BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Dynasty: Beziers captain Richard Astre shows the Bouclier de Brennus after beating Montferrand 31-9 to win the 1978 French championship. Inset: Raoul Barriere

OF all the fallen giants of French rugby the one I miss most is Beziers who at one stage boasted, arguably, the greatest club side our game has seen. Certainly the most feared physically, this was not a team that took prisoners.
It was therefore intriguing earlier this week to the read reports that an unnamed Emerati individual, said to be close to the Royal family, has offered €£10m to buy the debt...