Invisible man: Taulupe Faletau has not been seen by club or country
PICTURE: Getty Images

There was a time when Taulupe Faletau gave a cast-iron impression of indestructibility, blasting through the proverbial brickwall every weekend as if made of unbreakable stuff. Along the way, he battered the catch phrase popularised by the pool player Minnesota Fats about being ‘behind the eight ball’. Faletau turned it on its head by making sure he stood in front of the eight ball, no matter how many pile-drivers the opposition lined up in his path.
The Welsh colossus kept making the ha...