Rugby Union: Altered Albi put Brain on alert; EUROPEAN CHALLENGE CUP.(Sport)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: December 16, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: By Brian Dick Rugby Correspondent

Part two of Worcester's double header with Albi takes place in southern France today and although the visitors are facing the same club as last weekend they are expecting a much changed team and performance from hosts fortified by L'esprit de clocher.

It is the spirit of the bell tower that transforms Gallic teams from mice when they leave their mountain strongholds to men when called on to defend them and John Brain h...