Usually I get them on Sports Lemon except when its EuroSport only. Hoping Stade Montois win it.

Well those playoffs have been underwhelming so far. A bit dissapointed for Racing as they probable should have won that game. Fall had a stormer, if only he could stay fit for a few games in a row! The Ferris of our backline I'm afraid. As an aside note, I just got my tickets for the T=14 final! Bring it on!

The 2PM kickoff for the Pro D2 final is ridiculous, especially with a national holiday tomorrow. And it's not like it can get really warm in Bordeaux at that time of the year.

Would have gone there if not for a family lunch, a middle of the afternoon kickoff time would have been much better. Will be watching it on the local FR3 channel instead.

Good luck to Pau and MDM!

Section Paloise: Manca ; Vainqueur, Fumat, Drouard, Hiriart ; (o) Hough, (m) Teutau ; Gower, Solofuti, Thuery ; Valdes, Charlon ; Choirat, Du toit, Jacquot.

Subs: Fakalelu, Bordoy, Larrieu, Toressin, Marques, Bouillot, Taumoepeau, Saayman.

Stade Montois: Mazzonetto; Jagr, Chedal, Senio, Cabannes; (o) Vignau-Tuquet, (m) Arrayet; Taulanga, Matenga, Tastet; Cedaro, Dhien; Ormaechea, Taukafa, Menini.

Subs: Grobler, Correia, Jackson, Brethous, Urruty, Lucu, Duvallet, Acosta

Boring boring rugby. I watched both semis and was deeply frustrated. Montpellier were dire, they failed to turn up and were not even worthy of the sparring partners' tag. I've never seen a team at that level losing the ball that often in the set piece, and when they had possession, giving it away so quickly through a turn-over, a penalty or another stupid mistake.

Toulon-Racing was a better game, but still not very impressive. We had Descon's clever chip and Fall's try on one side, Giteau's burst through the center (for only 3pts) and Smith brilliance for Armitage's try. The rest was poor.

On that basis, it looks like Clermont and Toulouse should have no problem qualifying, but you never know.

First time I see Tillous-Borde in a long time... He is as slow as Yachvili. How many times was he late at the ruck?

On the other hand the final in pro2 stade Montois vs Pau showed that you don't need superstars to play a very good and fast rugby game.

Will get mine next week too...

Really happy for Stade Montois!!! Know a number of the people involved.

There will be some party tonight in Mont de Marsan. The Divan will be hopping tonight!!!!

Ou peut être la Place Rouge .

...peut etre.... ...sera meilleure que la Fête de Madeliene

Looks like Lille got a big home crowd for their SF against Massy over the weekend. Around 4k apparently. Return match is next week, they could be a player if they get promoted to D2.

They lost the home game, their first loss on their home turf these last two years. They dominated but Massy woke up after the 60th minutes and were able to score in turnovers. I think I'll go to Massy for the away game.

Apparently, there are tickets for the Clermont's semi-final, but when I go on the LNR site to buy some, they tell me I am not a fan and I can't have any.

Link

Got 2 tickets for the Clermont-Toulon semi-final!!

Guys, anyone will be around to meet before or after the game?

Enjoy the game, mate. Too bad I cannot go because of a combination of unexpected expenses and job deadlines.

Well I am still after Final tickets. Found some very expensive ones but still looking for cheaper options.

A shame, it would have been good to entertain you with a nice barbecue and drinks by the pool on the Saturday before the Clermont game.

Tickets are very expensive. I spent 25 euros a piece to seat behind the posts.

But for my son, that will be his first ever knock-out game, and that is something I want him to experience.

I'll pay for your ticket if you get me the free flight, even from Dublin.

Je suis Auvergnat. N'oublie pas.

Elle est a toi cette chanson,
Toi l'auvergnat, qui sans facon,
M'a payé mon billet d'avion,
Lorsque moi je ne le pouvais pas...

Ce n'etait rien qu'un coup de main,
Mais il m'avait chauffe le coeur,
A la maniere d'un grand festin

Thanks for the thought, mate.

Mannix to munster

http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/ligue-cel ... tory.shtml

Pretty good fit, culturally. Munster traditionally like to favour the no-nonsense forward play. Mannix coaching the backs shouldn't upset that.

they will love the passun

ok
so what are the fixtures this weekend pls?

teams/ dates/ times ..

on tv ?

nice site

http://www.espnscrum.com/france-top-14- ... 3738.html#

cheers

Worsley to Bordeaux .. Wow !

saturday

Toulouse Castres 20h45 (CET)

Sunday

Clermont Toulon 16h30 (CET)

all in Toulouse

why are both semis being played at Toulouse?

doesnt Clermont deserve a home semi?

And on TV5 Europe.

Semi is "neutral" venue decided early in the season

usually in 2 locations

now set in a single one

Torq, check your e-mails I had to be quick.

On that topic and Lille, I see they're talking about having the SFs at the new stadium there next year.

Since last year the powers in charge at the LNR have decided that the semi-finals would take place in the same city. Last year it was Marseille that was selected and the conclusions of having both games played in the same place were good enough to renew the experience this year.

Cities were invited to answer the call and Toulouse was selected in the "final two" among the different candidates. The other choice this year was Paris with the Parc des Princes. Among the "package" offered by the city of Toulouse there is a number of animations all week long, a "village du rugby" on Toulouse's main square, etc. And the last semi-final played in Toulouse was at the beginning of the century, so quite some time ago.

Of course it will favour Toulouse in their semi-final, but considering that Toulouse will be playing their 19th consecutive semi-final it had to happen one day...

You can start looking, let's discuss this when you're back home.