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<blockquote data-quote="gaston le gaff" data-source="post: 737312" data-attributes="member: 61265"><p>In 1977 France won the grand slam with a squad that included second row Michel Palmie (banned for life in 1978 for partially blinding a player on a rugby pitch), and Gerard Cholley (a former paratrooper - and his fellow prop Armand Vaquerin (whose life came to an abrupt end in 1993 when he lost at Russian Roulette). Today these players are revered in France (a domestic competition is named in Vaquerin's memory), because they played the game with 'passion'.</p><p></p><p>Just a couple or three who seemed to be missing from the list. We played last night in the Challenge Vaquarin (still going strong) v Aurillac score21-9 to Montpellier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gaston le gaff, post: 737312, member: 61265"] In 1977 France won the grand slam with a squad that included second row Michel Palmie (banned for life in 1978 for partially blinding a player on a rugby pitch), and Gerard Cholley (a former paratrooper - and his fellow prop Armand Vaquerin (whose life came to an abrupt end in 1993 when he lost at Russian Roulette). Today these players are revered in France (a domestic competition is named in Vaquerin's memory), because they played the game with 'passion'. Just a couple or three who seemed to be missing from the list. We played last night in the Challenge Vaquarin (still going strong) v Aurillac score21-9 to Montpellier. [/QUOTE]
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