JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN
France’s rugby world shifted on its axis on Tuesday afternoon as news broke that Christophe Dominici had died, aged 48.
The national team honoured the 65-cap international winger before and during last night’s Autumn Nations Cup match against Italy at the Stade de France. They wore his name, ‘Domi’ on their sleeves with pride, and remembered him with a minute’s silence before the anthems in an empty Stade de France, while a massive banner in his image reminded the players in the ground and the fans at home just who the...