• ‘We have been in negotiations,’ says France’s Bernard Laporte
• Edwards talks of ‘incredibly difficult decision to reach’
France want Shaun Edwards to join their rugby revolution after the World Cup and the prospect of one of the world’s leading defence coaches moving to the other side of the Channel increased on Thursday when he turned down the offer of a new contract with Wales.
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Written by Paul Rees
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