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Posted 132 days ago
FOR ALL the talk in recent weeks about Jonny Wilkinson, and will-he-or-won’t-he sign on for another stint at Toulon, there’s another Englishman in the south of France in a similar situation. In fact the similarities don’t stop there. Iain Balshaw and Jonny Wilkinson first played in the same team in 1997, the all-conquering England schoolboys’ side that also featured Mike Tindall.
Posted 466 days ago
IMANOL HARINORDOQUY is one of rugby’s tougher characters, but the France No 8′s reputation may have been damaged when his father stepped in to help out during one game last November. A scuffle erupted in the Top 14 derby between Biarritz and Bayonne, and while Harinordoquy junior was getting stuck in, dad Lucien decided to head onto the pitch and…
