Rosbifs Rugby

The Rosbifs are joined by Agen lock Zak Farrance to discuss all things ProD2, from intensive eating at Oyonnax, to getting red carded by an away crowd and the pressures of Phillippe Sella peering over your shoulder. We review a Champions Cup classic between Toulouse and Harlequins and the epic events in Nationale, and there's some trophy diving served up for good measure.

00:00 - 06:10 Entrées

06:10 - 26:02 Champions Cup Semi Finals

26:02 - 29:45 Challenge Cup Semi Finals

29:45 - 1:02:42 Interview with Zak Farrance

1:02:42 - 1:13:35 Top 14 Previews

1:13:35 - 1:20:50 Pro D2 Previews

1:20:50 - 1:29:45 Petit-Fours & Digestifs

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It's Champions Cup Semi-Final week, and with the feeding and watering needs of the travelling Harlequins faithful in mind, the Rosbifs run through their recommendations for a belting weekend in Toulouse, including a couple of potential detours to the Nationale Barrage games. After Clermont prove they can still mix it with the best in the league and Perpignan settle diplomatic squabbles on the pitch in Montpellier, we run through all of the Top14 action and ProD2 highlights including a famous win for Dax in the Landes derby. Find out why the Mont-Saint-Michel trophy may have found it's resting place for the foreseeable, and it's Buy One, Get One Free on Castres Olympique and err, Alice Cooper gig tickets...

00:00 - 07:00 Entrées 

07:00 - 39:15 Top 14

39:15 - 62:25 Quins in Toulouse

- 39:15 - 48:57 Rosbifs’ Recommendations for Toulouse

- 48:57 - 53:51 Trip Options - Nationale 1 Play Offs

- 53:51 - 1:02:25 Champions Cup Semi Final Preview

1:02:25 - 1:12:36 Pro D2

1:02:36 - 1:21:05 Petit Fours & Digestifs

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Inspired by efforts of those partaking in the London Marathon the previous day, Rob embarks on a similarly torturous journey through the winding backstreets of the French JIFF rules, and the knock-on effect on the sharp end of the Top14 season. We recap all the weekend's action including an agonising defeat for Bayonne in France's premier division, and the end is in sight for ProD2 with just about every outcome still a possibility. Nationale approaches it's last round of the regular season, and a barber pays an unexpected visit to Normandy...

00:00 - 05:24 Entrées

05:24 - 16:45 JIFF Rules & Why Do We Care?

16:45 - 39:39 Top 14 

39:39 - 52:47 Pro D2

52:47 - 57:20 Nationale

57:20 - 1:07:56 Petit-Fours & Digestifs

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Returning from Costa Rican exile and the Stade Chaban Delmas respectively, the Rosbifs are back to ask, Quins, what have you done?! Our man on the ground by the Garonne reports on a startling reverse for UBB at the hands of sunburnt south-west Londoners as La Rochelle's hopes of a hat-trick of titles fade to Leinster. Stade Toulousain look inspired despite Exeter borrowing Pierre Mignoni's clipboard, and the Challenge Cup is barely discussed whilst we probe instead how Homer Simpson would organise a Stag-Do. Find out why the locals are so impressed with Rob's ability to 'get the badge in', plus the usual previews of the Top14, ProD2 and a sombre but celebratory digestif.

00:00 - 02:15 Intro

02:15 - 09:17 Entrées - Bordeaux Trip

09:17 - 24:36 UBB v Harlequins

24:36 - 34:15 Leinster v La Rochelle

34:15 - 39:00 Northampton v Bulls

39:00 - 46:22 Toulouse v Exeter

46:22 - 59:34 Top 14 Previews

59:34 - 1:06:10 Pro D2

1:06:10 - 1:08:35 Nationale 1

1:08: 35 - 1:17:48 Petit-Fours & Digestifs 

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We discuss a pulsating weekend of Champions Cup action and preview the best weekend in the rugby calendar: the Quarter Finals of the Champions Cup. Will any of the sides manage to pick up an away win? We also dissect the latest from Pro D2 and hear about what the hell is going on at the top of Nationale. In this week’s extraordinary Petit-Fours, we hear the unique way one coach will be preparing before his side’s quarter-final this weekend and discover how the film Platoon was recreated in the Basque Country.

00:00 - 04:20 Entrées

04:20 - 66:56 Champions Cup reviews and QF Previews

- 04:20 - 28:36 Harlequins v Glasgow | UBB v Saracens

- 28:36 - 47:56 Leinster v Leicester | Stormers v La Rochelle

- 47:56 - 51:44 Bulls v Lyon | Northampton v Munster

- 51:44 - 1:06:56 Exeter v Bath | Toulouse v Racing 92

1:06:56 - 1:13:15 Challenge Cup

1:13:15 - 1:21:52 Pro D2

1:21:52 - 1:24:54 Nationale

1:24:54 - 1:37:59 Petit-Fours & Digestifs

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Separate episode looking forward to one of the great weekends in the rugby calendar: the last 16 of the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup. We run through our predictions for the games, give recommendations of the long weekends you could have, and play a Challenge Cup edition of ‘Will the French team bother to turn up?’

01:35 Harlequins v Glasgow

5:13 Bulls v Lyon

7:48 Stormers v La Rochelle

12:14 Exeter v Bath

13:37 Bordeaux v Saracens

18:13 Leinster v Leicester

19:12 Northampton v Munster

19:52 Toulouse v Racing

28:00 Challenge Cup previews

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After falling for our April Fools, we have a recipient of the ‘Poisson d’Avril’ filling in for Rich this week after and we talk Mullet Quotas being introduced to Pro D2, hear from our Costa Rican Correspondent, debate whether smoking bans lead to successful French rugby teams and investigate a mystery disappearance during a sin bin period.

10:22 Entrées - April Fools and other news

18:47 Top 14 Games review

18:50 Toulouse v Pau

26:06 Montpellier v Stade Francais

33:04 Bayonne v Toulon

46:43 Perpignan v Castres

49:17 Lyon v Bordeaux

51:56 Racing v Clermont

55:16 La Rochelle v Oyonnax

57:05 Pro D2 Roundup

67:24 Nationals 1 Roundup

74:05 Petit Fours & Digestifs

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The Rosbifs dissect a bonkers round of TOP14 action including a game for the ages between Bordeaux Begles and Stade Toulousain at the Matmut Atlantique. Is Antoine Dupont human, and is Maxime 'the Man' Lucu even better? Plus we look ahead to the ProD2 run in, with Rugby's sexiest and most unpredictable league sure to serve up a feast of chaos in the remaining 6 rounds. Also find out why Rich is Castres and Castres is Rich, and Robins Tchale-Watchou and Perpignan's kitman get a shout out.

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Welcome to Rosbifs Rugby! Join Rob and Rich for the inaugural Rosbifs Rugby Podcast. We'll be reviewing the end of France's Six Nations campaign and dissecting the state of play in the TOP14, as well as revealing which 1998 football World Cup winner has been inspiring Brive ahead of their ProD2 run-in. Plus find out our recommendations for a night to remember in Bordeaux, and what is the secret ingredient in a 'Sauce Paloise'...

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