FRENCH COLUMN
DAVID BARNES

Rory Teague, the English coach handed the top job at Bordeaux-Begles, is discovering just how heart-rending it can be. His target in taking over early last month from France-bound Jacques Brunel was to qualify his team for the top six and another Champions Cup joust.
The reality is that Bordeaux’s third defeat in a row – and fourth in five games – at Montpellier has given them virtually no hope of doing so.
The most galling aspect for Teague, an England coach under Eddie Jones in recent times, is that two of those losses have been by one point....