And there you have it, in a nutshell, why Toulon will not win the European Cup this year: with Wilkinson gone, the French team have become one-dimensional. When Toulon were at their best, they had Wilkinson and Matt Giteau, the Australian fly-half in their centres at 12. Giteau is a supremely talented player and can play in the centres or at 10 equally brilliantly. Few can. And he is doing a fantastic job for them so far this season at 10. He is playing some of his finest rugby, controlling games, finding space, distributing the ball with class and stroking it off his strong left peg. But last week, when Toulon played the Scarlets, the Welsh side nearly managed to stop him. They did not quite manage it, but Toulon’s weakness was exposed; if you can stop Giteau, you can now stop Toulon.