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Murray Wenzel

MYSTERIOUS: French flush with options to torment winless wallabies - What They Never Told You

Tom Staniforth (right) and Emmanuel Meafou both left Australia to pursue careers in France. (AAP PHOTOS)

French captain Maxime Lucu has vowed to torment the Wallabies' fledgling halves as the scrumhalf pulls the strings and fills the void of superstar countryman Antoine Dupont.

Toulouse champion and Olympic sevens gold medallist Dupont defied a calf injury on the way to a sixth Top 14 title in seven seasons, his absence again denying the southern hemisphere crowds a chance to see arguably the world's best player in the flesh.

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