Hard graft takes 140kg 'big sponge' Tatafu to France debut

On Saturday, the giant 140kg prop from the Pacific island nation will make his Test bow for his adopted country when they host Japan in the November internationals, less than a month after his 22nd birthday. The hefty tight-head arrived in the Basque Country thanks to a tip-off from his uncle, seven years his senior, Toma Taufa, who was a season into his five-campaign spell at Bayonne. Since arriving at Stade Jean-Dauger, Tatafu has qualified for France on residency grounds and made his claim...