The French Elite League sees the leading sides in France compete in the country's top league.
News | October 5, 2020 | news
Despite the growing pile of postponements, it is becoming clearer who the leading eight teams competing for French championship will be.
News | September 16, 2020 | news
Women’s elite rugby has returned in only two of the world’s top dozen countries – New Zealand and France. Even so France’s second weekend was still decimated by Covid-related postponements.
News | May 9, 2020 | news
Just two years after doubling the size of its elite league, France will be taking a step backwards from next season.
News | December 16, 2019 | news
The French Elite Championship has now closed down until after the Six Nations. What has been happening since we last looked at the league before the Autumn Internationals
News | October 27, 2019 | news
We have not reviewed the progress of the French Elite league since it took an international break for Glendale round of the World Sevens Series in October, so as the league prepares for month-long Autumn break, we return to France to review the past three weeks and discover if there is any sign that the gap between the old Top 8 and the rest has closed.
News | September 16, 2019 | news
The move from a “Top 8” to an “Elite league” of 16 teams remains questionable as the new format opened its second season.
News | May 18, 2019 | news
It was the toughest game they played all season, but Montpellier came from behind to win the French Elite title, their sixth championship win in seven years.
News | May 8, 2019 | news
Montpellier will play Bayonne and Toulouse will play Blagnac in the French Elite semi-finals this weekend after last weekend’s quarter-final went to form
News | April 10, 2019 | news
With one round to go, six of the eight playoff places in the French “Elite 1” have been decided, with three teams competing for the final two spots.
News | March 26, 2019 | news
France’s Elite league (“Top 16”) return after its Six Nations break, and as is often the case the long break resulted in at least one surprise result
News | December 19, 2018 | news
The French Top 14 played its final round of games before the Christmas and Six Nations break – but champions Montpellier already know that they have secured a play-off berth
News | December 5, 2018 | news
Montpellier again shut out their opponents last weekend as the champions roared on.
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