Francois Cros, Felix Lambey and Romain Taofifenua among those to miss out

Ireland’s World Cup Pool A opponents on the end of five-try hammering in Nice

Winger’s two tries the difference against Clermont Auvergne to claim 20th league title

Greig Laidlaw kicks 18 points as Clermont lift trophy for a third time at St James’ Park

First France coach to name the same team for successive Tests since 2012

Jacques Brunel has retained the same French matchday 23 for the trip to Dublin

Critics claim France coach’s chopping and changing means he is unsure of his best backline

Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack in the halfbacks with Parra and Lopez dropped

Warren Gatland’s side take French gifts and turn round a 16-point half-time deficit

Unpredictable les bleus will fired up and keen to redeem themselves after Fiji upset

Brunel's wunderkind Matthieu Jalibert could cause an upset against Schmidt’s side

Back-to-back champions England entitled to be favourites to retain the trophy

Les Bleus enter contest on back of seven winless matches but are boosted by new coach

European rugby returns for the key pre-Christmas double-headers

Scotland’s arguably made the most impressive strides of all during the autumn internationals

Clermont Auvergne’s wait for European glory continues as Mark McCall’s side triumph

EPCR announce new trophy has been commissioned in tribute to late Munster great

Munster lacked impact off their bench and squad depth to cope without Conor Murray

‘We feel very frustrated . . . but there is a lot more to come from this team,’ says Cullen

Leo Cullen’s side flirt with famous comeback but Camille Lopez drops French into final