O'Gara hopes heft of Alldritt and Jegou helps Sunday assault on high-flying Pau

Top 14 round-up: Antoine Dupont returned to action for Toulouse more than eight months after suffering an ACL injury in France’s Six Nations win over Ireland, for his first Top 14 outing since last October.

IN YOU GO: La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara ànd Grégory Alldritt of La Rochelle. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

France internationals Gregory Alldritt and Oscar Jegou return to the La Rochelle line-up along with a quartet of debutants, as Ronan O’Gara rotates his squad for Sunday evening’s difficult Top 14 trip to high-flying Pau six days ahead of their Champions Cup opener at home against English side Leicester.

Alldritt and Jegou line up alongside Levani Botia in a familiar-looking back row for the trip to Stade du Hameau. In the front row, 20-year-old tighthead Upaleto Feao gets his first professional start alongside Tolu Latu and Reda Wardi.