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Challenge Cup teams: Saturday

11th January 2013 09:52

Waisea Nayacalevu Stade Francais v London Welsh

Almost there: Stade Français

Wasps, Bath and Stade Français will be looking to secure spots in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.

Stade Français need just two points to book their place in the quarter-finals but they must travel to Grenoble, who are undefeated on home soil this season.

We'll update the team line-ups as they are released.


London Welsh v I Cavalieri Prato

London Welsh: 15 Tom Arscott, 14 Phillip Mackenzie, 13 Seb Jewell, 12 James Lewis, 11 Nick Scott, 10 Alex Davies, 9 Tyson Keats, 8 Ed Jackson, 7 Mike Denbee, 6 Lee Beach, 5 Matt Corker, 4 Adam Brown, 3 Greg Bateman, 2 Daniel George, 1 Tom Bristow.
Replacements: 16 Gareth Evans, 17 Billy Moss, 18 James Tideswell, 19 Jon Mills, 20 Ed Williamson, 21 Nick Runciman, 22 Ryan Davis, 23 Simon Whatling.

Cavalieri Prato: 15 Michele Sepe, 14 Niccolò Tempestini, 13 Denis Majstorovic, 12 Ross Mccann, 11 Billy Ngwaini, 10 Simone ragusi, 9 Marco Frati, 8 Alberto Saccardo, 7 Diego Delnevo, 6 Alfonso Damiani, 5 Rome Nifo Tautua, 4 Alessandro Boscolo, 3 Guillermo Roan, 2 Andrea Lupetti, 1 Alessandro Borsi,
Replacements: 16 Niccolò Cannone, 17 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 18 Giuseppe Boggiani, 19 Marco Pelizzari, 20 Pino Patelli, 21 Ivan Crestini, 22 Alessandro Lunardi, 23 Andrea Pozzi,

Kick-off: 14:00


Bath v Agen

Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Ben Williams, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Mark McMillan, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Will Skuse, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 David Wilson, 2 Lee Mears, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Charlie Beech, 18 Anthony Perenise, 19 Stuart Hooper, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Kyle Eastmond, 23 Sam Vesty.

Agen: 15 Louis Bataille, 14 Belisario Agulla, 13 Vincent Roux, 12 Benjamin Petre, 11 Romain Edmond-Samuel, 10 Raphael Lagarde, 9 Alexi Bales, 8 Uelenitoni Fono, 7 Pierre Julien, 6 Antoine Erbani, 5 Damien Lagrange, 4 William Demotte, 3 Gert Muller, 2 Semisi Telefoni, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Julien Janaudy, 17 Yannick Pitton, 18 Viliamu Afatia, 19 Léo Bastien, 20 Remi Vaquin, 21 Sylvain Dupuy, 22 Silvere Tian, 23 Leka Tagotago.

Kick-off: 14.15


Calvisano v Bucharest Wolves

Calvisano: 15 Shaun Berne, 14 Pablo Canavosio, 13 Andy Vilk, 12 Tommy Castello, 11 Ben De Jager, 10 Paul Griffen, 9 Gullo Palazzani, 8 Samu Vunisa, 7 Stefano Scanferla, 6 Giacomo Brancoli, 5 Filippo Gerosa, 4 Jaco Erasmus, 3 Salvatore Costanzo, 2 Gabriele Morelli, 1 Andrea Lovotti.
Replacements: 16 Andrea Gavazzi, 17 Marco Coletti, 18 Elia Violi, 19 Paino Hehea, 20 Michele Andreotti, 21 Gabriele Cicchinelli, 22 Simon Picone, 23 Giovanni Frapporti.

Bucharest Wolves: 15 Catalin Fercu, 14 Madalin Lemnaru, 13 Catalin Dascalu, 12 Florin Vlaicu, 11 Marian Apostol, 10 Mike Wiringi, 9 Florin Surugiu, 8 Daniel Carpo, 7 Vasile Rus, 6 Alexandru Mitu, 5 Marian Drenceanu, 4 Cristian Munteanu, 3 Horace Pungea , 2 Eugen Capatana, 1 Flavius Dobre.
Replacements:16 Andrei Radoi, 17 Vlad Badalicescu, 18 Romulus Boar, 19 Dorin Lazar, 20 Adrian Ion, 21 Grigoras Diaconescu, 22 Csaba Gal , 23 Ionut Niacsu

Kick-off 14:30 local


Rovigo v Worcester Warriors

Rovigo: 15 Stefan Basson, 14 Alberto Zorzi, 13 Joe van Niekerk, 12 Francesco Menon, 11 Andrea Bacchetti, 10 Rhys Lenarduzzi, 9 Michele Zanirato, 8 Stefan Ciochina, 7 Younes Anouer, 6 Aaron Persico, 5 Jean-François Montauriol, 4 Matteo Ferro, 3 Alessio Ceglie, 2 Luke Mahoney, 1 Nicola Quaglio.
Replacements: 16 Corrado Gaeta, 17 Otis Lombardi, 18 Corrado Gaeta, 19 Daniele Tumiati, 20 Alisson Gobbo, 21 Guido Calabrese, 22 Davide Duca, 23 Matteo Maran.

Worcester Warriors: 15 Errie Claassens, 14 Nikki Walker, 13 Jon Clarke, 12 Andy Short, 11 Josh Drauniniu, 10 Danny Gray, 9 Jonny Arr, 8 Blair Cowan, 7 Jake Abbott, 6 Sam Betty, 5 Craig Gillies, 4 Dean Schofield, 3 Rob O'Donnell, 2 Ollie Hayes, 1 Matt Mullan.
Replacements: 16 Aleki Lutui, 17 James Currie, 18 John Andress, 19 James Pervical, 20 Neil Best, 21 Ollie Frost, 22 Max Stelling, 23 Ben Howard.

Kick-off: 15.00 local


London Wasps v Mogliano

Wasps: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Jack Wallace, 13 Andrea Masi, 12 Chris Bell, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 James Haskell, 6 Sam Jones, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 James Cannon, 3 Phil Swainston, 2 Tom Lindsay, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Morris, 17 Zak Taulafo, 18 William Taylor, 19 Jonathan Poff, 20 Matt Everard, 21 Jonah Holmes, 22 Thomas Bell, 23 Chris Mayor.

Mogliano: 15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Giovanni Benvenuti, 13 Alessandro Onori, 12 Cristian Cerioni, 11 Vittorio Candiago, 10 Alejandro Canale, 9 Enrico Endrizzi, 8 Edoardo Candiago, 7 Andrea Ceccato, 6 Nicola Corbanese, 5 Jacopo Bocchi, 4 Federico Maso, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Agustin Costa Repetto, 1 Gianluca Ceneda.
Replacements: 16 Ivan Gianesini, 17 Laert Naka, 18 Enrico Pavanello, 19 Meyer Swanepoel, 20 Silvio Orlando, 21 Alberto Lucchese, 22 Filippo Guarducci, 23 Enrico Ceccato.

Kick-off: 15.00


Bizkaia Gernika RT v Perpignan

Bizkaia Gernika: 15 Fred Montagut, 14 Iñi Olaeta, 13 Ale Torres Suar, 12 Wins Wilson, 11 Toto Mazzochi, 10 Deccie Cusack, 9 Ando Oreja, 8 Afa Amosa, 7 David Hernandez, 6 Jon Magunazelaia, 5 Goyo Zabaloy, 4 Oscar Astarloa, 3 Urru Urrutia, 2 Unai Lasa, 1 Mike Dias.
Replacements: 16 Fer Iraizoz, 17 Nico Bilbao, 18 Borja Mandaluniz, 19 Lopa Lopategi, 20 Tato Duran, 21 Igor Mirones, 22 Parrish Garcia Parrado, 23 Santi Salas,

Perpignan: 15 Joffrey Michel, 14 Armand Batlle, 13 David Marty, 12 Lifeimi Mafi, 11 Adrien Plante, 10 Gilles Bosch, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Henry Tuilagi, 7 Dan Leo, 6 Bertrand Guiry, 5 Robins Tchale Watchou, 4 Guillaume Vilaceca, 3 Kisi Pulu, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Jérôme Schuster.
Replacements: 16 Maxime Delonca, 17 Sebastien Taofifenua, 18 Jérémy Castex, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Luke Narraway, 21 David Mele, 22 Fabrice Catala, 23 Farid Sid

Kick-off: 16:00 local


Grenoble v Stade Français

Stade have won their last four matches in this competition as well as 11 of their last 12.

Only Adrien Planté of Perpignan has more tries (6) than Stade winger Francis Frainifo (5) this season.

Of players to have attempted 10 or more kicks at goal this season, Grenoble's Nicolas Laharrague has the highest success rate. He has maintained a 90% accuracy rate from his 10 attempts.

Grenoble: 15 Joaquim Tuculet, 14 Matthieu Nicolas, 13 Aaron Bancroft, 12 Aloisio Butonidualevu, 11 Viliame Waqaseduadua, 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 Clement Darbo, 8 Shaun Sowerby, 7 Flavein Nouhaillaguet, 6 Fabien Alexandre, 5 Andrew Farley, 4 Thibault Rey, 3 Karim Kouider, 2 Vincent Campo, 1 Romain David.
Replacements: 16 Laurent Bouchet, 17 Gregory Fabro, 18 Albertus Buckle, 19 Ben Hand, 20 Henri Vanderglas, 21 James Hart, 22 Florian Ninard, 23 Feliuaki Taukeiaho.

Stade Français: 15 Jérome Porical, 14 Francis Fainifo, 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 12 Jérémy Sinzelle, 11 Julien Arias, 10 Nicolas Bezy, 9 Jerome Fillol, 8 David Lyons, 7 Antoine Burban, 6 Arthur Chollon, 5 Anton van Zyl, 4 Nicolas Garrault, 3 Stan Wright, 2 Laurent Sempere, 1 Zurabi Zhvania.
Replacements: 16 Michael Van Vuuren, 17 Jérémy Becasseau, 18 Nahuel Tetaz, 19 Juan Cruz Guillemain, 20 Lei Tomiki, 21 Julien Dupuy, 22 Paul Warwick, 23 Paul Sackey

Comments

heart_of_oak says...

So.... Varndell scores a hat trick and Strettle scores sweet fa. Why is Strettle in the squad and Varndell doesn't even make the Saxons ? It's nonsense.

Posted 20:32 12th January 2013

heart_of_oak says...

So.... Varndell scores a hat trick and Strettle scores sweet fa. Why is Strettle in the squad and Varndell doesn't even make the Saxons ? It's nonsense.

Posted 18:16 12th January 2013

jestnation says...

Great to see my beloved Wasps developing some squad depth.

A good few big names rested and still a decent side out.

Posted 13:08 12th January 2013

APV1 says...

ALLEZ!

Posted 17:11 11th January 2013

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