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Six French clubs still involved at quarter-final stages of the two competitions
Paul Goze
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Premiership chief and his French counterpart have both signed letter to World Rugby
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Bernard Laporte tells French clubs rugby might not return to normal until January 2021
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Despite being reigning champions, Ireland at a low ebb as the Six Nations beckons
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Competition retains old drama in its new guise even if it is devalued by early finish
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Irish Times rugby correspondent Gerry Thornley has a whimsical look at what the next year holds for players, clubs and countries
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President of FFR is meeting Anglo-French clubs’ drive for a Rugby Champions Cup head on
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Tactics take European rugby to the brink
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Wales chief executive says he would meet English and French any time, anywhere
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Increasingly easy to envisage a huge schism in the game
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Tactics of English clubs suggest it was about power and control all along
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