JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

It's the final the Top 14 wanted and needed. Toulouse and La Rochelle – the two best sides in the French top flight by some considerable margin this season – will meet in the showpiece final at Stade de France on Saturday in a repeat of the 2021 final.
This weekend’s semi-finals in San Sebastian, northern Spain, were thoroughly entertaining as Toulouse cruised past Racing 92 on Friday, and La Rochelle gave Bordeaux little chance less than 24 hours later.
Easy is not a word that should belong in any piece discussing a Top 14 semi-final. And yet Toulouse’s 41-...