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Both Bordeaux and Northampton have upset the odds for an unexpected final and will meet in Cardiff on 24 May to see who will lift the trophy.

He is 71, from a town near Bordeaux, and was in Paris visiting his daughter.

Or, if you like the finer things in life, how does traversing 26.2 miles through Bordeaux's vineyards in fancy dress, sampling wine and cheese at each fuelling station, sound?

Raids are taking place across the country on Monday including in the capital Paris, Marseille and Bordeaux in the south, and the city of Lyon.

In last year's fixture, Mitchell's side remained clinical throughout to clinch a third successive Grand Slam with a 42-21 win in Bordeaux.