By JAMES HARRINGTON

The ProD2 supplied a final glorious regular-season round for the ages in a perfectly timed reminder to broadcasters interested in bidding for TV rights for four years from 2027.
Five days before bids had to be submitted to the LNR on a series of packages covering four years of domestic TV rights to the Top 14 and ProD2, the second-tier of French rugby put on a scintillating night of drama, suspense, twists and tears – with all eight matches kicking off at the same time.
It went not so much right down to the wire as beyond it. Rouen were a clock-in-the-red penalty from esc...