FRENCH COLUMN
DAVID BARNES

Most of the good things come in threes for Vincent Clerc, the veteran winger who will share a Toulon dressingroom with Chris Ashton this season.
Three elite European trophies and three Top 14 championships with Toulouse plus three Six Nations titles with France.
But the three events he wants most to forget are the only appearances he managed to make for Toulon during a first season in their colours wrecked by injury.
Two starts, a home debut to Brive and a trip to Clermont with a brief run-out at Montpellier in between. All ending in defeat.
Showman Ashton, 30, ...