Tabacco - talented back-row forward. (Getty Images)
PATRICK TABACCO
Born: 23.04.74
Height: 6ft 6in
Weight: 15st 4lb
Position: Flanker/Number Eight
Club: Stade Francais
Caps: 12
Points: 0
Still relatively inexperienced at international level despite being past his 29th birthday, but Tabacco is a veteran of the club scene in France.
And his early days in the France number eight shirt saw him grab plenty of headlines, with the Stade Francais man making his way into the South African Sunday Times World XV feature.
Equally effective both on the flank or at the back of the scrum, on his day Tabacco can mix it with the very best and Bernard Laporte should have no hesitation in throwing him in Down Under.
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