LOUIS Carbonel is the closest thing there is to a young Jonny Wilkinson, and it is no surprise that he comes from Toulon, the club that the England 2003 World Cup-winning hero transformed into treble European Cup winners from 2013 to 2015 through his peerless work ethic, and remarkable skill and resolve. Not only is Carbonel a similar build, with a similar haircut, he also has the same matchwinning DNA having already steered the French U20 side to World Rugby Junior Championship titles in 2018 and 2019.
Carbonel demonstrated this when France U20 made it a world champion double in Argentina ...