Yachvili: measured game the key

BIARRITZ and France scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili has upped the ante ahead of Sunday’s Heineken Cup semi-final against Munster at San Sebastian by insisting the Irish side are favourites for the tie.

The Basque side have struggled to find form recently in the Top 14, losing their last two matches against Racing Metro and Clermont Auvergne respectively, and have suffered the loss of their midfield talisman Damien Traille for the season through injury.

Yet the idea of Biarritz as underdogs is probably not one that Tony McGahan would agree with and Yachvili admitted they were ready to push the former champions all the way in front of a passionate home crowd.