DAVID BARNES
FRENCH COLUMN

Gloucester and Exeter had better beware of French title-holders Castres when they both face them in the Champions Cup this month. For they have become a quite extraordinary team as evidenced by a truly sensational 26-22 victory at Toulouse yesterday.
The league had decreed their first Fans Day by programming ten derbies in the top two divisions.
There could have been no better advert for their initiative than this topsy-turvy encounter in which Castres, who looked beaten at the break, scored 23 unopposed points in the second half.
Thereby confirming their asce...