Toulouse aren’t short of a bob or two and can, if they so wish, buy virtually any player on the planet. But their Academy, with a good chunk of south west France to work with, in fairness, is also an incredible producer of home grown talent.
So other French clubs probably need to be very afraid with the events of the last two weekends in which Toulouse age groups have won all three national titles.
Toulouse beat Bordeaux 43-7 to win the Espoir (U21) title; Lyon 28-20 to win the Carbos (U18) crown and Clermont 2012 to win the U16 competition. Bloody hell!
All of which incidentally emphasises...