the match away to Exeter that alerted us to Elisa Riffonneau. Coming on at half-time, the Trailfinders and France hooker took the game by the scruff of its neck. She made three line breaks by getting on the shoulder of a team-mate; she appeared at first receiver, once putting Carys Cox through from a double-pump pass. When she made a mistake, she was involved again in a trice, atoning for the error; in fact, she seemed to be everywhere. “I played against her
