DAVID BARNES
FRENCH COLUMN
Dad’s a hero: Joe El Abd with his children Maya, 6, Gabriel, 8, and Zachary, 4, at the Stade de France
These three kids will never forget the day they celebrated one of the biggest shocks in French rugby in front of a sell-out crowd at the Stade de France in Paris. Nor will their dad, Joe El Abd, one-time flanker with Bristol, who has carved a huge reputation for himself in France since he became a coach only five years ago.
Not only has Brighton-born El Abd, son of an English mother and Egyptian father, played a major part in winning the Top 14 title f...
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