Enforced rest for UBB’s internationals. Scrum-half Maxime Lucu, centre Nicolas Depoortère and hooker Maxime Lamothe will not face the Welsh side Scarlets in the Champions Cup on Saturday. They have been handed a week off after the recent November tour.

On the team sheet against the Blue Bulls, Fiji’s Salesi Rayasi and the versatile Cameron Woki will also be missing, our colleagues at Sud-Ouest have reported.