The Last Kangaroos

The Last Kangaroos

Draft chapter: Paris (November 24)

Two visits to the City of Light evoke memories of a rip roaring good time in '94

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Steve Mascord
Jun 24, 2026
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SOMEWHERE around the Eiffel Tower, on the rooftop area of a barge carrying 400 people along the Seine, I encounter Thomas Bosc. “This is a great day,” the celebrated French halfback half-whispers as we pass.

Bosc was only 11 when the ’94 Kangaroos came to France and he was not here in the capital, of course. Bosc was born in Perpignan, a Dragon through a…

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