#5. Loughborough fifths to France starter
Thibaud Flament was playing fly-half in the fifth team of England’s Loughborough University five years ago but on Saturday the 6ft 8in second-row was the toast of Paris after his excellent score broke through a determined Puma defence early in the second half.
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