JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

FRANCE international Anthony Jelonch has had surgery to repair the ACL rupture he suffered midway through the first half of Les Bleus’ Six Nations win over Scotland at Stade de France at the end of February.
The operation, according to reports in France, was a success. That’s the good news.
The bad news, for France at least, is that his injury could not have come at a worse time in rugby terms. The abrasive, hard-tackling, big-engined flanker – aleader on and off the pitch – is out of action for six months. Even the most o...