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France call-up Irish qualified Munster star into Six Nations squad
By Ian Cameron
France have called up Munster’s Irish-qualified centre Antoine Frisch for their final Six Nations clash against England.
Born in France, Frisch donned the Emerging Ireland jersey three times during their tour in South Africa back in 2022. This did not cement his international allegiance however, allowing him to remain eligible for Ireland, France and England.
Despite missing out on Ireland’s tour to New Zealand and later playing for the French Barbarians in 2023, Frisch's international future seemed uncertain. While he's a regular starter for Munster, Frisch has found himself outside of the selection loop for the Ireland squad.
Andy Farrell's centre options include heavyweights like Bundee Aki, Robbie Henshaw, Garry Ringrose and Stuart McCloskey - making the competition stiff for the 27-year-old.
The call to join the French squad comes after centre Jonathan Danty faced suspension opening a slot that Frisch will now fill. France’s coach Fabien Galthie had been keeping a close eye on Frisch who transitioned to Munster from Bristol Bears in 2022.
He previously lined out for PRO D2 side Rouen.
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Steve Borthwick appointment was misguided based on two flawed premises.
1. An overblown sense of the quality of the premiership rugby. The gap between the Premiership and Test rugby is enormous
2. England needed an English coach who understood English Rugby and it's traditional strengths.
SB won the premiership and was an England forward and did a great job with the Japanese forwards but neither of those qualify you as a tier 1 test manager.
Maybe Felix Jones and Aled Walter's departures are down to the fact that SB is a details man, which work at club level but at test level you need the manager to manage and let the coaches get on and do what they are employed for.
SB criticism of players is straight out of Eddie Jones playbook but his loyalty to keeping out of form players borne out of his perceived sense of betrayal as a player.
In all it doesn't stack up as the qualities needed to be a modern Test coach /Manager
Go to commentsBut still Australians. Only Australia can help itself seems to be the key message.
Blaming Kiwis is deflecting from the actual problem.
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