Auvergne

It is a little more than two years since Leo Cullen was accused of disrespecting the Champions Cup. Now his Leinster team look capable of winning it. Consider first that they are the only team in this season's competition to have won five games from five before looking more deeply at the quality of the teams ...

Emily Bryant is in charge of about a dozen staff and 27,000 head of cattle on Auvergne Station in the Northern Territory. At just 29, she is paving ...

Rob Baxter says he will be focusing solely on events on the pitch during Exeter Chiefs' make-or-break European Champions Cup match away to Clermont ...

The Massif du Sancy in Auvergne is home to the highest volcano in France. Photo: CRDTA/ Joel Damase. Auvergne used to be considered the geographical centre of France, which has been calculated to lie exactly in the village of Nassigny (Allier).

In contrast, Songs of Auvergne, assembled between 1923 and 1955 and containing love songs, lullabies, and nature studies, has many illustrious interpreters.

On a proposal from the FRAC Auvergne, the ASM - the famous french rugby team that has been placed for decades in the firmament of the European elite - wanted to give Pierre Gonnord a "carte blanche", thus offering him the possibility to pursue in a new ...

In the true Christmas spirit, five rugby players from Top 14 side Clermont Auvergne got together to absolutely butcher a classic festive song.

One of the premier institutes in Pune, Sinhgad College of Pharmacy catering to pharmacy education for undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD students in Pharmacy signed an MoU with University of Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France in various areas ...

The Auvergne region - a volcanic, richly lush and rustic oasis in the very heartland of France - is known for many things in culinary circles.

However, word got round the Auvergne volcanoes regional park in which the village is set that the British chef was worth a detour and he was soon inundated with booking requests.

The Auvergne is not your typical glamorous French holiday destination. Despite its UNESCO world heritage status, it is so often overlooked for its more fashionable neighbours.

Defeat on the road in round one of last season's competition meant the Devonians were always playing catch-up, but that they did with aplomb, eventually advancing out of a group which included the Ospreys, Bordeaux-Begles and ASM Clermont Auvergne.

Clermont Auvergne may be one of the powerhouses of European rugby, but Rob Baxter insists that Exeter Chiefs will not be altering their style for the French side's visit to Sandy Park.

But deep in the heart of Auvergne, France, where clouds roll over lush green plains high above sea level, there is a natural resource that serves as the singular inspiration for their collection: the forests.

Determined to take his mind off his heartbreak and to alleviate the after-effects of lung disease, Stevenson set off on an epic walk, starting from the highly picturesque yet remote Auvergne region of France. Accompanied only by his faithful donkey ...

THE Lonely Planet named the Auvergne as one of 10 best regions in the world to visit in 2016, up there with the west of Iceland, St Helena and Waiheke island off the coast of New Zealand.

Once an area of great volcanic activity, now the central French region of Auvergne presents a tranquil landscape of trees and rivers, with picturesque towns and villages.

With almost 500,000 people in the agglomeration, Clermont-Ferrand is France's 19th largest city and the principal city of the Auvergne. Its medieval streets harbour traces of all the times it played a role in the world's history, and its stunning ...

IN A world first, an Auvergne animal park has managed to heal an elephant with a broken leg. Last summer the Le Pal park at Dompierre-sur-Besbre discovered that its male elephant Max kicked female Nina so hard he broke her back leg.

Na het succes van de eerste FotoWorkshop organiseert fotograaf Christophe Thole wederom een fotografie week in Frankrijk. Deze week, gepland voor 25 sept. t/m 1 okt., staat natuurlijk geheel in het teken van de fotografie, met een evenwichtige ...

And for good reason: their team, ASM Clermont-Auvergne Rugby, won the French Championship 2010. At every home match, thousands of revelers in blue and yellow fill the streets and march to the rugby stadium as one loud, boisterous crowd.

According to website VirtualGlobetrotting, which tracks celebrity real estate deals, de La Tour d'Auvergne is a descendent of the famed Rothschild dynasty, which was believed to be the world's richest family when it reached its peak in the 19th century ...

After a quick bout of wrestling with team-mate Jamie Cudmore, just before he grabs his gear and heads home, Clermont Auvergne legend Aurelien Rougerie wanders up to Rugby World for a brief chat about his career. Not long into the conversation the huge ...

EXETER Chiefs fans were left scratching their head in disbelief after an unpredictable set of weekend results took them to the quarter-finals of European rugby's top club competition for the first time.

ASM Clermont Auvergne have won three of their last four pool stage matches against fellow French teams in the Champions Cup.

Frankrijk blijft een geliefd vakantieland voor Nederlanders, maar vaak passeren ze de prachtige landschappen van de Auvergne. Natuur- en landschapsfotograaf Kristel Schneider woont sinds eind 2007 in dit gebied en weet als geen ander hoe deze ...

Canada's Doug Wooldridge looks down after France scores a second try during the Rugby World Cup Pool D match between France and Canada in Milton Keynes, England, Oct. 1, 2015.

Bordeaux-Begles' Rugby World Cup star Adam Ashley-Cooper says his side will hold nothing back as they bid for a quarter-final spot against ASM Clermont Auvergne next week. Ashley-Cooper scored his first European Champions Cup try in a thrilling 34-27 ...