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LONDON : France coach Fabien Galthie is wary of player burnout in a Rugby World Cup year as he begins the defence of the Six Nations crown won last year in convincing fashion by counting down the 16 matches to the global final in Paris on Oct. 28.
Lock Paul Willemse was named in France's Six Nations squad after missing five Tests last year with a knee injury, the French Rugby Federation (FFR) announced on Tuesday.
Sharks and Springbok hooker Bongi Mbonambi took a dim view of French captain Antoine Dupont's comments about the dilution of the Heineken Champions Cup by the South African teams.
Munster's Heineken Champions Cup campaign got off to a disappointing start as an Antoine Dupont-inspired Toulouse emerged victorious from the Thomond Park fog.
It might not be bigger, but there's every chance it will be better.
Toulouse scrumhalf Antoine Dupont, the 2021 World Player of the Year, hit out at the inclusion of South African teams in the new-look Champions Cup on Thursday, saying it was "no longer the European Cup".
Springbok prop Thomas du Toit will serve a six-week ban reduced to three weeks for the red card he received for a high tackle on Luke Cowan-Dickie in South Africa's 27-13 win over England.
Toulouse scrum-half Antoine Dupont has been cleared to face Munster after a successful appeal of his red card against South Africa earlier this month.