And just like that, my time in Paris is over

Tonight is the dawn of a new era for Racing 92. And the end of a chapter for me.

The club’s breath-taking U Arena hosts its first Top 14 game against Toulouse, the realisation of one man, Jacky Lorenzetti’s dream, and we all have a special incentive to christen the new home with a victory against the more storied club in the country.

Some of us have more than one reason to hope it is memorable.