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Leinster and La Rochelle were the standout performers in the opening round of the Heineken Champions Cup while the newcomers from South Africa also made their mark.

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Will Connors starts for Leinster against La Rochelle

Leinster have made two changes to their team for Saturday's Investec Champions Cup clash against La Rochelle with Will Connors and Jason Jenkins coming into the side.

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Champions Cup: Harry Byrne gets nod over Ciarán Frawley for Leinster

Harry Byrne will start at out-half for Leinster in Sunday's Investec Champions Cup Pool 4 opener against La Rochelle with Leo Cullen making 11 changes to his side for their rematch with the defending champions.

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Melvyn Jaminet's impressive return earns him place on France World Cup squad

Melvyn Jaminet's 19-point haul for France at the weekend helped the injury-plagued full-back to secure a berth in the host nation’s 33-man squad for next month’s Rugby World Cup. Coach Fabien Galthie also included exciting 20-year-old wing Louis Bielle-Biarrey and newly capped loose forward Paul Boudehent when he revealed the squad on Monday. He is also gambling on the fitness of prop Cyril Baille, who suffered calf injury a fortnight ago in the warm-up win over Scotland at St Etienne, and Anthony Jelonch, who has been working his way back to fitness. Baille was originally ruled out for between four to six weeks but has remained with the French squad as the medical staff seek to hasten his recovery. Flanker Jelonch has not played since rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament during the Six Nations showdown against Scotland in February but has been deemed fit enough to play at the World Cup.

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World Cup hosts France name final 33-man squad

PARIS :Melvyn Jaminet’s 19-point haul for France at the weekend helped the injury-plagued fullback to secure a berth in the host nation’s 33-man squad for next month’s World Cup.

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France recover from Ntamack injury with Fiji win

France beat Fiji 34-17 in Nantes on Saturday in a Rugby World Cup warm-up days after influential fly-half Romain Ntamack was ruled out of the tournament.

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Stunning comeback gives 14-man Scotland 25-21 win against reserve French side

Scotland mounted a stunning comeback with 14 men to beat a reserve France side 25-21 thanks to a glorious second half in a World Cup warm-up game in Murrayfield on Saturday.

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Three new caps for France for warm-up test in Scotland

PARIS : France will field a largely experimental side for their first World Cup warm-up test as coach Fabien Galthie named three uncapped players on Thursday for the weekend clash against Scotland at Murrayfield.