Uini Atonio
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Rugby stats: Ireland don’t need to try too hard to beat the French
- International
- March 7, 2019, 07:00
Once upon a time Paris in the springtime used to send a shiver up the spine of Ireland rugby teams and supporters alike, an X-rated spectacle for the (...)

Guy Noves makes four changes for France’s clash with Italy
- International
- March 9, 2017, 14:53
Fullback Brice Dulin will start for France against Italy in the Six Nations as manager Guy Noves makes four changes to his team for Saturday’s game at(...)

France make three changes to starting XV for Aviva visit
- Rugby
- February 23, 2017, 11:23
France have made three changes to their starting line-up for the RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, the French Rugby Federation ha(...)

Devin Toner: Whole pack must shoulder blame for scrum woes
- International
- February 23, 2016, 17:12
Devin Toner has defended Ireland’s props saying the locks and backrow were as much to blame for the Irish scum being crushed in the second half of the(...)

Matt Williams: France will have set hearts on revenge
- Rugby
- February 13, 2016
The major statistic from last week’s opening round of the Six Nations Championship is that France scored three tries. England and Italy scored two. Th(...)

France line up Ireland for ‘double hit’ with new props
- International
- February 11, 2016, 10:45
France will blast Ireland with the “double hit” of new props Jefferson Poirot and Uinio Atonio in Saturday’s Six Nations battle in Paris, according to(...)

Noves brings in Vakatawa from leftfield
- International
- February 4, 2016
New France coach Guy Noves has made a bold choice by picking Sevens stalwart Virimi Vakatawa on the wing in a new-look team to face Italy in their op(...)

Slimmed-down Uini Atonio set to have big impact for France
- International
- October 8, 2015, 01:00
Most biographies of Uini Atonio say his official weight is 155kg, or 24st 6lbs. According to French sources, that was his weight when he pitched up wi(...)

Ireland win brutally physical, suffocatingly tight encounter
- International
- February 16, 2015, 01:00
It was all we’ve come to expect from modern-day Test rugby, brutally physical, suffocatingly tight, as taut as a wire and absorbing until the very fin(...)