ON the face of it – and, indeed, at the heart of it – a back row combination of Charles Ollivon (a former captain of France), Anthony Jelonch (ditto) and Marko Gazzotti (one of the brightest lights in a razzle-dazzle-kissed Under-20s team who dominated last year’s Junior World Cup) has more than a hint of star quality about it.
You might say something similar about a half-back combination of Maxime Lucu and Antoine Hastoy, or a centre pairing of Jonathan Danty and Yoram Moefana, or a brace of wings as predatory as Mathis Lebel and Gabin Villiere, working alongside...