The father of Biarritz number eight Imanol Harinordoquy invaded the pitch and tried to punch a Bayonne player in the face in a bid to protect his son during a brawl in yesterday’s Top 14 Basque derby.

L’IRLANDE envahit Castres. Or, for those of you who, like myself, never progressed beyond pass French for the Inter: ‘The Irish invade Castres’.