It’s like the Top 14 never went away as season kicks off
OLD FRIENDS: Ronan O'Gara greets Munster defence coach Denis Leamy. Pic: Nick Elliott, Inpho
It’s almost as if it never went away.
The new Top 14 season kicks off on Saturday evening, 71 days after Toulouse beat Montpellier to win the Bouclier de Brennus for a fourth time in a row.
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