Dimitri Szarzewski

VGL delivers this first look at the Dieux du Stade 2011! This year’s cover model is 27 year-old  Dimitri Szarzewski, a veteran who has modeled for the calendar and DVD each year since joining Stade France in 2005. French photographer François Rousseau was invited to return and shoot the project this year.  He photographed Dieux du Stade 2004 calendar, DVD and book.  Here’s a recap.   + Get the latest updates at the Dieux du Stade 2011 fan blog. Athlete/Model: Dimitri...Read Full Story

Ewen McKenzie, recently sacked by French Top 14 club Stade Francais, on Monday slammed his former employers and accused them of prioritising the recruitment of good-looking players for the club calendar."Stade Francais is the best team in the world in terms of marketing," the Australian told sport daily L'Equipe."It's an international brand. But on the level of their sporting approach some things are shocking. Paris are verging on amateurism."He went on to accuse club president Max Guazzini...Read Full Story

The French Top-14 rugby season gets underway this weekend with several clubs looking to highly-paid English invaders, including World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson, to boost their chances of succeeding Perpignan as champions.A frantic close season saw an avalanche of big-name transfers from English clubs including fly-half Wilkinson, who has joined up at ambitious Toulon, centres Ricky Flutey and Jamie Noon who opted for Brive, Iain Balshaw and Ayoola Erinie at Biarritz and flanker Tom Palmer...Read Full Story

Angry French giants Stade Francais took out their European Cup frustrations with a revenge 29-16 victory over Ulster on Sunday.Stade were furious at the six-month ban handed out to scrum-half Julien Dupuy after the player was punished for eye-gouging Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris in the 23-12 loss in Belfast last week.But having been forced to simmer through Saturday when the Pool 4 tie, scheduled for Brussels was postponed, Stade thrived on their home Paris turf to open a four-point gap at...Read Full Story

As predicted, the bubble is burst and Scotland are once again rubbish in the eyes of everyone.  France on the other hand were very good last week despite their loss at Croke Park so it would be easy to believe that this will be a cakewalk for Lievremont's men.  I'm not so sure. Scotland have acted on their shocking display for most of last week by drafting in the Evans brothers to inject some flair, and there is no way that Phil Godman will be standing as deep as he did last week. The Scots...Read Full Story