JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

TOP 14 transfer speculation is always thoroughly entertaining, and this season has – so far – been no exception. In fact, the first big recruitment news broke more than two weeks before the current campaign even kicked off, when Racing 92 confirmed that rising star scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec had signed a four-year contract with La Rochelle, starting in July 2025.
Sometimes – quite often, in fact – all the speculation gets ahead of itself. There is, for example, a crucial problem with the flurry of reports linking players t...