With a sixteen-day break on the horizon, expect plenty of fireworks on Thursday as Toulon visit leaders Perpignan while chasers Castres and Clermont face off.

Round Twelve has been moved forward to allow the French national side a couple more days together ahead of their Test against South Africa.

The result is a gap of just five days since the last weekend's clashes which is not much time to prepare.

The headline-grabbing game of the week is Toulon's trip to the defending champions. Unrecognisable from the expensively-assembled misfiring misfits they were last term, Toulon head towards the season's half-way mark above giants Biarritz and Stade Francais in the standings.

USAP were pushed all the way by Castres last Friday but the Catalans held their nerve to win their nineteenth consecutive game at fortress Aime-Giral.