Leinster recorded their 12th successive win in all competitions as they edge a physical Champions Cup encounter with La Rochelle 16-14 to move top of Pool 2.

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Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Jamison Gibson-Park, left, and Josh van der Flier arrive for the Leinster Rugby captain's run at Stade Marcel Deflandre in La Rochelle, France. Photo by Brendan ...

Jegou, a flanker with La Rochelle ... France's Romain Ntamack waves towards supporters at the end of Six Nations rugby union international match between France and Wales, at the Stade de France ...

and Leinster at the Marcel Deflandre Stadium in La Rochelle, south-western France, on January 12, 2025. (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU / AFP) (Photo by ROMAIN PERROCHEAU/AFP via Getty Images) When the full-time whistle sounded at Stade Marcel-Deflandre ...

Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou were both included in France's matchday squad on Wednesday to face Wales in the first game of the Six Nations tournament next week. Last month an Argentine court dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against the 21-year-old rugby players.

The EPCR have confirmed the Investec Champions Cup round of 16 fixtures with kick-off times and venues which take place on the weekend of April 4,5,6,.

France face their trickier biennial Six Nations itinerary in oddly numbered years, with England in Twickenham and Ireland in the Aviva Stadium. Of their six titles since the expansion to the Six Nations, France have won only one championship in odd years.

If you want to become a strong rugby union, you must have four franchises dominating every competition they play in.”

Ulster qualify for the last 16 of the Investec Champions Cup on points difference after Bordeaux claimed a 66-12 victory against Sharks on Sunday.

Leinster 47; Bath 21 This was an occasion where the final score told less than half the real story of this classic encounter between high-flying

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