JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

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Impressive debut: Courtney Lawes playing for Brive against Oyonnax.
Inset, Jonny May

COURTNEY Lawes officially kicked off his ProD2 career on Thursday evening with a messy opening day victory as Brive ry Broncan had previously insisted that Lawes should not be considered the ambitious club’s ‘Lionel Messi’.
It seems he’s not the only one taking that message seriously.
Jonny May, too, opened his French rugby account, starting on the wing for Soyaux-Angouleme in their Friday night opener at Aur...