Of all the 95 tries scored by Aurelian Rougerie during his monumental career with Clermont, the most recent evokes human values of a high order.
He scored it against Bayonne with, at his side, co-centre Damian Penaud, who was a three-year-old toddler when Rougerie first began to build his mountainous total in the French championship.
The partnership for Penaud, 20, and Rougerie, 36, is not destined to last, given their ages, but has already produced an unforgettable moment.
Just three minutes into the game, Penaud, who scored a hat-trick of tries against England U20s last year, burst throug...