Can anyone tell me if Dan Caprice has played/played much for Biarritz this season? It's rare that pro 7s make the transition to XVs properly, and I think England have missed him this season.
no he's not been impressive at all, he played 5 matches at the start of the season when Ngwenya was away at the World Cup but Biarritz were playing shockingly bad at the time and Caprice included he's not been seen since September, in fact he was named as one the 10 worst signing of this current Top 14 season by the French rugby newspaper
Midi Olympique
http://www.lerugbynistere.fr/news/les-tops-et-les-flops-du-recrutement-2612111228.php
Bordeaux beat Toulouse also last night. Mad.
Yes, they relocated that match at the 35,000 Stade Chaban-Delmas and had it packed out, great night for Bordeaux
they have an amazingly record of matches when they have relocated them to the bigger football stadium, I think it's played 8 won 7 and just conceded 2 tries when they've played there
earlier this season they thrashed Stade Français 39-6 at the ground
Bordeaux are now nearing safety in the Top 14 and they were favourites for relegation only getting promoted via playoffs and it was Lyon who won ProD2 last season who were more expected stay up, but it has been the other way round with Lyon struggling at the bottom of the table and now the most likely to go down
shame that Bordeaux are losing their coach to Perpignan though and he may take some players, they have got former France hooker Raphaël Ibañez to replace him as coach I've heard by the way
Missed the last 2 weeks of top14, been obsessed with super rugby. Lost track of Giteau and Burgess, hope they are playing well for their clubs. Next saturday hopefully eurosport show some games live here.
Giteau is doing alright, not spectacularly well, but not bad either he's been solid, Burgess meanwhile has been a great recruit for Toulouse he's better than I thought he was, keeping Doussain who is a very promising scrum half out of the team and has often makes very good breaks around the fringes of the rucks
