BIARRITZ president Marcel Martin has slammed reports that the club have sacked coaches Jacques Delmas and Jack Isaac, but admits there is an ongoing analysis of the players and staff following the team’s poor start to the season.

FORMER Ulster wing Tommy Bowe helped defending champions Ospreys out of jail as they squeezed past Harlequins 24-23 in the EDF Energy Cup first round at Liberty Stadium.

EDDIE O’SULLIVAN is reportedly being lined up to become the next coach of struggling French Top 14 club Biarritz Olympique.

FORGET Raphael Ibanez, Frederic Michalak and even Sebastien Chabal. Many feel Thierry Dusautoir could be the new face of French rugby.

Biarritz captain Thomas Lievremont has hailed Munster among “the greatest European sides” going into tomorrow’s Heineken Cup final showdown at the Millennium Stadium.

Toulouse know they will have to win the physical battle if they are to overcome Leicester in Sunday's Heineken Cup semi-final.

AUSTRALIA captain George Gregan has admitted victory over England in Brisbane this weekend would go nowhere near erasing the pain of last November’s World Cup final defeat.