“Pale will be a handful for the opposition and is another one coming here with experience of international rugby, playing against the All Blacks last year. He’s a strong player who can break the first tackle, but he also plays with skill and uses his hands well.

“Romain is an interesting lad and he will a good signing for us. He’s another big lad and what I like about him is that he is a brave player – he never takes his eye off the high balls and he has no fears for his own safety.

“He has averaged 20 games a season for Bordeaux, but the tries dried up last year and I think he has had enough playing in a side where he doesn’t get the ball. He turned up to see me with cuts all over his place and a broken nose after playing at the weekend – that’s my kind of winger!”

The 23-year-old, whose sister is currently teaching in Nuneaton, is Cov’s first ever French signing.

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