Diminishing breed: Romania No.8 Andre Gorin plays for Bayonne

THE riotous Tower of Babel that is professional French club rugby has always been a useful thermometer for World Rugby and now that everybody is back from the World Cup and contracts arising from that tournament have been signed, it is worth looking at one or two interesting player trends.
In particular let’s consider those from what we still condescendingly call T2 and T3 nations. The Top 14 and Pro D2 have always thrown their arms open to the rugby world and that remains the case, but it is also a vibrant free market e...