He may be heading back to Australia now, but in March 2016, when he spoke to me for this interview with ESPN, Will Genia seemed perfectly happy at Stade Francais – and he was complimentary about the standard of rugby in the northern hemisphere
The gap between northern hemisphere rugby nations and their apparently all-conquering southern-hemisphere counterparts is not the yawning chasm many pundits believe, Australia and Stade Francais scrum-half Will Genia says.
“I don’t think there is that much of a gap,” he insisted.
James Harrington: Freelance sports journalist 