JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

For a while, it looked as if Morgan Parra’s season – and possibly his career – had ended with an unwelcome whimper rather than a thoroughly merited bang.
The 34-year-old Stade Francais scrum-half suffered an ankle injury midway through the first-half of Sunday’s 13-17 ‘Fan Days’ loss to local rivals Racing 92 at Stade Jean Bouin, and was replaced by James Hall.
Early indications weren’t promising, with reports suggesting that Parra might need an operation that would definitely end his season, and could pull down the curtain on his playing career – amid repo...