GIORGI Melikidze did something in Paris a fortnight ago which barely caused as much as a ripple on this side of the Channel. One of a platoon of Georgian front row forwards in the Top 14, he became the first tighthead prop to score ten tries for the season in any of Europe’s three professional leagues.
Getting there before as deadly a close-range finisher as Thomas du Toit makes Giorgi boy’s achievement all the more commendable. As if aware of his opposite number’s high frequency for Stade Francais, Bath’s South African duly delivered a hat-trick against Leicest...