Antoine Dupont

France captain sustained injury in head-to-head clash with Johan Deysel of Namibia

The French await the All Blacks test as Rugby World Cup fever reaches boiling point

Holders South Africa and Pacific Islanders the other winners on an interesting weekend

Three Leinster players on five-man shortlist for EPCR Player of the Year award

The Leinster and Ireland scrumhalf projects a blue-clad blur of activity, perpetually in motion

French trio Antoine Dupont, Thomas Ramos and Damian Penaud also nominated

Our team give their choices for the best game, the best player and the best try from the championship

If you can’t get giddy about this bunch, you’re tragically giddy-averse

Fabien Galthie had never lost to Ireland as a player or coach and his side were stunning in patches but it just wasn’t enough in the end

Irish province know all about La Rochelle but they still need to execute their gameplan

Province’s opportunity to win fifth star will only become more difficult to create in future

Having come tantalisingly close in recent years, this Leinster group has what it takes

Caelan Doris, Hugo Keenan and James Lowe, included on five-man shortlist

All in all it wasn’t a great weekend for the men in the middle in European semi-finals

Aside from turnover try and another off a catch-and-drive, Toulouse hardly threatened

Clash of competition’s most successful sides makes for match of season on Irish soil

Workload of French side’s star players considerably higher than that of hosts Leinster

In-form scrumhalf’s head-to-head with Dupont at the Aviva an enticing prospect

The teams couldn’t be separated after normal and extra-time at the Aviva Stadium

Agonisingly small margins for Ulster as potent Dupont-Ntamack threat proves key for Toulouse

Toulouse win sees them travel to take on Munster in Dublin while Leinster are also away

French aristocrats show their mettle to secure one-point aggregate win

The defending champions have shown before in Belfast how dangerous they can be

Current trial that allows a replacement for a sent off after 20 minutes is wrong-headed and dangerous.

But stats show McFarland’s side possess the backs to thwart the champions again

Full-strength Toulouse will travel to Belfast in expectation, not simply hope

Gibson-Park should’ve seen red as too many brutal collisions went far beyond legal limits

Ulster’s lead heading into the second leg could have been more if not for Ntamack

Heineken Champions Cup: Munster shrug off injury worries in upcoming game with Exeter

Five Irish players included, nine from the winning French team, and Maro Itoje

The Offload: Ireland conceded just four tries during the Six Nations

Les Bleus victory over England to seal title marks defining moment for modern rugby

Galthié’s enviably balanced young side puts some illustrious names in the shade

Paris punishment may follow Murrayfield misery and Twickenham tribulations

Early Anthony Jelonch try ultimately proved decisive for grand-slam chasing visitors

Dan Biggar hoping to shut down imperious halfback pairing of Ntamack and Dupont

Damian Penaud goes over for two tries in the second-half to help secure bonus-point win

The law of relative velocity was at play in the build-up to France’s opening try

Galthie’s decision to select six forwards in the replacements important in the end game

‘Return’ match in the Aviva next season will be eagerly awaited by supporters