Challenge Cup teams: Friday

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Four Challenge Cup games take place on Friday as the Dragons look for a win over Newcastle that would blow Pool 1 wide open.

Dragons v Newcastle Falcons

The teams:

Dragons: 15 Hallam Amos, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Gavin Henson, 9 Dan Babos, 8 James Benjamin, 7 Ben Roach, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Cory Hill, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Sam Hobbs
Replacements: 16 Liam Belcher, 17 Gerard Ellis, 18 Tom Davies, 19 Rynard Landman, 20 James Sheekey, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Arwel Robson, 23 Pat Howard

Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Zach Kibirige, 13 Tom Penny, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Adam Radwan, 10 Joel Hodgson, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Ryan Burrows, 7 Gary Graham, 6 Mark Wilson, 5 Sean Robinson, 4 Will Witty, 3 Scott Wilson, 2 Ben Sowrey, 1 Sam Lockwood
Replacements: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Rob Vickers, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Glen Young, 20 Harrison Orr, 21 Micky Young, 22 Craig Willis, 23 Charlie Wilson

Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Referee: Mike Adamson (Sco)
Assistant referees: Ben Blain (Sco), Finlay Brown (Sco)

Edinburgh v Krasny Yar

The teams:

Edinburgh: 15 Darcy Graham, 14 Damien Hoyland, 13 James Johnstone, 12 Chris Dean, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Jaco van der Walt, 9 Sean Kennedy, 8 Cornell du Preez, 7 Jamie Ritchie, 6 Magnus Bradbury, 5 Lewis Carmichael, 4 Fraser McKenzie, 3 Murray McCallum, 2 Neil Cochrane, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Cameron Fenton, 17 Kevin Bryce, 18 Matt Shields, 19 Viliame Mata, 20 Luke Crosbie, 21 Nathan Fowles, 22 Blair Kinghorn, 23 Junior Rasolea

Krasny Yar: 15 Vas Artemyev, 14 Sunia Latu, 13 Giorgi Pruidze, 12 Kirill Golosnitskii, 11 Evgenii Kolomiitcev, 10 Lasha Malaguradze, 9 Vasilii Dorofeev, 8 Oleg Prepelitse, 7 Viktor Arhip, 6 Viktor Gresev, 5 Andrei Garbuzov, 4 Andrei Mahu, 3 Azamat Bitiev, 2 Andrei Kondakov, 1 Sione Fukofuka
Replacements: 16 Valeriy Tsnobiladze, 17 Grigory Tsnobiladze, 18 Mikheil Tsiklauri, 19 Aleksandr Khudiakov, 20 Egor Zykov, 21 Anton Riabov, 22 Igor Galinovskiy, 23 Fangatapu Apikotoa

Venue: Murrayfield
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ire)
Assistant referees: Kieran Barry (Ire), Oisin Quinn (Ire)

Oyonnax v Worcester Warriors

The teams:

Oyonnax: 15 Ulupano Seuteni, 14 Silvere Tian, 13 Vincent Lasmarrigues, 12 Maxime Veau, 11 Tim Giresse, 10 Anthony Fuertes, 9 Julien Audy, 8 Thibault Tauleigne, 7 Bilel Taieb, 6 Shay Kerry, 5 Simon Christian Njewel, 4 Geoffrey Fabbri, 3 Irakli Mirtskhulava, 2 Hika Elliot, 1 Khatchik Vartanov
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Geledan, 17 Kevin Buys, 18 Thomas Laclayat, 19 Valentin Ursache, 20 Luc Barba, 21 James Hall, 22 Bjorn Basson, 23 Maxime Fucina

Worcester: 15 Ben Howard, 14 Tom Howe, 13 Chris Pennell, 12 Max Stelling, 11 Perry Humphreys, 10 Sam Olver, 9 Michael Dowsett, 8 David Denton, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Huw Taylor, 5 Darren Barry, 4 Pierce Phillips, 3 Simon Kerrod, 2 Joe Taufete’e, 1 Ryan Bower (c)
Replacements: 16 Kurt Haupt, 17 Gareth Milasinovich, 18 Biyi Alo, 19 Alafoti Faosiliva, 20 Matti Williams, 21 Luke Baldwin, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Josh Adams

Venue: Stade Charles Mathon
Kick-off: 20:00 local (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu (Rom)
Assistant referees: Alexandru Ionescu (Rom), Madalin Girbau (Rom)

Bordeaux-Bègles v Enisei-STM

The teams:

Bordeaux Bègles: 15 Geoffrey Cros, 14 Iban Etcheverry, 13 Pablo Uberti, 12 Julien Rey, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Ben Volavola, 9 Gauthier Doubrere, 8 Jandré Marais, 7 Kitione Kamikamica, 6 Cameron Woki, 5 Pierre Gayraud, 4 Cyril Cazeaux, 3 Marc Clerc, 2 Ole Avei, 1 Ravai Kovekalou
Replacements: 16 Florian Dufour, 17 Thierry Paiva, 18 Lasha Tabidze, 19 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 20 Johan Aliouat, 21 Jules Gimbert, 22 Romain Lonca, 23 Metuisela Talebulamaijaina

Enisei-STM: 15 Aleksandr Budychenko, 14 Richard Kingi, 13 David Kacharava, 12 Dmitriy Simonov, 11 Evgeny Nepeivoda, 10 Iurii Kushnarev, 9 Alexey Shcherban, 8 Anton Rudoi, 7 Anton Sychev, 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze, 5 Evgeny Elgin, 4 Uldis Saulite, 3 Innokentiy Zykov, 2 Stanislav Selskii, 1 Valery Morozov
Replacements: 16 Shamil Magomedov, 17 Andrei Polivalov, 18 Vladimir Podrezov, 19 Vitalii Orlov, 20 Aleksei Mikhaltsov, 21 Konstantin Uzunov, 22 Federico Giliberti, 23 Viacheslav Krasylnyk

Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Kick-off: 20:30 local (19:30 GMT)
Referee: Joy Neville (Ire)
Assistant referees: Stuart Gaffikin (Ire), Shane Kierans (Ire)