Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal will be in Paris next week for meetings with several leading Wallabies players and their agents about the possibility of them joining his club after next year's World Cup, Rupert Guinness and Greg Growden report for the Sydney Morning Herald.
"It is believed the list of players targeted by Toulon includes four of Australia's most attacking players - Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell, Quade Cooper and James O'Connor.
"Giteau and Cooper have in recent years hinted there has been serious interest in French clubs for their services. Boudjellal's plan was revealed when he outlined his intention for Toulon to reciprocate the visit to France by the ACT Brumbies.
''We hosted the Brumbies last year, and if everything goes to plan, we could be in Australia [to tour],'' Boudjellal told the Herald. ''There will perhaps be new Australian players at Toulon [then].''
"Boudjellal would not name which players he was interested in, but confirmed he would travel to Paris in the week of the Wallabies-France Test for talks with Australian targets. The club president confirmed he had already been in contact with several players.
"The charismatic multi-millionaire cartoon publisher lauded the Wallabies, despite their loss to England last week, although he felt next year's World Cup might come a year too early for them.
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