In this post I'm going to talk about Toulon's backs and where they come from.
They're Scrum-Half (9) is Sebastian Tillous-Borde from France.
They're Out-Half (10) I'm putting in, even though some of you may not agree, is Quade Cooper of Australia.  At First-Centre (12) is Matt Giteau of also Australia.
At Second-Centre (13) is Ma'a Nonu of New Zealand.
At Left-Wing (14) is Australian legend Drew Mitchell.
At Right-Wing (11) is South African and general legend Bryan Habana.
We have two options at Full-Back (15).  We could either have Delon Armitage of England, who is playing for them now.  But their usual starting 15 is Leigh Halfpenny of Wales.
Lets remember that Toulon are a French side playing in France and yet they only have one French player in the back-line, Tillous-Borde, then everyone else bar their fullback no matter which one is playing their, are from the Southern Hemisphere.

In this post I'm going to talk about Toulon's starting Forwards and the different countries that they come from.
I'll start with their starting front row.
At loosehead prop they have Xavier Chiocci of France.  At hooker they have Guilhem Guirado of France as well.  At tighthead prop they have Matt Stevens of England.  66% of players in their front row are French.  That is fairly standard percentage of home country players for most teams.
In the second row they have Paul O'Connel of Ireland and Samu Manoa of the U.S.A.  The back row is openside flanker is Stefon Armitage of England Number Eight is Duane Vermulen of South Africa, blindeside flanker is Mamuka Gorgoza of Gerogia.  There are no French players in Toulon's second or back row.  This is very unusual for any team and shows the money Toulon have to spend on players.
There are three British players, O'Connel, Stevens and Armitage.
There is one Southern Hemisphere player, Vermulen.
There is one American, Manoa.
There is then one player from Georgia, Gorgoza.
In my next post I will Talk about Toulon's starting backs and where they are from.

Hello my name is Ross Henderson and this is my blog on the geography of Toulon Rugby Club set in Toulon in France.  I will be talking about the famous stadiums that they have played in, in different countries.  I will also be talking about where the bulk of star players are from.