FRENCH rugby has paid tribute to one of its greats this week – Andre Boniface, who died at the age of 89 last Monday. A minute’s applause was to be held before kick off of all ProD2 and Top 14 matches this week. The emotions were especially high at Mont-de-Marsan’s home ground, where they faced Biarritz on Friday night, which is named after the player and his brother Guy, who died in a traffic collision in 1968.
Andre Boniface proudly sported the colours of the Landes club for 20 years in the centres or on the wing, lifting the Bouclier de Brennus in 1963. He also ...