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MATTHIEU JALIBERT

Age 24 (6 Nov 1998)

Born Yvelines

Position Fly-half

Club Bordeaux-Bègles

Height 5ft 11in

Weight 13st 8lb

France caps 20 (19C, 9P, 1T, 1DG)

Instagram @mattjalibert

IF YOU were looking for the antithesis of Owen Farell, you would not end up too far away from Matthieu Jalibert.

The French fly-half seems to thrive away from structure, can turn a game with a searing step or clever kick in behind and has the kind of attack-at-all-costs mentality that contrasts the Saracens and England star. And yet it is Farrell who Jalibert looked up to as

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