Serge Betsen: Defeat to Munster was one of the great frustrations of my career

Serge Betsen enjoyed many momentous days playing for France: Six Nations Grand Slams, Top 14 titles, World Cup semi-finals. But something still rankles: The 2006 Heineken Cup final defeat to Munster, and that try by Peter Stringer.

The scrum-half nipped home on Betsen’s side, helping the province to finally reach their holy grail.

Betsen never got his hands on that trophy, but made up for it with Top14 success two weeks later with Biarritz, in a victory for positive thinking — something he now shares with others in sport and business, in his career as a motivational speaker and consultant