J’ADORE LES BLEUS

FIFTY YEARS AGO LAST MARCH, a restaurateur in the Hautes-Pyrénées region of France created a casserole of duck breast, bacon, potatoes and onions — le magret en cocotte — that earned the HÔTEL DUPONT a place in the Michelin guide and fame far beyond the small village of Castelnau-Magnoac. Twenty-three years later, Pierre Dupont’s son, Jean, a pig farmer, helped to create something even more mouth-watering that may bring glory to the whole of France: his son, ANTOINE, the world’s best rugby player and the captain who may finally lead his country to lift the Webb Ellis Cup. RUGBY UNION’S WORLD CUP starts in Paris on 8 September when the hosts play New Zealand, a daunting opener. Win or lose, and assuming no slips against Italy, Namibia and Uruguay, France…

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