JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Depending on your point of view, the fact that France’s so-called ‘golden generation’ shows no sign of disappearing any time soon is either good or bad news. The consensus seems to be that a strong France is good for the game, as long as they have a bad day against your preferred national side.
But the talent pool right now is deep indeed.
Behind Romain Ntamack at flyhalf, there’s Matthieu Jalibert.
Behind them there’s Antoine Hastoy, Louis Carbonel, Joris Segonds, and Antoine Gibert, and – a couple of years furt...