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Rugby Union Daily, Paris, daily number 17.

We are in the hustle and bustle of the French capital yards away from the Moulin Rouge

in the Montmartre area of this fantastic city and on episode number 17 of the daily we're

going to go back to number one and bring in the man the myth of legend Andrew Mertens,

former New Zealand fly half who I spoke to two and a half weeks ago when I touched down

in Paris.

Mertens to feel two and a half weeks ago, two and a half months.

He was like six months.

I don't know how you're doing it, honestly.

I'm after two weekends of footy, I'm already hallucinating.

So how you pulled out a daily show every day, you know, another day, another Grand

Creme.

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