BIARRITZ maintained their unbeaten start in Pool Four of the Heineken Cup with an emphatic bonus-point home victory over Ulster.

Biarritz 35 Ulster 15

BATH boss Steve Meehan claimed his team needed to “grow up” after their Heineken Cup campaign began in frustrating fashion against Biarritz at the Recreation Ground.

France’s injury problems continue with the news that Fulgence Ouedraogo and Sylvain Marconnet have been replaced by Alexandre Lapandry and Clement Baiocco respectively.

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.

Sebastien Chabal will return to France’s back row for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship match against England at Twickenham.

DANNY CIPRIANI will continue his quest to regain the England out-half jersey with Wasps this weekend after being included among 17 players Martin Johnson has made available for club duty.

Sylvain Marconnet has been recalled by France for their RBS 6 Nations match against Wales in Paris a week on Friday.

Nicolas Mas has been ruled out of France’s RBS 6 Nations match against Wales next week because of a strained left adductor.

France have brought three new faces into their RBS 6 Nations Championship squad for the clash with England on Saturday week.

A HEARTBROKEN Sylvain Marconnet has set his sights on lifting the World Cup in 2011 after seeing injury rob him of the opportunity to claim rugby’s biggest prize this autumn.

Pieter De Villiers will make his return to the France team on Sunday just a fortnight after fearing his World Cup dreams could be ruined for the second successive occasion.

France will give more of their squad players a chance to impress ahead of the World Cup when they take on Wales in Cardiff on Sunday.

FRANCE prop Sylvain Marconnet has been ruled out of the World Cup.

France prop Sylvain Marconnet has been ruled out of the World Cup.

SYLVAIN MARCONNET is “working like a donkey” to be fit for the World Cup, according to France team-mate Imanol Harinordoquy.

FRANCE team manager Jo Maso has put up a stout defence of his much criticised pack ahead of the return match against England this weekend.

France team manager Jo Maso has put up a stout defence of his under-fire pack ahead of the return match against England this weekend.

France team manager Jo Maso does not believe England’s crushing victory over Wales will have an influence on his team’s clash with the world champions at Twickenham on Saturday.

OLIVIER MILLOUD is expecting a tough battle up front if he replaces injured team-mate Sylvain Marconnet for France’s RBS 6 Nations Championship showdown against England on Sunday.

Olivier Milloud is expecting a tough battle up front if he replaces injured team-mate Sylvain Marconnet for France’s RBS 6 Nations Championship showdown against England on Sunday.

FRANCE prop Sylvain Marconnet has been ruled out of the rest of the RBS 6 Nations Championship after suffering a serious injury while on a skiing holiday.

France prop Sylvain Marconnet has been ruled out of the rest of the RBS 6 Nations Championship after suffering a serious injury while on a skiing holiday.

England face a France side gunning for the Grand Slam, after they followed up away victories over Italy and Ireland with a come-from-behind 32-21 win over Wales at the Stade de France on Saturday.

Wales were looking to upset the form book in their RBS 6 Nations Championship clash with France tonight.

FRANCE Coach Bernard Laporte has made five changes to the team to play Ireland in the Six Nations in Dublin on Sunday from the one that hammered Italy 39-3 on the tournament’s opening weekend.

A LOT has been made of Bernard Laporte’s insistence on experimentation for this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship, but it will be interesting to see if France’s head coach sticks to his word following the comprehensive opening day rout of beleaguered Italy.

JONNY WILKINSON has been declared “ready and available” to make a startling England comeback in the RBS 6 Nations Championship opener against Scotland at Twickenham.

WALES star Ryan Jones has accepted responsibility for conceding a last-gasp penalty that could ultimately cost the Ospreys a place in this season’s Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

SALE director of rugby Phillipe Saint-Andre insisted his side’s Heineken Cup hopes remains alive after beating Stade Francais at Edgeley Park.

France head coach Bernard Laporte has made seven changes for his side’s clash with New Zealand in Paris on Saturday.

France 31 England 6

France have named Dimitri Yachvili and Sylvain Marconnet in their starting line-up for their crunch RBS Six Nations Championship clash with England at the Stade de France on Sunday.

Ireland and France emerged for their RBS Six Nations Championship clash in Paris hoping to salvage their battered reputations.

Scotland 20 France 16

Leicester 29 Stade Francais 22

Stade Francais 12 Toulouse 18 (aet)

France 18 Wales 24

France 16 Scotland 9

Teams for this afternoon's Six Nations clash between France and Scotland.

WALES have been given a major boost ahead of their opening Six Nations clash against world champions England with former skipper Martyn Williams declared fit to start.

Gloucester 0 Stade Francais 27

Cardiff Blues 15 Stade Francais 38