Aussie centre Steven Kefu and full-back Cameron McIntyre and scrum-half Kevin Senio, both Kiwis, give Castres a southern hemisphere flavour for their Herineken Cup trip to Leinster tomorrow.

Leeds Carnegie shrugged off their Premiership blues to take pole position in Pool Five of the European Challenge Cup at Headingley tonight with a 35-18 win over Castres Olympique, while Connacht lost away at Brive.