THESE are the ground rules. If he didn’t play in 2025, he can’t really be considered for 2025’s finest (although for a certain A Dupont, one would be half-inclined to make an exception).
Second stipulation: no La Rochelle players. You may think that’s because I want to be fair and independent. It’s nothing of the sort. How can I mention Uini Atonio when Will Skelton, and the size of him, is coming along the corridor after Christmas? Ditto Levani Botia, who might cut me in half ‘by accident’ on the field if I mentioned Greg Alldritt and not him?
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