When the Basque club announced that Tuilagi would be leaving Sale Sharks at the end of last season to ply his trade in south-west France, the announcement was met with a degree of suspicion.

Tuilagi is set to end his 21-month injury-enforced international exile as a second-half replacement when Warren Gatland's men visit Twickenham on Saturday. The 24-year-old has been included in the ...