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Chabal still French enforcer

Sixteen years on from facing down the haka in the 2007 World Cup semi-final, in Cardiff, Sebastien Chabal is still a big presence in France.

Cardboard cutouts of the former French forward stand outside supermarkets and posters of him warn customers in other shops ‘we love your accent but here we speak French’.

He is also back on French TV with episodes of him in the comedy Scènes de ménages being broadcast before World Cup matches on the...