We're back... with a formal apology for missing the first five weeks of the season but with a massive marquee signing to unveil in order to make up for it! Toulouse assistant coach and double World Cup winner Jerome Kaino has signed on the dotted line to join the pod this season and he gives his view on what Sam Simmonds and Stuart Lancaster can expect when they move to the Top 14 as well as discussing Toulouse's early season form and initiations at the club. We discuss what can be read into the departures of a host of France's assistant coaches after the World Cup and whether Fabien Galthie himself might be tempted away by Japan. Plus, we pick our MEATER Moment of the Week...

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