FRENCH COLUMN

My team of 2020…and nearly all are French!

Try time: Cheslin Kolbe was in top form for Toulouse

■ Castres v Bayonne has been postponed due to Covid but the other six Christmas weekend Top 14 games take place today. There is some match news to report, as Castres entertained fellow strugglers Brive on Tuesday in a Covid- 19 catch-up game. A half-time teamtalk of St Crispin’s Day speech levels from coach Jeremy Davidson resulted in Brive recovering from 21-6 down to win 24-25 to leapfrog their opponents and move out of the bottom two.
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