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Chris Hewett: France’s battalion of centres is unmatched

Chris Hewett believes France’s extraordinary depth at centre gives Fabien Galthie a decisive edge ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup – and leaves England trailing in comparison.
France’s Fabien Brau-Boirie

The spirit of exploration is hardwired into the French mindset, whatever sport they’re playing or shape of ball they are managing to make talk.

If Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembele, Michael Olise and that Mbappe chap are currently being lionised as the attacking quartet of everyone’s dreams, how about Thomas Ramos, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Theo Attissogbe and Matthieu Jalibert?
It must be something in the water over there. L’eau and behold, you might say.
Yet as the union cognoscenti start thinking through the potential twists and turns of next year’s Rugby World Cup – a smaller event than this y...

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