Sale Sharks show spirit but fall short of a famous European win as defending champions Toulouse win a Champions Cup tie that was delayed in bizarre circumstances.

The Investec Champions Cup holders look weary and devoid of attacking spark since being shorn of their totemic scrum-half.

There are some exhausted looking men out there in the southern sunshine, as Toulouse even take off Romain Ntamack. That's an interesting call. Tom Roebuck catches a deep ball and is immediately ...

JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN COULD Fabien Galthie head to New Zealand for July’s three-Test tour with a France squad that looks more like ‘first team’ than originally planned? If key players have ...

Six Nations champions Les Bleus are set to rest first-choice players such as Romain Ntamack, Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Thomas Ramos for the games, starting on July 5, due to a clash with the end of ...

Such matters can be cyclical, the fortunes of each league ebbing and flowing with the fluctuating forces of club sport. But with 80 per cent of the 10-team league making the top tier of European ...

Miraculous goal-line defence from Cowan-Dickie and Asher Opoku-Fordjour kept the score at 17-15. However, Romain Ntamack’s delightful 50:22 hurt Sale. Julien Marchand benefited from short range.

But it was Romain Ntamack, whose perfectly-judged 50-22 kick won the line-out from which hooker Marchand forced his way over as the French side established a 24-15 lead. Capuozzo produced a fine ...

Six Nations champions Les Bleus are set to rest first-choice players such as Romain Ntamack, Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Thomas Ramos for the games, starting on July 5, because of a clash with the ...

But it was Romain Ntamack, whose perfectly-judged 50-22 kick won the line-out from which hooker Marchand forced his way over as the French side established a 24-15 lead. Capuozzo produced a fine ...

McCall last week used the example of Toulouse, who built around Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack, Francois Cros and co. having experienced their own lean times not that long ago. Perhaps the ...