Auvergne

France: M Medard (Toulouse); D Penaud (Clermont Auvergne), W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), R Ntamack (Toulouse), Y Huget (Toulouse); C Lopez (Clermont Auvergne), M Parra (Clermont Auvergne); J Poirot (Bordeaux-Begles), G Guirado (Toulon, capt), U Atonio (La Rochelle), S Vahaamahina (Clermont Auvergne), P Willemse (Montpellier), W Lauret (Racing 92), A Iturria (Clermont Auvergne), L Picamoles (Montpellier).

The Auvergne is a dramatic region of forests and extinct volcanoes.

REPLACEMENTS: B Kayser (Clermont Auvergne), U Atonio (La Rochelle), V Debaty (Clermont Auvergne), J Suta (Toulon), L Goujon (La Rochelle), S Tillous-Borde (Toulon), R Tales (Castres), M Bastareaud (Toulon).

Both firms, located in the Auvergne region, will build on their synergies in seed and feed grain production.

The Guinness Premiership side were handed arguably the toughest task of all the English clubs in yesterday's draw, with the talented Clermont Auvergne and Montauban awaiting them in Pool One.

As it was, Biller measured how the concerns of medieval theorists (such as Peter of Auvergne and Albert) turned towards restricting populations because of the experiences of their generation.

Belgacom France and the BLR Services and Broadnet France consortia have been awarded the six wireless local loop (WLL) licences which remained to be awarded in Auvergne, Corsica, Franche-Comte and Limousin, according to an announcement by the Authority for the Regulation of Telecommunications (ART).

Yersinia enterocolitica 0:9 infections were reported in Auvergne in 1988 to 1989, while brucellosis due to Brucella abortus was almost eliminated.

RUGBY UNION: England captain Phil Vickery has been suspended until Christmas Day after pleading guilty to trampling on Clermont Auvergne lock Thibault Priyat.

Leicester's England winger Tom Varndell scored four tries as the Tigers booked their place in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals with a 40-27 win over Clermont Auvergne.

231) that defined the world of private justice in the Haute Auvergne between 1587 and 1664.

France: B Dulin (Castres); Y Huget (Toulouse), M Bastareaud (Toulon), W Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), H Bonneval (Stade Francais); J Plisson (Stade Francais), J-M Doussain (Toulouse); T Domingo (Clermont Auvergne), D Szarzewski (Racing Metro), N Mas (Montpellier), P Pape (capt, Stade Francais), Y Maestri (Toulouse), Y Nyanga (Toulouse), L Picamoles (Toulouse), W Lauret (Racing Metro).

Reps: B Mach (Castres), Y Forestier (Castres), V Debaty (Clermont Auvergne), S Vahaamahina (Perpignan), D Chouly (Clermont Auvergne), M Machenaud (Racing Metro), R Tales (Castres), G Fickou ( Toulouse).