JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

THE November break cannot come quickly enough for Stade Francais, no matter what happens against Clermont in Paris on Saturday night or against La Rochelle at Marcel Deflandre seven days, to the hour, later.
They slipped to their fourth defeat in five games at Castres yesterday, and remain stuck in 13th place. The beginnings of a gap is opening between the bottom three – Vannes, Stade Francais and Montpellier – and the rest of the table.
And Stade should have done much better at Stade Pierre Fabre against a side playing with 14 for an h...