Lions ready for early French fire

THERE’S been a lot made of Bourgoin’s schizophrenic performances in the Heineken Cup.

Christophe Urios’ team have reinforced the old cliché about French sides, possessed at home, pathetic on the road, in their tussles with Leinster.

Should they continue to play to type today at the Stade Pierre Rajon, then their Irish visitors are in for a serious buffeting against a team unbeaten at home for over a year in the French League.