Vito headed to the Atlantic coast 12 months later before Kaino arrived at the joint-record four-time winners in 2018. "You can tell they've done that really well, because they're playing really well. "They get along with players, they have a really good nature and with all their experience and knowledge, they have the ingredients there. At Pau we were trying to emulate La Rochelle, because they had only got promoted two years before us, and now they're a beast of a team," Smith said. "It's good to see an all-French final and two really good teams, who play really good rugby."

Source: News 24 May 20, 2021 03:11 UTC