SPIRO: Wallabies beaten in Paris by splendid French ‘esprit’

There is a French rugby idiom that comes into play when the national side plays at home: ‘l’esprit de clocher‘. The passion behind the idiom provided the heart of a splendid 29-26 victory at Paris for an embattled French side against Michael Cheika’s Wallabies. Translated literally ‘l’esprit de clocher’ means ‘the spirit of the church […]