French Top 14

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 25: Rohan Janse van Rensburg of the Hollywoodbets Sharks with Lukhanyo Am of the Hollywoodbets Sharks during the United Rugby Championship match between Hollywoodbets Sharks and Dragons at Hollywoodbets Kings Park on November 25, 2023 in Durban, South Africa. (Photo by Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images)

Bok centre linked with French club

Top 14 club Bordeaux Begles have reportedly secured the services of a seasoned campaigner from the Sharks to boost their options in midfield.

Saracens' Owen Farrell during the Gallagher Premiership at StoneX Stadium, London. Picture date: Saturday November 25, 2023. Photo: BackpagePix

Farrell to link up with Siya?

Racing 92 have issued a veiled denial amidst intense speculation over England and Saracens flyhalf Owen Farrell’s potential move to the French Top 14 club.

LEICESTER, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Handre Pollard of Leicester Tigers kicks a penalty during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium on November 18, 2023 in Leicester, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Saffas Abroad: Pollard on song to sink Bath

Handre Pollard kicked eight points as Leicester Tigers took advantage of Johann van Graan’s understrength Bath, while Dillyn Leyds scored in La Rochelle’s rout of Toulouse.

Henry Arundell Dublin , Ireland - 18 March 2023; England players, from left, Henry Slade, Henry Arundell and Anthony Watson during the Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

England star chooses club over country

Henry Arundell has signed a two-year extension to his contract at French Top 14 club Racing 92, meaning the England winger cannot play at the Six Nations in 2024.

Tigers cling to Bok champion

Leicester Tigers are hopeful that Jasper Wiese will commit his future to the Premiership club with the World Cup-winning Springbok No 8 set to snub a move to Stade Francais.

Racing Metro 92 newly recruited player South-Africa' Siya Kolisi poses with his jersey after his official presentation at the headquarters of the French top14 rugby union club, in Le Plessis-Robinson, outside Paris, on November 9, 2023.

Kolisi ready to rock for Racing

Two-time World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi is set to make his Top 14 debut for Racing 92, head coach Stuart Lancaster said on Friday.

Bordeaux-Begles' French wing Damian Penaud reacts during the French Top14 rugby union match between Section Paloise Bearn Pyrenees (Pau) and Union Bordeaux-Begles (UBB) at Stade de Hameau in Pau, south-western France on November 11, 2023. (Photo by GAIZKA IROZ / AFP)

Watch: French flyer copies Kolbe

Damian Penaud takes a leaf out of Cheslin Kolbe’s playbook and charges Antoine Hastoy as the flyhalf takes a conversion in a Top 14 clash between La Rochelle and Bordeaux.

Bok flyer pens new French deal

La Rochelle have made swift work locking down a versatile Springbok speedster in the Top 14 club’s backline corps for the foreseeable future.

Siya fired up to learn in France

Double World Cup-winning captain Siya Kolisi made his first public appearance as a Racing 92 player and admitted that it felt like “the first day back at school”.

‘Siya is the Ayrton Senna of rugby’

Racing 92 owner Jacky Lorenzetti has extolled the extraordinary qualities of Siya Kolisi, ahead of the two-time World Cup-winning Bok captain’s arrival at the Top 14 club.