Dan Biggar impressed for Toulon as they handed Bath a heavy defeat in the European Challenge Cup.
Springboks winger Cheslin Kolbe is set to make his debut for new club Toulon, who forked out a fortune in August to sign him from Toulouse.
Ambushed by Saracens at home in September, Leinster have named the team they hope can make Champions Cup amends versus Toulon.
Wounded by their Premiership semi-final loss, Pat Lam has taken a scalpel to his Bristol Challenge Cup final XV and made 6 changes.
Variation shines when comparing early January wingers across the Premiership, PRO14 and Top 14, Montpellier fielding players with a 56kg weight difference.
The latest in the Future of Rugby series looks at France and what sort of U23 XV they could field... the future is bright for Les Bleus.
With the Six Nations nearly upon us, it's shaping up to be a defining tournament for France, who have committed heavily to a rebuild under Fabien Galthié.
There may be a raft of players absent from the Top 14 with the World Cup only two weeks away, but there is still no lack in class at Toulon.
Here's a RugbyPass comparison of the best composite Under-23 squads from rugby's four major club competitions, Super Rugby, the Gallagher Premiership, the Guinness PRO14 and the Top 14.
Blues' star Ma'a Nonu could make a dramatic return to the French club on a lucrative one-year deal, and boss Mourad Boudjellal is being very cagey about it
