KANE PALMA-NEWPORT, THE COLOMIERS AND FORMER BATH PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST
1. Pauliasi Manu – Nathan Catt and Ellis Genge are up there but I played with this guy for University of Auckland when I was 19. A truly mobile prop who always made me laugh by playing in moulded studs. Said “if the other seven of you aren’t pushing, I can’t go forward, studs or not.”
2. Gaëtan Barlot – Recently signed to Castres where he’s started this season excellently. A small hooker but is a massive running threat and m...