugby World Cup opener, Les Bleues had to blast away …
James Harrington
01 Sep 2025, 6:05
Pauline Bourdon Sansus returns to France’s starting line-up
Pauline Bourdon Sansus returns to France’s starting line-up as coaches Gaëlle Mignot and David Ortiz ring the selection changes…
James Harrington
29 Aug 2025, 9:26
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