The French Elite League sees the leading sides in France compete in the country's top league.
News | May 14, 2013 | news
The final round of the French Top 10 league phase was played last weekend.
News | May 6, 2013 | news
Ten years of unbroken achievement came to an end on Sunday. The pride of Catalonia - USA Perpignan – will, for the first time in a decade, be watching the French Championship play-offs from the sidelines.
News | May 1, 2013 | news
It has been a difficult few weeks for French champions Lons. Prior to the Six Nations break they were unbeaten – and, it seemed - unbeatable, but since the return they have lost half the matches they have played and slipped to third in the table. Even their home fortress was breached, after two years of nothing but victories.
News | April 15, 2013 | news
With three rounds to go in the league phase of France's club championship, two places in the play-offs are now decided.
News | April 9, 2013 | news
The unthinkable now looks probable. For the first time in a decade Perpignan, champions as recently as 2011, look likely to miss out on the play-offs for the French championship after their second defeat in two weeks.
News | April 2, 2013 | news
It was back to the serious business of club rugby for France’s international this weekend as the Top 10 nears its climax. Six games over the next seven weekends to decide who will make the play-offs – and, though it is really only five teams still in the running, none can yet be certain of a place.
News | March 4, 2013 | news
For two years the Lons' Stade Municipal du Bourg has been impregnable fortress in France’s top women’s league, but on Sunday it finally cracked.
News | February 18, 2013 | news
Postponements earlier in the season ensured that the first rest weekend in this year’s Six Nations was no rest at all for six of the ten teams, as they took part in crucial clashes affecting both the top and bottom of the table.
News | January 30, 2013 | news
The final full week of the Top 10 before the Six Nations again demonstrated why the French league is arguably the most competitive in the world. Champions and league leaders Lons travelled north to play on the synthetic pitch at Stade Alain Crubillé of seventh-placed Rennes - and the game went down to the final kick.
News | January 15, 2013 | news
In the first round of return games last weekend, all of the leading teams were drawn against side from the bottom half of the table – but though most results were to form, scores were generally closer than expected.
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