JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Hat-trick man: Toulon wing Gael Drean runs in to score against Bayonne
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IN April 2019, then-France coach Jacques Brunel announced that his already confirmed successor Fabien Galthie would join ‘his’ staff for the Rugby World Cup in Japan, as an assistant coach.
By then, the thoroughly honourable Brunel – never more than a glorified caretaker boss when he took charge after Guy Noves was relieved of his duties following the November Tests in 2017, was pretty much a lame duck coach, serving out his cut-short ...