Castres

I left the steamer at a place called Castres, some fifteen miles below

Two Summers in Guyenne Edward Harrison Barker 1885

There are still two games left after Sunday, and the Saints have to visit Castres, which is always difficult, and we may have to hope that somebody does us a favour.

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The creation of 150 jobs at the site will be welcomed in Castres, which is not connected to the motorway network in France and has fallen into economic decline since the end of the Second World War.

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Northampton are in Castres which, like Clermont, is one of those towns where rugby is the beating heart and where they like nothing more than fielding a hefty pack spiced up with a few imports such as their captain, the former All Black Chris Masoe.

Harlequins face toughest test of Heineken Cup hopes against Toulouse | Shaun Edwards 2011

Andy Robinson is looking to Max Evans and Nikki Walker for an edge and Joe Ansbro, making his Six Nations debut at outside-centre, looked good for Northampton against Castres, but if you pick Dan Parks at fly-half you are going for territory on the back of a good set piece.

Six Nations 2011: An insider's guide to the teams and tactics | Shaun Edwards (with Paul Rees) 2011

The desecration of the main mosque in Castres, a tranquil provincial town 50 miles east of Toulouse, was an ugly exception in generally easygoing relations between the native French population and a pocket of about 10,000 Muslims, mostly Algerian immigrants and their children, who in recent years have made Castres their home, according to Muslim as well as native French residents.

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But for Abdelmalek Bouregba, head of the Castres Islamic Association, which administers the mosque, the vandalism was a troubling sign of the times.

Archive 2009-12-01 2009

Clermont and Toulouse have been pulling further ahead of third-placed Castres.

Harlequins face toughest test of Heineken Cup hopes against Toulouse | Shaun Edwards 2011

The desecration of the main mosque in Castres, a tranquil provincial town 50 miles east of Toulouse, was an ugly exception in generally easygoing relations between the native French population and a pocket of about 10,000 Muslims, mostly Algerian immigrants and their children, who in recent years have made Castres their home, according to Muslim as well as native French residents.

"A circus of nationalists" 2009

But for Abdelmalek Bouregba, head of the Castres Islamic Association, which administers the mosque, the vandalism was a troubling sign of the times.

"A circus of nationalists" 2009