France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
France on Sunday made four changes in unveiling their squad to face New Zealand in Saturday's autumn international in Marseille. Fresh from thumping Samoa 43-5 on Saturday, the French have nonetheless shuffled their pack with Toulouse hooker William Servat back in the group in place of Perpignan's Guilhem Guirado. Second rower Lionel Nallet of Racing Metro also returns with Pascal Pape missing out....
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
France warmed up for their year-ending clash with New Zealand by cantering to a comfortable 43-5 win over Samoa in their second autumn Test match at the Stade de France here on Saturday. France beat world champions South Africa 20-13 in Toulouse last week and will go into their match with the All Blacks in Marseille on November 28 in good heart after a ruthless perfomance in which they ran in seven...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A court in Toulouse acquitted a subsidiary of the French oil giant Total and a former factory manager on Thursday in a 2001 explosion at a chemical plant that killed 31 people and injured more than 2,000.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
IT WAS a weary Springbok team that limped to a narrow defeat against France in Toulouse last Friday.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The South African Rugby Union (SARU) have received an apology from their French counterparts after they complained about the performance of their national anthem before last Friday’s Test match in Toulouse.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Ras Dumisani has been accused of butchering the South African national anthem ahead of the Springboks' clash with France in Toulouse last Friday.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Not only did singer Ras Dumisani massacre the South African national anthem but the country's flag was hung upside down at the Toulouse stadium where the Boks lost to France. [VIDEOS]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Johannesburg - The reggae singer, whose tuneless rendition of South Africa's national anthem before a clash with France in Toulouse last week has been blamed by one Springbok as contributing to their defeat, on Monday blamed sabotage. Ras Dumisani's...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
LEGENDARY Springbok flyhalf Naas Botha yesterday urged the government to get involved in the "national anthem disaster" during Friday's Test against France in Toulouse, saying someone had to be taken to task for the shambles.
Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
According to Jo Maso the South African embassy chose the singer of South Africa’s national anthem in Toulouse on Friday night. ‘Every time we welcome a foreign side, we ask the embassy to propose people for the national anthems,’ said French team manager Maso. ‘It’s the South African Embassy that put forward this man and we respected [...]
A Different League (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
A selection of Ligue 1 sides are facing the prospect of playing their top-flight football in shiny new stadiums after initial plans were put in place by the FFF in preparation for France’s Euro 2016 bid nearly 20 years after hosting the 1998 World Cup. The FFF has this week announced the shortlist of cities pivotal to their hosting aspirations. The 12 cities named, include Nice, Marseille, Toulouse,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
AFTER terrorising the southern hemisphere with his right boot, Bok flyhalf Morne Steyn hopes he can cause equal damage on a Europe tour that begins against France in Toulouse tomorrow.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
CHEETAHS prop Wian du Preez faces a baptism of fire in the Springbok jersey on Friday in Toulouse after being named as the only uncapped player in the Bok squad to face France in their opening Test on the European tour.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
SPRINGBOK centre Jaque Fourie believes the team's magical 2007 Rugby World Cup victory would provide the confidence they need to topple France at home for the first time in 12 years when the teams meet in Toulouse on Friday, writes Zeena Isaacs.
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers has defended a decision to take his jaded stars on a three-Test tour of Europe that starts on Friday against France in Toulouse. Some South African medical experts believe the world and Tri-Nations champions are playing with fire by including veterans like skipper John Smit and locks Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha, and scrum-half Fourie du Preez.
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