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As the year comes to a close, Planet Rugby sat down to select its best XV from the past 12 months of thrilling Test action.

Elsewhere, Clermont hooker Yohan Beheregaray scored a hat-trick in the 39-11 home hammering of Biarritz.

Italy fly-half Paolo Garbisi reached 100 points for the season as Montpellier beat Perpignan 30-6 in the French Top 14 on Saturday.

Italy fly-half Paolo Garbisi reached 100 points for the season as Montpellier beat Perpignan 30-6 in the French Top 14 on Saturday.

Bastien Soury crossed for a decisive try four minutes from time to help seal a dramatic 17-14 victory for Biarritz over big-spenders Stade Francais in Top 14 action on Saturday.

The 2021 rugby landscape was rocky, heaving, occasionally barren, but in the end, brutally beautiful in that way the skeletal Namib or the paprika-tinted Outback or the wind-scoured Outer Hebrides or the rugged tip of Brittany or the vast black beaches of New Zealand’s western shore can be. What did we learn? Rugby’s elite ten […]

The 2021 rugby landscape was rocky, heaving, occasionally barren, but in the end, brutally beautiful in that way the skeletal Namib or the paprika-tinted Outback or the wind-scoured Outer Hebrides or the rugged tip of Brittany or the vast black beaches of New Zealand’s western shore can be. What did we learn? Rugby’s elite ten […]

Leading into the week, there was a sense that this autumn international series hadn’t quite hit its straps. Unless you happened to be Irish, mismatches and inconsistent, muddling rugby, had fans struggling to determine exactly where their teams lay. That was all blown out of the water by a ‘Super Saturday’ that, with due respect […]

France made a massive statement as they beat New Zealand by a record margin, 40-25, on Saturday in a dress rehearsal for the opening game of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Leading into the week, there was a sense that this autumn international series hadn’t quite hit its straps. Unless you happened to be Irish, mismatches and inconsistent, muddling rugby, had fans struggling to determine exactly where their teams lay. That was all blown out of the water by a ‘Super Saturday’ that, with due respect […]