JAMES HARRINGTON
FRENCH COLUMN

Raring to go: I’m massively excited about our match against my old club, says Lyon’s Joel Kpoku
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Two very particular Saturdays – the ones on December 17, 2022, and January 14, 2023 – have long been highlighted in young Lyon lock Joel Kpoku’s diary.
They are when Lyon face Kpoku’s former club Saracens in this year’s Champions Cup – and next week’s first match follows a long trip to and from South Africa, and a first encounter with the Bulls, from the URC.
“From the day it was announced they were in the same pool as us and that we wer...