Henson’s Toulon career hangs in the balance

GAVIN HENSON’S ill-fated Toulon career hangs on tenterhooks after the club denied reports that they had sacked the 29-year-old centre, instead saying that no decision would be announced for at least another 48 hours.

It had been assumed that Henson’s time in Toulon was up when the club owner, Mourad Boudjellal, was reported last Friday as saying: “He has been difficult to manage.”

Indeed several French rugby sites confirmed his departure yesterday at lunchtime.