Beating Bourgoin no Swiss banker

THEY may lie marooned at the bottom of Pool Four, without so much as a point to their name, but the Bourgoin threat should not be underestimated on Sunday, according to former Munster captain Mick Galwey.

The Heineken Cup experience has been a miserable one for a French side that reached a nadir in their last outing at Welford Road prior to Christmas when they were devoured 57-3 by the Leicester Tigers.

Their form in the Top 14 has been more encouraging, adhering rigidly to the pattern in France that treats home wins as near bankers and away trips as lost causes.