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ARTHUR Vincent could lay claim to be the invisible man of the Six Nations, no mean feat given that he appeared before some 81,000 spectators […]
ARTHUR Vincent could lay claim to be the invisible man of the Six Nations, no mean feat given that he appeared before some 81,000 spectators in Paris last Sunday afternoon and untold millions watching on television.
His bow, made amid the raucous sound of Gallic celebrations and the grinding of Anglo- Saxon teeth, may have passed largely unnoticed but there can be no denying the 20-yearold Montpellier centre a unique niche in Six Nations folklore.
It simply has to make him the first to win his cap in a home win over England without touching the ball. The latest of substitutes, Vincent repla...
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