André Boniface, the apostle of the French game, has died at the age of 89. The former three-quarter center of Stade Montois and the XV of France died this Monday.
He had acquired his fame by advocating an uncompromising offensive game. “In the 1960s, gaming was dying. The French attackers saved him,” praised Bill McLaren, legendary BBC commentator for half a century, much later. He embodied, on the pitch, distinguished elegance. A certain idea of romanticism too. Which he never gives up.