Agen | Auch | Bayonne | Béziers | Biarritz Olympique | Bourgoin | Brive | Castres Olympique | Clermont Auvergne | Grenoble | Montpellier | Narbonne | Pau | Perpignan | Stade Français | Toulouse The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (English: National Rugby League—not used as it is the name of the Australian rugby league league) is the name of the national professional rugby union league of France. ... Two Austrailian players make a heavy tackle on an England player Rugby union is a team sport that was (according to legend) developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. ... FC Auch is a French rugby union club currently competing in the top level of the French league system. ... Aviron Bayonnais is a French rugby union club from Bayonne in Pyrénées-Atlantiques that currently competes in the top level of the French league system. ... AS Béziers is a French rugby union club currently competing in the top level of the French league system. ... Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque, often abbreviated BOPB, is a French rugby union club that plays in Biarritz at Parc des Sports Aguiléra. ... CS Bourgoin-Jallieu is a French rugby union club currently competing in the top level of the French league system. ... Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze are a French rugby union team. ... Castres Olympique is a French rugby union club currently competing in the top level of the French league system. ... Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne is a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne that currently competes in the top level of the French league system. ... Football Club de Grenoble Alpes Rugby is a French rugby union club currently competing in the top level of the French league system. ... Montpellier Hérault Rugby Club is a French rugby union club currently competing in the top level of the French league system. ... Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignan (French) or Unió Esportiva Arlequins Perpinyà (Catalan), generally abbreviated as USAP, is a French rugby union club that plays in the city of Perpignan. ... Stade Français CASG Paris is a French rugby union club that plays in the 16th arrondissement of Paris at Stade Jean-Bouin, across the road from Parc des Princes. ... Stade Toulousain usually known as Toulouse is a French rugby union club from the countrys rugby capital, Toulouse in Midi-Pyrénées. ...

Fédération Française de Rugby | National team Rugby union was introduced into France by the British in the early 1870s. ...

Ligue Nationale de Rugby | Heineken Cup | European Challenge Cup | European Shield The Ligue Nationale de Rugby (English: National Rugby League—not used as it is the name of the Australian rugby league league) is the name of the national professional rugby union league of France. ... The Heineken Cup sponsored by Heineken (known as the H Cup in France due to alcohol advertising laws) is an annual rugby union competition involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from England, France, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Italy. ... The European Challenge Cup in rugby union, known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003, is the sister competition to the Heineken Cup. ... In 2004/5 the twelve teams who failed to progress from the qualifying round of the European Challenge Cup were joined in the draw for the European Shield by Bucuresti (Romania), UCM Madrid (Spain), Bera Bera (Spain) and Lisboa Rugby Club (Portugal). ...