Friday 22 January 2016

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.

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