Marconnet aims to make most of chance

France prop Sylvain Marconnet hopes to unsettle coach Bernard Laporte’s prop hierarchy and show he also has the potential to become a first-team regular ahead of the World Cup as the defending RSB 6 Nations champions take on Scotland on Sunday.

Marconnet has been in constant competition with Jean-Jacques Crenca and Pieter De Villiers, who is out of the tournament after testing positive for cocaine and ecstasy.