O’Sullivan taken by French fancy as Top 14 mission looms

FORMER Connacht and Munster back row forward, John O’Sullivan, is very likely to become a fixture in France’s acclaimed Top 14 next season when his club Agen host to Lyon on Sunday.

Owing to a clash of fixtures tomorrow, Tralee-born O’Sullivan is unable to make the journey across the Pyrenees to watch his former team-mates tackle Biarritz in the Heineken Cup semi-final.

Agen, Top 14 finalists as recently as 2002 when beaten by Biarritz, were relegated to the second tier of French club rugby (Pro D2) at the end of the 2007/08 season, while last year a quick return to the lucrative top tier was halted in the play-offs.