Toulouse scored three tries to convincingly beat Castres 28-10 in the French Top 14 championship in Castres on Friday night which augured well for next weekend's opening European Cup matches.

Third-placed Toulouse, who got two tries from centre Maleli Kunavore and another by winger Cedric Heymans, host England's Bath on October 12 in their opening Pool 5 fixture.

French international scrum-half Jean-Baptiste Elissalde however needed hospital treatment for kidney trouble on Friday and was ruled out of the match.

Elissalde was replaced in the starting line-up by former All Blacks star Byron Kelleher.

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