The 26-year-old flanker, who played in four games as Toulon topped Pool 2 to seal a home quarter-final with Scarlets on April 3, touched down twice to help his country defeat England 24-17 in Paris on Sunday.

Ollivon made it three tries in two Tests by capitalising on breaks by Vincent Rattez in the 19th minute and Antoine Dupont in the 54th.

Leicester Tigers wing Jonny May also notched a double at the Stade de France via two flashes of brilliance in the 56th and 64th minutes, but it came too late to alter the result.

The 29-year-old England flyer will hope for better fortune when Leicester entertain Castres Olympique in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals at Welford Road on April 4.

In his only appearance in the competition so far this term – against Rugby Calvisano in December – he also grabbed a brace of tries.

On Saturday, Leigh Halfpenny, who scored 46 points in four games as Scarlets finished second in Pool 2, transferred his fine goalkicking form back to the Test stage with two late conversions as Wales whitewashed Italy 42-0 in Cardiff.

Charles Ollivon, an important member of the RC Toulon side who claimed the No.1 seeding in the European Rugby Challenge Cup last eight, emphasised his try-scoring threat in his first match as France captain on the opening weekend of the Six Nations Championship.