Alun Wyn Jones has joined Toulon as World Cup cover, adding to the growing contingent of Wales players plying their trade in France.
The addition of Test rugby's most-capped player means there are now eight Welsh internationals playing in the top two tiers of French rugby and 10 Welsh players overall.
It's perhaps not as excessive as the exodus around a decade ago, when the likes of Jamie Roberts, Mike Phillips, Dan Lydiate, Jonathan Davies, James Hook, Lee Byrne and Luke Charteris were all playing in France around the time of the 'civil war' back home in Wales.
