JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

FRENCH rugby has entered the odd period known as the ‘doublons’, when international call-ups drag on club selections – and with it comes the annual call for a higher salary cap.
Fabien Galthie has held back 23 players this weekend, denying Toulouse the services of Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack, Peato Mauvaka, Kalvin Gourges and Francois Cros. They face Pau today, who will be without Theo Attissogbe, Hugo Auradou, Emilien Gailleton, Thomas Laclayat, and Aaron Grandidier-Nkanang.
Bordeaux, meanwhile, faced Bayonne shorn of Louis B...