Challenge Cup teams: Friday

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Three games are scheduled in the Challenge Cup on Friday as Brive, Lyon and Toulouse host Oyonnax, Sale and Cardiff Blues respectively.

Both Brive and Oyonnax lost their opening Pool 5 matches last week while Sale drew 20-20 with Toulouse and Cardiff Blues beat Lyon in the Pool 2 games, meaning the Blues set the early pace ahead of their trip to Stade Ernest Wallon.

Kristian Dacey leads Cardiff Blues from the hooker position while for Sale, new signing Faf de Klerk is named captain, alongside James O'Connor in the half-back combination. Denny Solomona and Josh Charnley are the men wide out.

Brive v Oyonnax
Stade Amédée-Domenech

The teams:

Brive: 15 Gaetan Germain, 14 Benito Masilevu, 13 Felix Le Bourhis, 12 Benjamin Petre, 11 Franck Romanet, 10 Thomas Laranjeira, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Petrus Hauman, 7 Fabien Sanconnie, 6 Péniami Narisia, 5 Jan Uys, 4 Julien Le Devedec, 3 Damien Jourdain, 2 Thomas Acquier, 1 Na'ama Leleimalefaga
Replacements: 16 Mike Tadjer, 17 Julien Brugnaut, 18 Soso Bekoshvili, 19 James Johnston, 20 Dominiko Waqaniborutu, 21 Samuel Marques, 22 Arnaud Mignardi, 23 Benjamin Lapeyre

Oyonnax: 15 Silvere Tian, 14 Daniel Ikpefan, 13 Ulupano Seuteni, 12 Roimata Hansell-Pune, 11 Axel Muller, 10 Anthony Fuertes, 9 Julien Audy, 8 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 7 Shay Kerry, 6 Luc Barba, 5 Simon Christian Njewel, 4 Manuel Leindekar Virginio, 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Khatchik Vartanov
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Geledan, 17 Giorgi Vepkhvadze, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Geoffrey Fabbri, 20 James Hall, 21 Jose Lima, 22 Bilel Taieb, 23 Kilian Bendjaballah

Kick-off: 19:00 local (18:00 GMT)
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland), Dermot Blake (Ireland)

Lyon v Sale Sharks
Matmut Stadium de Gerland

The teams:

Lyon: 15 Delon Armitage, 14 Jone Tuva, 13 Theo Belan, 12 Adrien Seguret, 11 Alexis Palisson, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Jonathan Pelissie, 8 Tai Tuifua, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Julien Puricelli, 5 Etienne Oosthuizen, 4 Felix Lambey, 3 Guram Papidze, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 1 Alexandre Menini
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Tornike Mataradze, 18 Hamza Kaabèche, 19 Hendrik Roodt, 20 Virgile Bruni, 21 Thibaut Regard, 22 Rudi Wulf, 23 Frederic Michalak

Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Denny Solomona, 13 Sam James, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Josh Charnley, 10 James O’Connor, 9 Faf de Klerk (c), 8 Sam Moore, 7 Ben Curry, 6 Cameron Neild, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 4 Bryn Evans, 3 Willgriff John, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Ross Harrison
Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 James Flynn, 18 Alex Tarus, 19 George Nott, 20 Laurence Pearce, 21 David Seymour, 22 Will Cliff, 23 Arron Reed

Kick-off: 19:30 local (18:30 GMT)
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Lloyd Linton (Scotland), David Sutherland (Scotland)

Toulouse v Cardiff Blues
Stade Ernest Wallon

The teams:

Toulouse: 15 Maxime Médard, 14 Wandile Mjekevu, 13 Jarrod Poi, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 Sofiane Guitoune, 10 Jean-Marc Doussain, 9 Antoine Dupont, 8 Gillian Galan, 7 Francois Cros, 6 Semi Kunatani, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Piula Faasalele, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Rodrigue Neti
Replacements: 16 David Roumieu, 17 Clément Castets, 18 Maks Van Dyk, 19 Florian Verhaeghe, 20 Rynhardt Elstadt, 21 Sébastien Bézy, 22 Romain Ntamack, 23 Lucas Tauzin

Cardiff Blues: 15 Matthew Morgan, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Garyn Smith, 11 Blaine Scully, 10 Jarrod Evans, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Nick Williams, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Macauley Cook, 5 Damian Welch, 4 James Down, 3 Taufa’ao Filise, 2 Kristian Dacey (c), 1 Corey Domachowski
Replacements: 16 Ethan Lewis, 17 Brad Thyer, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Seb Davies, 20 Olly Robinson, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Steve Shingler, 23 Willis Halaholo

Kick-off: 21:00 local (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Tom Foley (England)
Assistant referees: Christophe Ridley (England), Dean Richards (England)
TMO: David Sainsbury (England)