What Matthieu Jailbert told Henry Pollock in heated Champions Cup exchange

This happens so often to young English players - the English media build the young upcoming star up to something that person is not.

Very few young stars survive the implosion. Sad.

“They said that we were a club of mercenaries who are here for the money.”

Just another Posh Boy who seems to need a lesson in humility. England's perennial problem.

I do not know where does this idea of needing the sport to stay relevant with an arrogant personality.

In France, the interest for rugby has raised. And it’s certainly not because of Antoine Dupont’s try celebration, nor LBB’s.

If it were the case, Yoann Huget would have been the personality that fired up this interest (spoiler alert: he did not).

French clubs and the French federation have made huge systemic changes to raise the level of the game. Again, watch today’s Eggchasers video about it.

But I guess it’s easier to think that a sole wonder kid with cocky attitude will save English rugby and possibly raise the interest around rugby in the world, instead of just working out a long-term solution like the French did.

It didn’t really work out with Marcus Smith, did it?

Even if you wanted to put forward a superstar for rugby to raise the awareness of the game, Sasha F-M has way more to propose to be that superstar, in all aspects.

And just in terms of human behavior, I don’t think boys need to have more example of disrespectful and arrogant personalities to look up to. There are enough lousy examples with tate, musk, rogan and all the children with unresolved childhood trauma.

I expect problems for him if he can’t manage better the discipline factor, either with the rules or self-discipline.

Can we dial back on the Henry Pollock headlines? Jeez , rather talk about how mediocre the “STAR” player for Saints was.

In my experience, privileged people never admit when they're wrong.

That's the difference.

You get as good as you dish out. All ex players lauding him for showing his personality a bit of McGregor walk. Which the sport needs to stay rellevant. However thought he's got to be okay when he gets it shoved back in his face.

Any remarks any Saints player made were directed at Leinster not Bordeaux so this is just an excuse because they don't like Pollock, they targeted him and generally kept him quiet but for some reason winning wasn't enough for some of their players, whether you like Pollock or not he didn't cause this , it's not the first time that french players overreact to perceive disrespect if it involves the English . The bottom line is that the best french teams and Leinster have huge playing budgets compared to all the other teams in the competition, that's not a slur that's a fact and obviously it gives them a significant advantage over everyone else , Saints remarks regarding Leinster were a reaction to being written off by many in the Irish media who were very dismissive of both Northampton and the premiership as a whole. Realistically no team outside of Leinster and the top four or five in France should win the competition, nothing is impossible however unless more income is acquired by more teams then the rest are skiing uphill.

This is great! Getting some spice into future fixtures.

Not a smart move to go after a clubs history and accuse them of buying a team.

Especially when young Henry's parents bought his education for him.

Fairly brain dead to do it just after they've pumped you in a final.