SERGE Blanco, the finest full-back ever to grace the union game, spent his entire club career at Biarritz. So did the celebrated loose forward Michel Celaya, who won multiple Five Nations titles with France and captained them into the bargain.
Imanol Harinordoquy, Serge Betsen (known throughout rugby as the “Grim Reaper”) and Thomas Lievremont? There’s a back row to win you a game or two – and all of them made 100-plus appearances for the Basques.
They’ve also given us threequarters to die for – Philippe Bernat-Salles, Teddy Thomas, Damien Traille – and a fistful (no joke intended) of formid...