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Posts article in French following game somewhere in Germany (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ruhla

'somewhere in germany' is the definition.
(German town)

'posts article in french following game' is the wordplay.
'posts' becomes 'h' (rugby goal posts resemble an H).
'article in french' becomes 'la' ('the', the definite article in French).
'following' says to put letters next to each other.
'game' becomes 'ru' (rugby union).
'h'+'la'='hla'
'hla' after 'ru' is 'RUHLA'.

I've seen this clue in the Independent.
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