Legends quit Toulon but future is so bright

DAVID BARNES
FRENCH COLUMN

Not so happy ending: Wonder wing Bryan Habana is leaving Toulon with a sense of grievance
PICTURE: Getty Images

Toulon fans waved an emotional farewell to retiring rugby legends Bryan Habana, Vincent Clerc and Juan Martin Fernandez-Lobbe in a post-match ceremony yesterday.
A brief, if fervent, acknowledgement of a trophy-laden past. What excites them more, though, is a future that looks increasingly glittering. Especially after adding Castres to the list of visiting teams they have been destroying as a matter of course in recent times with a 59-13 massacre. E...

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