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Maxime Lucu warns Bordeaux must ‘neutralise’ Henry Pollock threat

Maxime Lucu warns Bordeaux must ‘neutralise’ Henry Pollock threat

Pollock has starred on Northampton’s run to the Champions Cup final, earning a Lions call-up in the process.

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