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	<title>The Rugby Blog &#187; French Top 14</title>
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		<title>Best of the Weekend: Golden dawn for Newcastle and victory for the Saxons</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-golden-dawn-for-newcastle-and-victory-for-the-saxons</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-golden-dawn-for-newcastle-and-victory-for-the-saxons#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Club Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=14800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="182" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Newcastle-Sale-Gary-Gold-450x182.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Newcastle Sale Gary Gold" title="Newcastle Sale Gary Gold" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />A review of the action from the LV=Cup, Top 14 and clash between the Saxons and Wolfhounds.]]></description>
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		<title>Clermont&#8217;s Heineken Cup prospects looking strong</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/clermonts-heineken-cup-prospects-looking-strong</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/clermonts-heineken-cup-prospects-looking-strong#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Club Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=14656</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="180" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Clermont-Top-14-Winners-450x180.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Clermont Top 14 Winners" title="Clermont Top 14 Winners" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />After Top 14 success was finally accomplished, Clermont's eyes are now a bigger prize.]]></description>
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		<title>Best of the Weekend: Old order restored as 2012 begins</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-old-order-restored-as-2012-begins</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-old-order-restored-as-2012-begins#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviva Premiership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RaboDirect PRO12]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=14393</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="180" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Nick-Macleod-Sale-450x180.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="118325392AR027_Bath_v_Sale_" title="118325392AR027_Bath_v_Sale_" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Playoffs take familiar shape, whilst Leinster keep on winning.]]></description>
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		<title>The Rugby Blog&#8217;s Predictions for 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/the-rugby-blogs-predictions-for-2012</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/the-rugby-blogs-predictions-for-2012#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amlin Challenge Cup]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="180" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Saracens-Aviva-Champions-450x180.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Aviva Premiership Final: Leicester Tigers v Saracens - Steve Borthwick lifts the trophy" title="Aviva Premiership Final: Leicester Tigers v Saracens - Steve Borthwick lifts the trophy" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and excellent New Year's celebrations. Here's what we expect from 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>2011 &#8211; The Year In Review</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/2011-the-year-in-review</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/2011-the-year-in-review#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviva Premiership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Countries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heineken Cup]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Super Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tri-Nations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=14365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="254" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/All-Blacks-Champions-450x254.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="All Blacks Champions" title="All Blacks Champions" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />We look back on the big rugby events of the last year.]]></description>
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		<title>Best of the Weekend: Barbarians thrashed as Quins keep winning</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-barbarians-thrashed-as-quins-keep-winning</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-barbarians-thrashed-as-quins-keep-winning#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aviva Premiership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RaboDirect PRO12]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=13976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="177" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/AAC-Barbarians-450x177.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="AAC Barbarians" title="AAC Barbarians" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />We look back on the action from the weekend at Twickenham, in the Aviva Premiership, Pro12, Top 14 and at the Gold Coast 7s.]]></description>
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		<title>Best Of The Weekend: Harlequins make it 8 out of 8</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-harlequins-make-it-8-out-of-8</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-harlequins-make-it-8-out-of-8#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviva Premiership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=13460</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="225" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/BATH_HARLEQUINS_051111_030-450x225.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Bath Rugby v Harlequins - Nick Evans and Harlequins backline players" title="Bath Rugby v Harlequins - Nick Evans and Harlequins backline players" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Rachel Simmonite rounds up the weekend's action from the Aviva Premiership and Top 14.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Best of the Weekend: Baa-Baas snatch a late win over Wales</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-baa-baas-snatch-a-late-win-over-wales</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-baa-baas-snatch-a-late-win-over-wales#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Summer tours]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=9865</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="169" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Henson-450x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Henson" title="Henson" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Ben Coles rounds up the best of the weekend's action from around the globe.]]></description>
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		<title>Best of the Weekend: Munster overpower Leinster as Leicester come up Short</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-munster-overpower-leinster-as-leicester-come-up-short</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-munster-overpower-leinster-as-leicester-come-up-short#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 07:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviva Premiership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Club Rugby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magners League]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=9802</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="210" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Saracens-Champions-e1324507037262-450x210.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Aviva Premiership Final: Leicester Tigers v Saracens - Steve Borthwick lifts the trophy" title="Aviva Premiership Final: Leicester Tigers v Saracens - Steve Borthwick lifts the trophy" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Tom James looks back on the weekend's rugby action, including the Premiership and Magners League finals and Top 14 and Super 15 matches.]]></description>
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		<title>France leave out big names for 2011 World Cup.</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/france-leave-out-big-names-for-2011-world-cup</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/france-leave-out-big-names-for-2011-world-cup#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[French Top 14]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=9525</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="318" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/h-3-1092541-1234026123-450x318.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="h-3-1092541-1234026123" title="h-3-1092541-1234026123" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />France have named their 2011 World Cup squad for the tournament in New Zealand.]]></description>
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		<title>Best of the Weekend: Thrilling end to regular season</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-thrilling-end-to-regular-season</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/best-of-the-weekend-thrilling-end-to-regular-season#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 07:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hutch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviva Premiership]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=9468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="253" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Chris-Ashton-Saints-450x253.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Chris Ashton" title="Aviva Premiership Rugby Round 22. Northampton Saints and Leeds Carnegie at Franklin&#039;s Gardens, Northampton, England on 7 May 2011." style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Tom James reviews the final weekend of the regular season and picks out his highlights.  What were yours?]]></description>
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		<title>Poll: Does Gavin Henson have a brain?</title>
		<link>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/poll-does-gavin-henson-have-a-brain</link>
		<comments>http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/poll-does-gavin-henson-have-a-brain#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hutch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feature Articles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/?p=9365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img width="450" height="300" src="http://www.therugbyblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Vote-450x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rugby Poll" title="Rugby Poll" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" />Take our scientific poll and we'll find out the answer to this popular question.]]></description>
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