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Gloucester upset odds to hold champions Bordeaux to draw in Champions Cup epic

Gloucester and Bordeaux Bègles played out an enthralling 36-36 draw in the opening game of this season’s Champions Cup

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16

France cruise to second Nations Championship victory beating Japan 42-15

France cruised to victory in the final match of their Nations Championship southern hemisphere series beating Japan 42-15 to complete their three games with two wins and a loss.

France 24 · Jul 18

Wallabies extend losing streak after being blown away by France in Nations Championship

The Wallabies crashed to a 42-26 defeat to France in Brisbane to continue their winless start to the Nations Championship

The Guardian - AU · Jul 11

‘I just wanted to pass all day long’: meet Archie McParland, the new Saints and England No 9

Northampton scrum-half reflects on his lifelong international ambitions, playing with freedom and his club’s Prem semi-final against Leicester

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11

Bordeaux’s rout of Leinster cements French dominance and leaves rivals playing catch-up

Faster and smarter in deed and thought, Bordeaux ruthlessly demonstrated why Top 14 supremacy looks set to continue for a while yet

The Guardian - UK · May 25

Ex-Wallabies celebrate European triumph with Bordeaux

Two former Australian internationals have been left celebrating after being part of Bordeaux's back-to-back European club triumphs in Bilbao.

AAP · May 23

King of Bordeaux Lucu injects soul into triumph of a French club on the rise

Leinster could not contain a team backed by tens of thousands of French supporters chanting with exuberance

The Guardian - UK · May 23

Leinster fall short in Champions Cup again as brilliant Bordeaux triumph

Leinster 19-41 Bordeaux: The French side, inspired by Louis Bielle-Biarrey, were spectacular in Bilbao as Leinster’s hunt for an elusive fifth Champions Cup crown goes on

The Independent UK · May 23

Bielle-Biarrey doubles up as Bordeaux sink Leinster to retain Champions Cup

Bordeaux hit Leinster with a first-half blitz in the Champions Cup final giving them a 41-19 win to retain the trophy

The Guardian - UK · May 23

Leinster desperate to tear up Bordeaux’s script in Champions Cup final cauldron

With temperatures in the mid-30s expected, Leo Cullen’s side will need to be at their best to avoid another sad denouement to a French drama

The Guardian - UK · May 22