Toulon outhalf has resurrected a career that has long mixed the flaky with flawless

Leinster team to face Toulon at Stade Velodrome

Toulon team to face Leinster at Stade Velodrome

Be aggressive . . . don’t let them run at you . . . go helter-skelter at them . . . frontrow key . . . and clearouts . . . Johnny’s gone

Lock says financial divide needs to be solved to avoid ruining international game

French side far from their best as they see off Wasps

Champions should secure eighth successive knock-out win in the European Cup

No-arm charges at rucks are just as dangerous as the highlighted tackles

Size is the bottom line in rugby and the key to optimising physical power is getting access to players when they are young, writes Gavin Cummiskey

Late Bryan Habana try adds gloss to unconvincing win for South Africa in Padova

Matt Williams believes Heyneke Meyer has added flair to physicality and it is a masterstroke

Joe Schmidt’s men braced for the inevitable massive physical challenge the Boks represent

South African flanker has come back from illness and injury to regain a place

A year on and New Zealand heartbreak lingers. Distraction is the way to avoid a repeat against South Africa.

Heyneke Meyer hoping Ulster’s talismanic scrumhalf can overcome knee injury

European champions bring their multi-talented squad to Belfast for the first time

The best outhalf in world rugby graces Irish soil this weekend as European champions arrive in Belfast

Leinster lock’s offloading game, as well as his tackling, has consistently improved

Matt Giteau’s moment of magic lights up flat Heineken Cup finale

The Ulster-born coach eyes up a first European Cup and domestic double for Saracens

Bryan Habana to start for Toulon in the Heineken Cup semi-final in Marseilles on Sunday

Toulon coach and owner Mourad Boudjellal have previous form for abusing referees

Matt O’Connor vows his side are ready for the battle against defending champions

Bakkies Botha and Ali Williams both injured as defending champions prepare to host province

Leinster optimistic Cian Healy and Dave Kearney will be able to face Toulon on Sunday

France’s national team have entered a trough since their grand slam in 2010

In the early days a Heineken Cup match in France was a step into the unknown

Clermont and Saracens also record wins in early European kick-offs

Visiting side score four tries to run out easy winners

‘When I look at Scotland, their biggest weapon is that they play with a lot of heart, are a very proud team and they never go away, but I think their biggest strength is the breakdown’

South Africa’s Jaque Fourie will win his 70th cap on Saturday

From the archives: Brian O’Driscoll v South Africa

French club reported to have made Ulster scrumhalf an offer to bring him to Top 14

Former Springbok comes out of retirement after agreeing deal with European champions

Former Springbok flanker set to come out of retirement and sign for French club

From the austere centre of Auvergne to the brash Mediterranean coast, Clermont and Toulon are the polar opposites of French rugby

What makes this Heineken Cup semi-final so intriguing is Saracens will seek to match might with might