If this had been pitched as a match between teams still battling World Cup hangovers, it would have been obvious which team had remembered to leave a glass of water and two paracetamol by their bed.
The Stade de France in Marseille (like Antoine Dupont) has been taken over by the Olympic cause, with the Grand Slam champion set to be the favorite to regain the title over St Patrick’s Day weekend in the opening round of the Six Nations. It set an important milestone.