Tough, but Not That Tough ; Six Nations 70s French Forwards Really Were Monsters
South Wales Evening Post › February 27, 2010
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GRAHAM Price will be sure of one thing when he watches the front- row battle unfold at the Millennium Stadium tonight -- it won't be anything like the no-holds barred combat that took place when Wales and France clashed more than 30 years ago.
Which is probably just as well. Then, France boasted arguably the meanest pack ever assembled, with a black belt in judo, Robert Paparemborde, on the tight-head and a heavyweight boxer, Gerard Cholley, on the loose-head.See the full content of this document
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Tough, but Not That Tough ; Six Nations 70s French Forwards Really Were Monsters
Behind them were two authentic ghouls in Jean-Francois Imbernon and Michel Palmie, whose crime sheet as a player included a gouging offence.
Ex-paratrooper Cholley made even Pal...See the full content of this document
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