Summer recruits scored 32 of La Rochelle’s 59 points against Biarritz last weekend to the delight, no doubt, of Ronan O’Gara and his coaching team.
While Stade Francais are still waiting for the best from Ngani Laumape, and excitement mounts at Lyon following the arrival this week of Lima Sopoaga, or Toulon simply wait for €1million-player Cheslin Kolbe, it seems the seven recruits at Marcel Deflandre are going to be as magnificent as coaches and fans had hoped.
Riko Buliruarua scored two and made one, and there was a try each for Guram Papidze and Rémi Picquette. The latter is a player to...