Challenge Cup wrap: Stade struggle

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Stade Français were made to work very hard for a one-point win over Cavalieri Prato in Saturday's Amlin Challenge Cup clash in Italy.

Stade Français were made to work very hard for a one-point win over Cavalieri Prato in Saturday's Amlin Challenge Cup clash in Italy.

Results:

Bucuresti 37-15 Calvisano
Cavalieri Prato 16-17 Stade Français
Mogliano 20-32 Bordeaux Begles
Biarritz 26-6 Oyonnax
Bath 26-10 Dragons
Worcester Warriors 15-29 Sale Sharks
Lusitanos XV 6-67 London Irish
Brive 23-16 Newcastle Falcons

Mogliano 20-32 Bordeaux-Begles
Stadio Comunale Maurizio Quaggia

The scorers:

For Mogliano:
Tries: Cornwell, Boni
Cons: Fadalti 2
Pens: Fadalti 2

For Bordeaux-Begles:
Tries: Graham, Lilomaiava, Penalty try, Lonca
Cons: Sanchez 3
Pens: Sanchez 2
Yellow card: Tu'ifua

Mogliano: 15 Ezio Galon, 14 Alessandro Onori, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Enrico Bacchin, 11 Nicolo' Fadalti, 10 Matt Cornwell, 9 Alberto Lucchese, 8 Thorleif Halvorsen, 7 Edoardo Candiago (capt), 6 Meyer Swanepoel, 5 Enrico Pavanello, 4 Jacopo Bocchi, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Ornel Gega, 1 Agustin Costa Repetto.
Replacements: 16 Ivan Gianesini, 17 Davide Meggetto, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Marco Lazzaroni, 20 Andrea Ceccato, 21 Antonio Giabardo, 22 Edoardo Padovani, 23 Giovanni Benvenuti.

Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Romain Lonca, 14 Rafael Carballo, 13 Felix Le Bourhis, 12 Jean-Baptiste Lamotte, 11 Robert Lilomaiava, 10 Nicolas Sanchez, 9 Manu Saubusse, 8 Tai Tuifua, 7 Jean-Blaise Lespinasse, 6 Matthew Graham, 5 Aliki Fakate, 4 Cameron Treloar (capt), 3 Zaza Navrozashvili, 2 Jean-Charles Fidinde, 1 Laurent DelBoulbes.
Replacements: 16 Benat Auzqui, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 Silviu Florea, 19 Louis Madaule, 20 Gauthier Gibouin, 21 Charles Brousse, 22 Gilem Queheille, 23 Marco Tauleigne.


I Cavalieri Prato 16-17 Stade Français Paris
Stadio Comunale Maurizio Quaggia

The scorers:

For I Cavalieri Prato:
Try: Souare
Con: Browne
Pens: Browne 2
Drop: Majstorovic
Yellow cards: Boscolo, Patelli, Tempestini
Red card: Bernini

For Stade Français:
Tries: Penalty try, Garrault
Cons: Porical 2
Pen: Porical
Yellow cards: Pape, Slimani

Cavalieri Prato: 15 Matte Falsaperla, 14 Abou Souare, 13 Denis Majstorovic, 12 Hamid En Naour, 11 Clemens Von Grumbkov, 10 Toby Browne, 9 Pino Patelli (capt), 8 Giacomo Bernini, 7 Alberto Saccardo, 6 Gabriele Cicchinelli, 5 Nifo Nifo, 4 Alessandro Boscolo, 3 Victor Coria Marchetti, 2 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 1 Nicolas De Gregori.
Replacements: 16 Andrea Lupetti, 17 Robi Tenga, 18 Rudy Biancotti, 19 Diego Delnevo, 20 Leonardo Della Ratta, 21 Gabriele Manganiello, 22 Niccolò Tempestini, 23 Filippo Gerosa.

Stade Français: 15 Jerome Porical, 14 Adrea Cocagi, 13 Jonathan Danty, 12 Herman Meyer Bosman, 11 Julien Arias, 10 Vincent Mallet, 9 Clement Daguin, 8 David Lyons, 7 Nicolas Garrault, 6 Antoine Burban, 5 Pascal Pape (capt), 4 Anton van Zyl, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Laurent Sempere, 1 Zak Taulafo.
Replacements: 16 Remi Bonfils, 17 Romain Frou, 18 David Attoub, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Scott Lavalla, 21 Richard Kingi, 22 Peter Lydon, 23 Geoffrey Doumayrou.


Bucharest Wolves 37-15 Cammi Rugby Calvisano
Stadium Arcul de Triumf

The scorers:

For Bucharest:
Tries: Vlaicu, Kinikinilau, Poparlan
Cons: Vlaicu 2
Pens: Vlaicu 6
Yellow card: Lucaci

For Calvisano:
Pens: Haimona 5

Bucharest Wolves: 15 Catalin Fercu, 14 Stephan Hihetah, 13 Csaba Gal, 12 Florin Vlaicu, 11 Ionut Dumitru, 10 Vali Calafeteanu, 9 Florin Surugiu, 8 Stelian Burcea (capt), 7 Viorel Lucaci, 6 Dorin Lazar, 5 Valentin Popirlan, 4 Johan Van Heerden, 3Alexandru Tarus, 2 Otar Turashvili, 1 Constantin Pristavita.
Replacements: 16 Andrei Radoi, 17 Madalin Lemnaru, 18 Petru Tamba, 19 Alexandru Grigore, 20 Adrian Ion, 21 Mike Wiringi, 22 Tibi Conache, 23 Paula Kinikinilau.

Calvisano: 15 Ben De Jager, 14 Pablo Canavosio, 13 Andy Vilk, 12 Alberto Chiesa, 11 Michele Visentin, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Paul Griffen (capt), 8 Braam Steyn, 7 Stefano Scanferla, 6 Nicola Belardo, 5 Luca Beccaris, 4 Agustin Cavalieri, 3 Salvatore Costanzo, 2 sami panico, 1 Andrea Lovotti.
Replacements: 16 Luigi Ferraro, 17 Andrea Gavazzi, 18 Lorenzo Romano, 19 Michele Andreotti, 20 Paino Hehea, 21 Maxime Mbanda, 22 Marcello Violi, 23 Marco Susio.


Biarritz Olympique 26-6 Oyonnax
Parc des Sports Aguiléra

The scorers:

For Biarritz:
Tries: Furno, Taele-Pavihi, Burotu, Van Staden
Cons: Yachvili 3

For Oyonnax:
Pens: Vuillemin, Bousquet
Yellow card: Yachvili

Biarritz Olympique: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Taku Ngwenya, 13 Charles Gimenez, 12 Damien Traille (capt), 11 Aled Brew, 10 Dan Waenga, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Seremaia Burotu, 7 Joshua Furno, 6 Benoit Guyot, 4 Erik Lund, 5 Pelu Taele, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Jonnah Dabti, 1 Alexandre Menini.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Eugene Van Staden, 19 Addison Lockley, 20 Tanguy Molcard, 21 Yann Lesgourgues, 22 Julien Peyrelongue, 23 Geoffrey Sella.

Oyonnax: 15 Lucas Amorosino, 14 Jonathan Bousquet, 13 Pierre Aguillon, 12 Hemani Paea, 11 Tikiko Koroivoutu, 10 Nicolas Vuillemin, 9 Augustin Figuerola, 8 Chad Slade, 7 Valentin Ursache, 6 Joe El Abd (capt), 5 Damien Lagrange, 4 Thibault Lassale, 3 Ruaan Du Preez, 2 Neil Clark, 1 Lukas Rapant.
Replacements: 16 Jody Jenneker, 17 Antoine Tichit, 18 Marc Clerc, 19 Scott Newlands, 20 Fabien Cibray, 21 Jonathan Traini, 22 Dug Codjo, 23 Miroslav Nemecek.


Bath 26-10 Dragons
The Recreation Ground

Bath ensured their winning start to their Challenge Cup campaign continued with a determined 26-10 victory over the Dragons at the Recreation Ground.

The home triumph sees the Englishmen end the first two rounds at the top of Pool Two in the competition, three points ahead of Saturday's opponents.

Bath's tries came from Richard Lane and Mat Gilbert with Tom Heathcote kicking sixteen points. Toby Faletau crossed for the Dragons' only try.

The scorers:

For Bath:
Tries: Lane, Gilbert
Cons: Heathcote 2
Pens: Heathcote 4

For Dragons
Try: Faletau
Con: Tovey
Pen: Tovey
Yellow card: L. Evans

Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon (capt), 14 Rich Lane, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Gavin Henson, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 Carl Fearns, 7 Alafoti Fa'osiliva, 6 Will Skuse, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 4 Will Spencer, 3 David Wilson, 2 Ross Batty, 1 Anthony Perenise.
Replacements: 16 Eusebio Guinazu, 17 Paul James, 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 19 Stuart