article_snippet.sent: Nick Abendanon was perhaps the only happy Englishman at Stade Marcel-Michelin on Saturday night and, after leading Northampton a merry dance, Nick Abendanon revealed faint but lingering World Cup hopes.
article_snippet.sent: Nick Abendanon won the last of Nick Abendanon two caps for England back in 2007, but Nick Abendanon was still on the coaches’ radar until Nick Abendanon move across the Channel last summer and, after a supreme display of elusive running, Nick Abendanon admitted Nick Abendanon has not given up on the slim possibility of a Test recall.
article_snippet.sent: Nick Abendanon breaks clear to score for Clermont in Nick Abendanon thrashing of Northampton on Saturday .
article_snippet.sent: The 28-year-old is theoretically out of contention as an exile abroad, but Nick Abendanon invoked the ‘RFU’ clause in the RFU selection policy as Nick Abendanon said: ‘I’d love to get a call from Stuart (Lancaster) over the summer, but I’m not counting on it because they’ve got that rule in place.
highlights_snippet.sent: Nick Abendanon was man of the match in Clermont win over Northampton .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But Nick Abendanon's not yet given up hope of a call-up to the national team .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Nick Abendanon hopes to be spoken of in the same way as Toulon's Steffon Armitage .