Daniel Brennan, all 6ft3in and 20 stone of him, sits in a small chair in the courtyard of the vineyard where the French U20 team are staying outside Narbonne, and tries to rattle off his phone number before realising he can’t do it in English.

France reached the final of the U20 Rugby World Cup after a 16-9 victory over South Africa - and did so with the help of the son of a familiar face to Irish fans.