In just a few days another season of the Top 14 kicks off with the likes of Owen Farrell, Siya Kolisi, Josua Tuisova, and Davit Niniashvili making the numbers of the overseas players ready to make the headlines and wrestle for the title.
Australia tighthead prop Taniela Tupou has been approached by Top 14 outfit Montpellier, according to French outlet Midi Olympique.
Montpellier's brutal replacement of Richard Cockerill with a 'journeyman' underlines the Top 14's policy of hiring and firing coaches
As the upcoming Top 14 season looms on the horizon, an impressive influx of new talent from various rugby union competitions around the globe will descend on the monied French league.
Incoming Gloucester No.8 Zach Mercer has been shortlisted as one of the five candidates for Top 14 No.8 of the season alongside Saracens-bound England competitor Tom Willis.
Philippe Saint-Andre was left battered and bruised from his experiences with Les Bleus but he has proved doubters wrong by guiding Montpellier to the pinnacle of the Top 14
Maybe it's time for England to start peeping over the parapet of national boundaries into the big world beyond.
The Tigers had six players aged 24 or younger in their squad at Twickenham.