DAVID BARNES

Standing ovation: Rhys Webb starred for Toulon

Stade Francais brought a tragic week to a winning close that allowed them to rediscover the pride they had so badly mislaid. By beating Agen away 19-6, Stade stopped a run of three feeble defeats that had lost them their place in the top six.
Their togetherness was on show. Just as it had been three days earlier when they all crowded into a little Parisian church to bid farewell to a fallen comrade.
The death in play of 19-year-old Nicolas Chauvin, victim of a broken neck, has so shocked the French Federation they have propose...