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Chris Hewett: A fine French feast that could feed us all

Chris Hewett examines why French club rugby is becoming the game’s biggest attraction, and asks whether more supporters are turning to the Top 14 as England’s domestic game struggles to keep pace.
Courtney Lawes in action for Brive against Provence in last weekend’s play-off final

Theresa May – remember her? – had an awful lot to say about Brexit, social care and the knightly credentials of Geoffrey Boycott, but on the subject of rugby she was as quiet as a Trappist.
Even so, one of her more ringing declarations resonates strongly in union circles.
“If you believe you’re a citizen of the world,” she famously told us, “you are a citizen of nowhere.”

It certainly strikes a chord with those who continue to support Twickenham’s “drawbridge” policy, which prevents the likes of David Ribbans and the Willis brothers staking their claims for international selection ahead o...

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