Lionel Beauxis: 'Wait until Marc finds out...'Friday, September 26Bourgoin v Stade Français
Saturday, September 27Clermont v Biarritz
Mont-de-Marsan v Montpellier
Montauban v Castres
Brive v Dax
Toulouse v Perpignan
Bayonne v Toulon
Did you join the hoards at Perpignan for the arrival of Sir Daniel Carter?
C'est magnifique! 3,000 people but shame about the spread... Chocolate prawns weren't my cup of tea...I wouldn't dunk them in my brew!
Another of those Kiwis, Byron Kelleher, fully deserved his Top 14 Player of the Year award. no?..Absolutely and he'll get to celebrate it in style if Perpignan continue their dreadful record on Toulouse soil - 27 years without even a sniff of a victory.
Not such luck for some other Antipodeans I see......Yeah it was a shame about Hayley Westerna slipping on stage.
No I meant Tana and Sonny...Both have been dominating the headlines for one reason or another and the Roman Abromovich show starring their ego-obsessed chairman clearly doesn't care for reputations or an ugly face come to think of it.
Neither do Dax in recent weeks...Nippy full-back Alexis Palisson, who enjoyed a word or two with Lote Tuqiri this summer, is back for Brive, who host Dax where rare bonuses have been coming thick and fast after two dizzy wins on the bounce..
One club clearly not operating on a bonus budget are Montauban.The credit crunch is feasting its way down the West coast of France and Lionel Nallet's presence in the Castres side isn't likely to encourage freebies either.
Where's le crunch this weekend?In Clermont with Biarritz's record on the road rivaling my driving license. Plenty of points but far to many blemishes.
Can't look past the table toppers surely?Juan Martin Hernandez and Lionel Beauxis are set to swap positions again while league import Mark Gasnier may also figure.