DAVID BARNES
FRENCH COLUMN

The name of Dimitri Yachvili is one that provoked apprehension, if not fear, in the ranks of a generation of England rugby players. Largely because, starring in his role of scrum-half, he won two Grand Slams with France, beating England three times in a row along the way.
Yachvili also won two French championships with Biarritz and featured in two European summits for the same club.
One suspects, though, that the triple victory over England in the Six Nations, one of them at Twickenham, features among his warmest recollections.
Notably because he scored 53 of Fr...