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The Great Migration: The Moroccans drawn to France

North Africans don’t always follow a conventional route into French rugby, as Moroccan international Nabil Jelti tells Alan Dymock as part of our Great Migration seriesMan of action: Nabil Jelti faces New Zealand sevens“In my team I have two friends who came from Morocco – Casablanca and another city – in a boat,” …Continue reading »

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The Great Migration: The director of ‘Mercenary’

‘Mercenary’ is a movie about a young man from the Pacific territory of Wallis and Futuna, who moves to France to play rugby. Alan Dymock talks with director Sacha Wolff as part of our Great Migration seriesGame time: Toki Pilioko, as Soane, at US Fumel LibosTalking about his movie Mercenary over Skype, French director Sacha Wolff considers the issue of rumours and urban myths clouding …Continue reading »

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