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# big bastareaud

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'It's like the dinosaurs': Bastareaud hoping test career doesn't become extinct

French bulldozer fearful of his place

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Aug 5th 2015, 5:30 PM

It's been five years since the Toulon Tank took on BOD - and made beating him look easy

The power of Mathieu Bastareaud was felt by O’Driscoll at the Stade de France in 2010.

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Feb 12th 2015, 7:51 PM