FRENCH COLUMN
DAVID BARNES

Hammer blow: Morgan Parra has broken his wrist and misses the Autumn

Clermont strengthened their grip on the Top 14 by crushing Castres, but the news is not good for their country. Captain and scrum-half Morgan Parra broke a wrist during final preparations for the game and is out of France’s three autumn Tests.
And centre Remi Lamerat is likely to withdraw from the national squad assembling this week, too. He was knocked out by a knee to the temple and was carried off on a stretcher. Parra has been replaced by Sebastien Bezy, of Toulouse, and Stade Fr...