THERE are numerous better-known players in French rugby’s second-tier ProD2 than Grenoble’s 28-year-old squad hooker Lilian Rossi, who has played 95 times since his senior debut in the 2018/19 season.
But this textbook definition of a hard-working, loyal, and quietly crucial journeyman player is the toast of both club and city after his second-half hat-trick – he crashed over for his third in the 82nd-minute – completed a dramatic post-break comeback at Nice on Friday.
When Rossi came on in the 48th minute, the visitors had just slipped 25-9 behind. He sco...