Off the top of the line out Toulon went straight out to Josua Tuisova who bounced one defender before being taken down on the second attempt. After recycling Delon Armitage put a delicate dink in behind which Steffon Armitage got on the end of.

We're going upstairs to check the grounding on a potential Steffon Armitage try!

Toulon looked to be under pressure in their 22 but some indiscipline from the visitors afford the defending champions an easy exit through a penalty

Toulon don't any mistake in leveling the score again with a well taken penalty from distance

Holmes makes no mistake with the kick as he continues his impressive debut season at La Rochelle

La Rochelle get the nudge at the first scrum an earn a very kickable penalty

La Rochelle start the brightest as Herry get the visitors on the front foot before offloading to Kieft who gets bundled into touch deep in the Toulon 22

Willie Du Plessis gets us underway at a windy Stade Felix Mayol

Hello and welcome to Ultimate Rugby's coverage of this afternoon's coverage of this Top14 clash between Toulon and La Rochelle.
Toulon have had a very busy week. After lifting themselves off the bottom of the table with a much needed win at Stade Francais news reports came out midweek suggesting some Toulon players have been using performance enhancing drugs. I'm sure more will follow next week!
La Rochelle did well last week to hang on for the win at home to Brive last week. But considering they conceded 60 points away to Toulon last season they will definitely have their work cut out for them!
Stay tune for coverage coming up in 15 minutes.