Jun 9, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 21 segments
What a week in French rugby, with the Top 14 saving one of its best rounds 'til last, as the Barrage spots are confirmed and it's catastrophe for UBB and delirium in La Rochelle. Further north, there…
There's almost only one headline, right? Like, the big news is that Union Bordeaux Bègles have not, have not qualified for the playoffs.
Like, you know, we...
It is mad, isn't it? To, for them to finish eighth, they are genuinely a bottom half team-
[laughs]
...
It's just mind-blowing.
It's, it's, uh, it's kind of hard to get your, your head around really.
Yeah.
In their stead, La Rochelle have surged from, from crisis in kind of early January to, to finish in sixth to, to take that final playoff spot.
And yeah, that's, that's the kinda main headlines.
La Rochelle made it.
Clermont themselves didn't make it because La Rochelle won.
Kind of, I don't know, I'm, I'm a little bit confused as to how it's all shaken out.
And how are La Rochelle and Racing suddenly, uh, yeah, how are La Rochelle and Racing ...
Racing were relatively comfortable in the end in terms of getting in.
Like, how has that happened? Don't know.
It feels ... 'Cause it feels like ...
Well, certainly Bordeaux, obviously, but Clermont, for example, it feels like they've been good all year.
Really? I just, uh, it's-
Yeah
... kind of quite hard to get your head around.
There's almost only one headline, right? Like, the big news is that Union Bordeaux Bègles have not, have not qualified for the playoffs.
Like, you know, we...
It is mad, isn't it? To, for them to finish eighth, they are genuinely a bottom half team-
[laughs]
...
It's just mind-blowing.
It's, it's, uh, it's kind of hard to get your, your head around really.
Yeah.
In their stead, La Rochelle have surged from, from crisis in kind of early January to, to finish in sixth to, to take that final playoff spot.
And yeah, that's, that's the kinda main headlines.
La Rochelle made it.
Clermont themselves didn't make it because La Rochelle won.
Kind of, I don't know, I'm, I'm a little bit confused as to how it's all shaken out.
And how are La Rochelle and Racing suddenly, uh, yeah, how are La Rochelle and Racing ...
Racing were relatively comfortable in the end in terms of getting in.
Like, how has that happened? Don't know.
It feels ... 'Cause it feels like ...
Well, certainly Bordeaux, obviously, but Clermont, for example, it feels like they've been good all year.
Really? I just, uh, it's-
Yeah
... kind of quite hard to get your head around.
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