Scotland wing Rory Lamont suffered a suspected broken leg in the 23-17 RBS 6 Nations loss to France at Murrayfield yesterday.

Full-back Stuart Hogg will make his first Test start today as Scotland look to revive their RBS 6 Nations campaign against Rugby World Cup finalists France.

Ireland’s RBS 6 Nations clash with France was tonight given the go-ahead after the Stade de France passed a pitch inspection by referee Dave Pearson.

France scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili has been ruled out of the Six Nations tie with Ireland because of a back problem.

HARLEQUINS qualified for the Heineken Cup next season in dramatic fashion as they won the Amlin Challenge Cup, Europe’s second-tier knockout tournament, for a record third time.

GLOUCESTER romped to an emphatic 60-7 victory over Agen but it was not enough to keep their Amlin Challenge Cup hopes alive.

STADE FRANCAIS prop David Attoub is to appeal his 70-week ban for foul play.

Stade Francais prop David Attoub is to appeal his 70-week ban for foul play, it was announced today.

Controversial centre Mathieu Bastareaud has been recalled to the France squad for the 2010 RBS 6 Nations Championship.

STADE FRANCAIS prop David Attoub faces a lengthy ban for gouging during a Heineken Cup game.

JULIEN DUPUY, the Stade Francais scrum-half, will miss France’s entire Six Nations campaign after his appeal against a 24-week suspension for gouging was reduced by just seven days to 23 weeks.

JULIEN DUPUY, pictured, is to appeal his six-month suspension for eye-gouging during Stade Francais’ Heineken Cup Round Three defeat to Ulster.

FRANCE’S first choice scrum-half Julien Dupuy has been ruled out of the RBS 6 Nations Championship after receiving a six-month ban for eye-gouging.

Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy was today handed a six-month ban for eye gouging Ulster flanker Stephen Ferris.

DAVID ATTOUB and Julien Dupuy yesterday apologised for their conduct during Stade Francais’s Heineken Cup clash with Ulster on Saturday.

Harlequins and England scrum-half Danny Care has been handed a one-week ban by the Rugby Football Union.

Ospreys wing Tommy Bowe has been cited for a dangerous tackle on Viadana counterpart Kaine Robertson during Saturday’s Heineken Cup match.

AS EXPECTED, Stade Francais scrum-half Julien Dupuy will appear before an independent disciplinary hearing of the European Rugby Cup as a result of a citing arising from Saturday’s Heineken Cup match against Ulster at Ravenhill.

Stade Francais players David Attoub and Julien Dupuy have both been cited for allegedly gouging Ulster forward Stephen Ferris in separate incidents in the Heineken Cup match at Ravenhill on Saturday.

Ulster 23 Stade Francais 13

NEW ZEALAND yesterday filed an official complaint over what they believe was an eye-gouge on prop Tony Woodcock following their crushing win over France in Marseilles on Saturday.

France 12 New Zealand 39

WORLD champions South Africa suffered a second successive loss on their northern hemisphere tour as France triumphed in Toulouse last night.

STEVE MEEHAN admits it will take “a really good effort” for Bath to reach this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-finals following their shattering defeat against French giants Stade Francais.

Bath 27 Stade Francais 29

Stade Francais 31 Edinburgh 7

New Zealand 14 France 10

New Zealand 22 France 27

Leicester scrum-half Julien Dupuy is the only new cap in France’s side to play New Zealand in the first Test in Dunedin on Saturday.

Leicester 16 Leinster 19

NO-ONE would have taken too much notice of a certain Julien Dupuy going through the pre-match ritual of passing and kicking drills with Biarritz’s Dimitri Yachvili before the 2006 Heineken Cup final.

LEINSTER scrum-half Chris Whitaker wants to make a winning departure from the province with this weekend’s Heineken Cup final, and he backs fellow Australian Rocky Elsom to make a significant contribution to the Irish side’s chances of beating Leicester this weekend in Edinburgh.

DANNY CIPRIANI has been left out of England’s squad for the summer Test series against Argentina – but there is a recall for 2003 World Cup-winning hooker Steve Thompson.

Leicester scrum-half Julien Dupuy has been called up by France for the first time ahead of Les Bleus’ summer tour to the southern hemisphere.

Leicester 10 London Irish 9

YOU gotta hand it to this competition.

Cardiff Blues 26 Leicester 26 (Leicester won 7-6 on penalties)

Tom Shanklin anticipates a nervous month in the build-up towards this summer’s British and Irish Lions tour.

Leicester 20 Bath 15

Dan Carter kicked 16 points to steer Perpignan to Heineken Cup victory over Leicester at Stade Aime Giral.

Saracens 45 Biarritz 16

GLASGOW supremo Sean Lineen hailed his side’s stubborn defensive display in their surprise success against Biarritz and insisted they will not be going to France for the return next weekend on a damage limitation mission.

Glasgow 9 Biarritz 6