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What a difference a couple of weeks makes. Equal parts beautiful and brutal, Les Bleus' performance in Rome has certainly re-ignited tournament interest. We discuss the Italy game, as well another cracking week in the Top14 as a beleaguered Racing 92 produce their result of the season away at faltering La Rochelle. 9 tries isn't enough for a bonus point in Provence as Grenoble tighten their hold on the top of ProD2, and Chartreuse may just have produced something more extraordinary than it's potent digestif...
00:00 - 05:45 Entrées: Thumb Wars
05:45 - 21:30 6 Nations Round 3: Italy v France Review
21:30 - 39:00 Top 14 Round 17
39:14 - 41:12 Nationale Nibbles
41:12 - 50:49 Pro D2 Round 21
50:49 - 59:45 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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Ahead of France's trip to Rome to take on the Azzurri, we are joined by the Ellie and Eddie of the fabulous Spritz and Scrums Italian Rugby Podcast! We preview how Italy can cause a shock, the lasting legacy of Franco Smith and most importantly, how to skip the bar queue on matchday.
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With no 6 Nations to ponder, Top14 and ProD2 served up some a veritable feast of tries in a defining round as we enter the business end of the season. The Battle at the Bottom is looking congested following Vannes' stirring performance in Paris, whilst Toulouse re-assert their big-boy status with an imposing performance in Clermont. ProD2 dished up points aplenty, rumours abound that Galthie has surprises aplenty up his sleeve, and as Rugby25 hits the shelves, which French players have been hard done by...?
00:00 - 06:40 Entrées: Podcasts & Programming
06:40 - 10:30 Top 14: Looking Up or Looking Down?
10:30 - 25:05 Top 14: Battle at the Bottom
25:05 - 31:53 Top 14: Top of the Table
(Interlude 31:41 to 31:53)
31:53 - 33:50 Nationale Nibbles
33:50 - 49:25 Pro D2 Festival de Points
(Interlude 49:25 to 49:38)
49:38 - 01:04:38 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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The Jewel in the Rosbif crown, 'Le Crunch' was in town on Saturday with France falling by a single point at a raucous Twickenham, and we do our best to break down 80 minutes of chaos and where it leaves France now. ProD2 served up a round heavy on Away Day drama, plus there's U20s, Top14 preview and a bit of risky al fresco dining in the Petit-Fours.
00:00 - 05:05 Entrées: Strictly Come Crunching
05:05 - 27:05 Six Nations Review: Le Crunch
27:05 - 32:03 U20s Six Nations: England v France
32:15 - 41:00 Top 14 Round 16 Preview
41:00 - 54:15 Pro D2 Round 19
54:30 - 01:04:30 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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Les Bleus are back with a convincing win against Wales in the first round of the Six Nations, whilst England lie in wait at Twickenham. We get stuck into both of those fixtures and what is France's next move with a Romain Ntamack ban looming for the Le Crunch and beyond. Plus there's the usual round up of the remnants of domestic action, the Stuart Lancaster saga, and a new Biere Peche ambassador has come to the fore...
00:00 - 03:00 Entrées
03:00 - 09:17 6 Nations Round 1: France v Wales Review
09:17 - 23:08 A Certain Romain-ce
23:08 - 31:41 Apéritif: England v France Preview
31:41 - 38:54 U20s 6 Nations Round 1
39:07 - 41:06 Nationale Nibbles
41:06 - 42:53 Pro D2
42:53 - 49:52 The Fall of the House of Lancaster
49:52 - 56:26 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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The Six Nations is upon us! France have announced their first side, and we'll be dissecting that, as well as looking ahead to Les Bleus hopes for the tournament in this bonus pod. Enjoy!
00:00 - 05:43 Entrées: French as Favourites?
05:43 - 15:23 France: Comment Ça Va?
15:23 - 18:45 Return of the DupontaMack
18:45 - 23:20 Quiz of Captains
23:20 - 29:25 Should they bench the 6-2 Split?
29:25 - 39:05 Six Nations Debuts
39:05 - 44:46 Aperitif: France v Wales Preview
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Fresh off the back of the first Rosbifs trip of 2025, we have on the ground reports across all three leagues, as we dive deep into Bordeaux's shock defeat to Lyon, Soyaux Angouleme putting a marker down against Dax, and Périgueux defy the rain for a bonus point win against Lille's finest. There's the normal round up of Top14 action in a round that saw the pace setters falter, food and brass band reviews from each of the grounds visited and more than a word on Alex Masibaka, whose Scotland called up has surprised a few... unless you saw him on Friday night!
00:00 - 01:55 Entrées
01:55 - 14:45 Rosbifs' Report from Bordeaux: UBB v Lyon
14:45 - 20:20 Top 14 Round 15 review - part 1
20:20 - 26:08 Racing 92 v Castres & Owen Farrell
26:08 - 28:25 Top 14 Round 15 review - part 2
28:25 - 35:55 Rosbifs' Report from Périgueux: Nationale Round 17
35:55 - 37:30 Pro D2 Round 18 review
37:30 - 46:56 Rosbifs' Report from Angouleme: SAXV v Dax
46:56 - 49:46 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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The group stages of European rugby are over, and it was a vintage one for the French sides with 12 progressing to the last 16 of both the Champions and Challenge Cups. Damian Penaud goes wild against the Sharks, Toulouse monster Leicester and their less heralded neighbours produce the shock of the round as unfancied Castres smash Saracens in North London. We've got ProD2 action to digest as George North makes his home debut, plus we'll be looking ahead to the first Rosbifs outing of 2025.
00:00 - 03:30 Entrées: Carbon Offsetting
Champions Cup Round 4
03:30 - 06:45 Champions Cup Hors d'oeuvres
06:45 - 12:25 Toulouse v Leicester
12:25 - 19:00 Saracens v Castres
19:00 - 25:00 Clermont v Bristol
25:00 - 40:55 Champions Cup State of Play & Challenge Cup Round 4
41:07 - 52:03 Pro D2 Round 17
52:16 - 56:20 Controversies: Jegou/Auradou
56:20 - 1:04:21 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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The Champions and Challenge Cups were back, with La Rochelle and Leinster treating us another classic chapter in their burgeoning rivalry. Meanwhile it was a sweat bath in Durban and a bloodbath in Devon and Toulouse and Bordeaux cemented their positions as the best of the French pack. Can anyone stop Montpellier in the Challenge Cup? Perhaps Bayonne, who racked up points and air miles in Tblisi. ProD2 and Nationale are back, and the Marcel Michelin is transformed for a very special evening...
Chapters
00:00 - 02:55 - Entrées: Stash in the Dark
Champions Cup Round 3
02:55 - 17:00 La Rochelle v Leinster
17:00 - 27:20 Sharks v Toulouse
27:20 - 31:05 Exeter v UBB
31:05 - 33:20 Castres v Bulls / Bath v Clermont
33:20 - 38:05 Stade Francais v Northampton
38:05 - 41:20 Glasgow v Racing 92
41:20 - 46:45 Toulon v Harlequins
46:45 - 52:00 Champion Cup Round 4 preview
52:00 - 53:55 Challenge Cup Round up
Interlude
54:10 - 56:20 Nationale Nibbles
56:20 - 1:02:20 Pro D2 Round 16 Review
Interlude
1:02:30 - 1:11:30 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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New year, new kids on the block... the youth of Toulouse gave La Rochelle an almighty scare as the Marcel Deflandre goes 100 games sold out! The Rosbifs derby produced a nail-biter, Toulon and Baptiste Serin produced some artistry, and the impending return of Champions Cup action will no doubt produce some exquisitely mixed attempts from the French sides! As usual, we also tackle all the pressing issues of the day, including Dry January and Ballet dancers in the Biarritz Lineout.
00:00 - 03:10 Entrées: A French ‘Dry’ January
03:10 Top 14 Round 14:
03:28 - 17:54 La Rochelle v Toulouse
17:54 - 20:35 Rosbifs Derby: Castres v Pau
25:36 - 31:53 Toulon v Racing 92
31:53 - 39:12 Vannes v Clermont
39:24 - 42:08 Nationale & Pro D2
42:08 - 53:54 Champions Cup Round 3 Preview
53:54 - 57:03 Challenge Cup Round 3 Preview
57:16 - 01:06:38 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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At the halfway point of the Top14 season, we review an intriguing if foggy round of fixtures with notable wins for Montpellier and Pau, whilst Racing continue to shoot themselves in both feet. As we bid adieu to 2024, we reflect on the year that saw the trickle of British players to France become a tide and look ahead to what's on the menu in 2025.
00:00 - 09:05 Entrées
09:05 - 44:20 Top 14 Round 13
44:33 - 55:45 Reflections & Resolutions
55:58 - 1:02:43 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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There wasn't much festive cheer in the Top14 this weekend, with good old fashioned scraps aplenty and yellow cards more abundant than undercooked sprouts, particularly at La Rochelle who battled out an epic against Father Christmas/Christoph Urios's Clermont. Lyon are frustrated by Toulouse, the PROD2 boys are lining up a well earned break, and there are three rounds of Rosbifs Christmas Quiz to tuck into. Joyeux Noël!
00:00 - 05:48 Entrées: Stashing up for Christmas
05:48 - 28:10 Top 14 Round 12
28:10 - 32:30 Christmas Quiz - Top 14
32:42 - 39:25 Pro D2 Round 15
39:25 - 45:33 Christmas Quiz - Pro D2
45:46 - 58:22 Petit-Fours & Digestif and Christmas Quiz Finale
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It's week 2 and amidst the Champions and Challengers, the French Big Hitters continue to put down a marker in 'Europe', with Toulouse, La Rochelle and Bordeaux putting in big showings across the board. How do you solve a problem like South Africa, and is the demise of quality competition in the Champions Cup really anything new? Stade Francais probably won't need to worry about the latter rounds as they descend further into the disciplinary doldrums, whilst Castres serve up an all time non-classic for the ages. There's loads happening in PROD2, and we reveal exclusively who Greg Alldritt listens to pre-game to get fired up!
00:00 - 04:26 Entrées: Travel Woes
04:26 - 31:41 Champions Cup Round 2
31:41 - 35:27 Challenge Cup Round 2
35:27 - 42:05 Champions Cup Conundrum
42:05 - 43:20 Nationale Nibbles
43:20 - 50:36 Pro D2 Round 14
50:36 - 58:26 Petit Fours & Digestifs
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Round 1 of the Champions and Challenge Cup has passed, and there is so much rugby to digest! La Rochelle dispel the naysayers at a sodden Bath, Bordeaux turn on the style against a wily Tigers side, whilst Racing's Fijians bring the pain to Harlequins in Creteil. Amidst the glitz of Europe, ProD2 continued to serve up some crackers, begging the question what's more important, a solid defence or a tidy Instagram page? Plus the GOAT debate is reignited, but has Antoine Dupont hit enough Devon hole-in-ones to secure the crown?
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European Rugby is back baby! Loads of matches, loads of dramas, loads of brilliant cup shirts! We look ahead to whether any of the chasing French pack can mount a realistic challenge to Toulouse and preview the key 1st round encounters in the Champions Cup. As ever there's a sprinkling of travel looking ahead to potential European Cup and lower league double headers, it's a historic weekend (again) for Vannes with yards to travel, and who is Richard's outside bet for Challenge Cup glory?
00:00 - 07:21 Entrées: Long Weeks & Long Weekends
07:21 - 14:41 A Game of 'Will they turn up?'
14:41 - 20:20 Title Contenders
20:20 - 31:32 Games in Focus
Bath v La Rochelle
Stormers v Toulon
Racing 92 v Harlequins
Union Bordeaux Begles v Leicester Tigers
Toulouse v Ulster
31:32 - 36:00 Best of the Rest ft. Debut of Dreams
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Slightly dazed from a long weekend watching European rugby somewhere other than France, we run through the best of the weekend's action. In a week of eye-catching away wins, Vannes produce the result of the season away at La Rochelle with Toulouse and Toulon doing the business in Paris and Perpignan. Down in PROD2, Grenoble continue to set the pace whilst Oyonnax are in freefall, and there's a remarkable tale of protest in the lower leagues in this week's Petit-Fours.
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We're reeling out the clichés this week, reflecting upon a highly promising autumn for Les Bleus after their convincing win over Argentina. Who were the winners and losers from the November tests, who has nailed down a 6 Nations berth and just how big a pay rise should the Stade de France events team be getting?! If that's not enough, the Top14 is back, and it was merry carnage followed by second-half heartbreak in Brittany, whilst France 7s plot their path to short-form domination following World Rugby Awards for Antoine Dupont and Jérôme Daret.
00:00 - 04:35 Entrées
04:35 - 11:05 France v Argentina review
11:05 - 29:52 France Autumn Nations Series Report Card
29:52 - 56:25 Top 14 Round 10 Review
56:25 - 58:50 Next weekend preview
58:50 - 1:06:05 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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We're back from the Stade de France, mesmerised by bright lights of Paris and feeling grateful if a little dusty for a splendid weekend in the French Capital. France and New Zealand served up a belter full of intrigue, momentum swings and some cracking individual performances - we attempt to run the rule over the highlight of the Autumn series so far. There's also the usual smattering of domestic rugby chatter and some dark tales of missed flights for one of the pair...
00:00 - 07:45 Entrées
0745 - 12:35 Stade de France Match Day
12:35 - 34:05 France v NZ
34:05 - 41:30 Top 14 Round 10 Preview
41:30 - 50:15 Pro D2 Round 11 Review
50:15 - 51:50 Nationale Nibbles
51:50 - 1:00:53 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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In the week that France take on the All Blacks and a bumper round of PROD2 fixtures, who better to speak to than a man who knows both rugby worlds inside out, Soyaux Angoulême kiwi fly-half and former Top14 Player of the Year, Ben Botica. We sit down to chat rugby in the Charente, preview Les Bleus against New Zealand and get the inside line on Jonny May's team speeches. There's also a review of France vs Japan, drama in Nationale, and a big mascot meet up in the Basque country.
00:00 - 02:50 Entrées
02:50 - 14:50 Les Bleus - France v Japan Review & France v NZ Preview
14:50 - 21:00 Pro D2 Round 10
21:00 - 53:05 Ben Botica Interview
53:05 - 56:53 Nationale Nibbles
56:53 - 1:04:47 Petit-Fours & Digestifs
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With Galthie's team known to all and sundry, we caught up bright and early to bring a preview France vs Japan as Les Bleus get their Autumn Nations campaign underway. Plus a look at some of our favourites from the Top14 and PROD2, who will be in action over the next few weeks!
00:00 - 01:15 Entrées
01:15 - 14:39 Creative Differences?
14:39 - 20:00 Centres Conundrum
20:00 - 24:15 Rise of Roumat
24:15 - 27:16 Prop Stars: The Rivals
27:16 - 34:42 Japan & Other Internationals
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