Ulster hooker Rory Best is in contention to face Aironi in the Magners League on Saturday after receiving encouraging news about the neck injury he sustained in last weekend's win over the Ospreys
Springbok coach Peter De Villiers is set for a showdown with his South African Rugby Union (SARU) employers later this month at his annual performance review
Bayonne's 28-23 victory at struggling Bourgoin on Sunday saw the Basque side cement their position at the summit of the Top 14 table but it was bittersweet for former Bourgoin fly-half Benjamin Boyet