Vannes take 40 minutes to shake off the Christmas cobwebs but eventually overcome stubborn newcomers

What will you be doing on Saturday 10th March? Other than it being the fourth weekend of the Six Nations it's a pretty nondescript date for most of us. However, it’s a vital weekend in Pro D2 as our lower league correspondent Terry Oubliée explains...

In the tenth of our series of tributes to French rugby’s genuine journeymen, we zero in on a man who knows plenty about hats and homes. Prenez un arc, Sébastien Fauqué!

In the ninth of our series of tributes to French rugby’s great journeymen, we focus on a man who’s revered as much in south-west England as he is in south-west France. Here’s a player whose passport has been stamped in three different languages and who, at the latest count, has played for nine different clubs. On remercie Ludovic Mercier!

It wasn't pretty, but it was pretty satisfying as Vannes pick up a morale-boosting win at the home of local rivals Saint-Nazaire

Not since legendary loose-head Mary Queen of Scots signed for Paris in the 16th century has there been such a Caledonian flavour to French rugby. We look at the 15 Scots plying their trade across l'Hexagon