Leinster recorded their 12th successive win in all competitions as they edge a physical Champions Cup encounter with La Rochelle 16-14 to move top of Pool 2.

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Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Jamison Gibson-Park, left, and Josh van der Flier arrive for the Leinster Rugby captain's run at Stade Marcel Deflandre in La Rochelle, France. Photo by Brendan ...

Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou were both included in France's matchday squad on Wednesday to face Wales in the first game of the Six Nations tournament next week. Last month an Argentine court dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against the 21-year-old rugby players.

Springbok lock RG Snyman scored two tries as Leinster beat Bath in the Champions Cup while Damian de Allende headlined the Bok stars in the Japan League One.

French rugby union chiefs on Wednesday named the players accused of raping a 39-year-old woman in Argentina during the summer tour of South America in the 42-man squad for the 2025 Six Nations tournament.

Two rugby players investigated for rape in Argentina were named in France's 42-man Six Nations squad on Wednesday. Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou have maintained that they had consensual sex with a woman following their Test debuts in July 2024.

Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou have been called up by France to prepare for the Six Nations after an Argentine court last month dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against the pair.

Brest has been the surprise package of the revamped Champions League and even considered moving its home games in Europe’s premier club competition to the Stade de France.

Russell converted and after the Bath blitz stymied a Leinster strike move off lineout ball at the front, Russell was only denied a scooped finish by Sam Prendergast’s boot. But that was at the expense of a five-metre scrum, from which Ben Spencer passed behind Ollie Lawrence to Russell who fed de Glanville to break Jamie Osborne’s tackle and score.

France face their trickier biennial Six Nations itinerary in oddly numbered years, with England in Twickenham and Ireland in the Aviva Stadium. Of their six titles since the expansion to the Six Nations, France have won only one championship in odd years.

The EPCR have confirmed the Investec Champions Cup round of 16 fixtures with kick-off times and venues which take place on the weekend of April 4,5,6,.