Challenge Cup: Strong line-ups named for Round Five fixtures
The European Challenge Cup returns this weekend as six matches take place to decide which teams will participate in the knockout stages.
Edinburgh v Pau
Prediction: Edinburgh by 4
The teams:
Edinburgh: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 Cammy Hutchison, 11 Ramiro Moyano, 10 Jaco van der Walt, 9 Henry Pyrgos, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Connor Boyle, 6 Glen Young, 5 Marshall Sykes, 4 Grant Gilchrist (c), 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Adam McBurney, 17 Boan Venter, 18 WP Nel, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20 Pierce Phillips, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Charlie Savala, 23 Chris Dean
Pau: 15 Paul Auradou, 14 Aminiasi Tuimaba, 13 Eoghan Barrett, 12 Jale Vatubua (c), 11 Vincent Pinto, 10 Thibault Debaes, 9 Alexis Levron, 8 Jordan Joseph, 7 Thibaut Hamonou, 6 Reece Hewat, 5 Steven Cummins, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Kévin Yaméogo, 2 Ignacio Calles, 1 Téo Bordenave
Replacements: 16 Lucas Rey, 17 Nicolas Corato, 18 Luc Ignace Vea, 19 Fabrice Metz, 20 Giovanni Habel Kuffner, 21 Clovis Lebail, 22 Zack Henry, 23 Thomas Carol
Venue: DAM Health Stadium
Kick-off: 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Sara Cox (England)
Assistant referees: Nick Wood (England), Rob Warburton (England)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Brive v Saracens
Prediction: Saracens by 8
The teams:
Brive: 15 Axel Muller, 14 Pierre Tournebize, 13 Seta Tuicuvu, 12 Nico Lee, 11 Valentin Tirefort, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 Enzo Sanga, 8 Dylan Lam, 7 Sacha Gue, 6 Matthieu Voisin (c), 5 Steevy Cerqueira, 4 Victor Lebas, 3 Soso Bekoshvili, 2 Péniami Narisia, 1 Hayden Thompson-Stringer
Replacements: 16 Florian Dufour, 17 Cody Thomas, 18 Wesley Tapueluelu, 19 Arthur Bruges, 20 Noé Bedou, 21 Maximilien Bost, 22 Tanguy Lacoste, 23 Tom Danovaro
Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Rotimi Segun, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Duncan Taylor, 11 Alex Lewington, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Jackson Wray, 6 Andy Christie, 5 Theo McFarland, 4 Nick Isiekwe, 3 Alec Clarey, 2 Tom Woolstencroft, 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Callum Hunter-Hill, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Ruben de Haas, 22 Dom Morris, 23 Ben Harris
Venue: Stade Amédée-Doménech
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 BST, 19:00 GMT)
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Ian Kenny (Scotland), Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
TMO: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Saturday
Benetton v Perpignan
Prediction: Perpignan by 6
The teams:
Benetton: 15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Giacomo Da Re, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Manuel Zuliani, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Ira Herbst, 3 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Thomas Augustin Gallo
Replacements: 16 Corniel Els, 17 Ivan Nemer, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Niccolò Cannone, 20 Seb Negri Da Oleggio, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Joaquin Andres Riera
Perpignan: 15 Lucas Dubois, 14 Alivereti Duguivalu, 13 Edward Sawaileau, 12 George Tilsley, 11 Jean Bernard Pujol, 10 Pato Fernandez, 9 Matteo Rodor, 8 Matthieu Ugena, 7 Alan Brazo, 6 Lucas Bachelier (c), 5 Tex Cavubati, 4 Eru Shahn, 3 Arthur Joly, 2 Victor Montgaillard, 1 Xavier Chiocci
Replacements: 16 Jeffrey Heafala, 17 Sami Mavinga, 18 Akato Fakatika, 19 M’Foudi Mezaache, 20 Andrei Mahu, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Baptiste Plana, 23 Leo Darrelatour
Venue: Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 BST, 14:15 GMT)
Referee: Adam Leal (England)
Assistant referees: tbc, Gareth Holsgrove (England),
TMO: Dean Richards (England)
Biarritz v Toulon
Prediction: Toulon by 10
The teams:
Biarritz: 15 Rémi Brosset, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Francis Saili, 11 Steeve Barry, 10 Gilles Bosch, 9 Kerman Aurrekoetxea, 8 Steffon Armitage (c), 7 Mathieu Hirigoyen, 6 Elliot Dixon, 5 Evan Olmstead, 4 Antoine Erbani, 3 Zakaria El Fakir, 2 Bastien Soury, 1 Ushangi Tcheisvhili
Replacements: 16 François Da Ros, 17 Baptiste Erdocio, 18 Vakhtangi Akhobadze, 19 Kevin Gimeno, 20 John Dyer, 21 Barnabé Couilloud, 22 Vincent Martin, 23 Simon Lucu
Toulon: 15 Thomas Salles, 14 Gervais Cordin, 13 Mathieu Smaili, 12 Atila Septar, 11 Jiuta Naqoli Wainiqolo, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Julien Blanc, 8 Charles Ollivon (c), 7 Jules Coulon, 6 Leone Nakarawa, 5 Quinn Roux, 4 Adrien Warion, 3 Emerick Setiano, 2 Michelangelo Sosene-Feagai, 1 Florian Fresia
Replacements: 16 Yanis Boulassel, 17 Kieran Brookes, 18 Eliott Yemsi, 19 Clément Egiziano, 20 Matthias Halagahu, 21 Mattéo Le Corvec, 22 Jules Danglot, 23 Dorian Laborde
Venue: Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 BST, 19:00 GMT)
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Manuel Bottino (Italy), Filippo Russo (Italy)
TMO: Stefano Penne (Italy)
Dragons v Gloucester
Prediction: Gloucester by 12
The teams:
Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Jonah Holmes, 13 Adam Warren, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Jared Rosser, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Taine Basham, 6 Harrison Keddie (c), 5 Will Rowlands, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Leon Brown, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Greg Bateman
Replacements: 16 Taylor Davies, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Chris Coleman, 19 Ben Carter, 20 Ben Fry, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Will Reed, 23 Dai Richards
Gloucester: 15 Kyle Moyle, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Tom Seabrook, 12 Billy Twelvetrees (c), 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 George Barton, 9 Ben Meehan, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Harry Taylor, 6 Jordy Reid, 5 Andrew Davidson, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Santi Socino, 1 Harry Elrington
Replacements: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Bryan O’Connor, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Ruan Ackermann, 21 Charlie Chapman, 22 Louis Hillman-Cooper, 23 Santiago Carreras
Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)
Assistant referees: Benoit Rousselet (France), Cedric Marchat (France)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
Newcastle Falcons v Zebre Parma
Prediction: Newcastle by 9
The teams:
Newcastle: 15 Tom Penny, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 George Wacokecoke, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Freddie Lockwood, 7 Will Welch (c), 6 Josh Basham, 5 Sean Robinson, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Rob Farrar, 21 Cam Nordli-Kelemeti, 22 Joel Hodgson, 23 Ben Stevenson
Zebre: 15 Jacopo Trulla, 14 Asaeli Tuivuaka, 13 Erich Cronjé, 12 Enrico Lucchin, 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Antonio Rizzi, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Taina Fox-Matamua, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Luca Andreani, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Gabriele Venditti, 3 Ion Neculai, 2 Luca Bigi (c), 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Giampietro Ribaldi, 17 Daniele Rimpelli, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Potu Junior Leavasa, 20 Jimmy Tuivaiti, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Junior Laloifi
Venue: Kingston Park
Kick-off: 20:00 BST (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
Assistant referees: Adrien Marbot (France), Jonathan Gasnier (France)
TMO: Eric Briquet-Campin (France)
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