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Castres-Montpellier… If we had launched the bets at the very start of the season, we would undoubtedly have been very far from collecting this winning ticket preparing to compete for the Brennus shield, this Friday (8:45 p.m.) at the Stade de France. We were obviously expecting the Toulouse armada and its myriad of French talents, from Dupont to Ntamack via Marchand or Baille, but we could also have bet on the flashes of La Rochelle, the flights of Bordeaux, the ambitions of Lyon, even the Galactics of Racing. Training in the game that is both more accomplished and looser, practicing a rugby closer to that of the Blues, authors of the Grand Slam last winter.