He attracted national attention and after two seasons he moved to European giants Stade Français.
He noted that there were European giants in gene-technology, too, although most of their work is in pharmaceuticals.
Should Astra merge with another European giant, Merck could gain sales and marketing rights to those products as well.
But as the table shows, Swansea are above several European giants when it comes to retaining the ball.
In another move against foreign oil companies, Venezuela's government said that it had taken control of fields operated by two European giants.
The campaign included a sensational win against European giants Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals of the competition.
Indianapolis, Atlanta and Milwaukee are among the city water services licensed for management and operation to the European giants.
Looming over these and other efforts is the prospect of a European giant.
Auctioning would lead to monopolies, and then the American and European giants would start dividing up the frequencies among themselves.
You can't expect clubs from other continents to give European giants any competition.