Almost too often during Manu Tuilagi’s international career ... in Perpignan in the south of France. The eldest son Freddie should be travelling from England, too. As for Manu – or Manusamoa ...

Tuilagi won the last of his 26 caps on the 2014 summer tour to New Zealand before a serious groin problem struck to rob him of 15 months of his career. England's George Ford (left) and Manu Tuilagi.