Edinburgh boosted by returning Test stars
Round Two of the Challenge Cup kicks off on Friday with five games taking place, starting with Enisei-STM hosting Dragons in Krasnodar.
Enisei-STM v Dragons
Enisei-STM: 15 Nikita Churashov, 14 Davit Meskhi, 13 Hendrik Marais, 12 Dmitrii Gerasimov, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Ramil Gaisin, 9 Alexey Shcherban, 8 Jeremy Jordaan, 7 Andrey Temnov, 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze, 5 Leighton Eksteen, 4 Uldis Saulite (c), 3 Innokentiy Zykov, 2 Stanislav Selskii, 1 Nika Khatiashvili
Replacements: 16 Shamil Magomedov, 17 Ewald Westhuizen, 18 Azat Musin, 19 James Brown, 20 Aleksandr Budychenko, 21 Konstantin Uzunov, 22 Earll Douwrie, 23 Maxim Gargalic
Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Daf Howells, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Tom Griffiths, 11 Will Talbot-Davies, 10 Arwel Robson, 9 Tavis Knoyle, 8 Taine Basham, 7 James Benjamin (c), 6 Ben Fry, 5 Max Williams, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 2 Ellis Shipp, 1 Aaron Jarvis
Replacements: 16 Rhys Lawrence, 17 Joshua Reynolds, 18 Chris Coleman, 19 Joe Davies, 20 Huw Taylor, 21 Luke Baldwin, 22 Jacob Botica, 23 Connor Edwards
Venue: Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Kick-off: 18:00 local (15:00 GMT)
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Ian Kenny (Scotland), Bob Nevins (Scotland)
Brive v Bristol Bears
Brive: 15 Rory Scholes, 14 Setareki Bituniyata, 13 Nico Lee, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Eneriko Buliruarua, 10 Enzo Herve, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 So’otala Fa’aso’o, 7 Matthieu Voisin (c), 6 Esteban Abadie, 5 Victor Lebas, 4 Peet Marais, 3 James Johnston, 2 Péniami Narisia, 1 Hayden Thompson-Stringer
Replacements: 16 Thomas Acquier, 17 Karlen Asieshvili, 18 Cody Thomas, 19.Jan Uys, 20 Otari Giorgadze, 21 David Delarue, 22 Tedo Abzhandadze, 23 Sevanaia Galala
Bristol Bears: 15 Mat Protheroe, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Toby Fricker, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Luke Hamilton, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Steven Luatua (c), 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Joe Joyce, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Jake Woolmore
Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Lewis Thiede, 19 Ed Holmes, 20 John Hawkins, 21 Nic Stirzaker, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Charlie Powell
Venue: Stade Amédée-Domenech
Kick-off: 20:00 local (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: Ian Davies (Wales), Dewi Phillips (Wales)
Pau v Calvisano
Pau: 15 Charly Malie, 14 Bastien Pourailly, 13 Alexandre Dumoulin, 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Vincent Pinto, 10 Tom Taylor, 9 Clovis Lebail, 8 Antoine Erbani, 7 Baptiste Pesenti, 6 Lekima Tagitagivalu, 5 Julien Delannoy, 4 Daniel Ramsay, 3 Siegfried Fisiihoi, 2 Lucas Rey (c), 1 Geoffrey Moise
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 17 Ignacio Calles, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Denis Marchois, 20 Giovanni Habel Kuffner, 21 Samuel Marques, 22 Thibault Daubagna, 23 Baptiste Couchinave
Calvisano: 15 Jacopo Trulla, 14 Simone Balocchi, 13 Facundo Panceyra-Garrido, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Marco Susio, 10 Alberto Chiesa, 9 Federico Consoli, 8 Antoine Koffi, 7 Matteo Archetti, 6 Alessandro Izekor, 5 Mike van Vuren, 4 Adam Wessels, 3 Dante Gavrilita, 2 Matteo Luccardi, 1 Riccardo Brugnara
Replacements: 16 Gabriele Morelli, 17 Lorenzo Michelini, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Davide Zanetti, 20 Angelo Maurizi, 21 Nicolò Casilio, 22 Paolo Pescetto, 23 Damiano Mazza
Venue: Stade du Hameau
Kick-off: 20:00 local (19:00 GMT)
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Graeme Ormiston (Scotland), Ali Watt (Scotland)
Edinburgh v Bordeaux-Bègles
Edinburgh: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Eroni Sau, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Jaco van der Walt, 9 Henry Pyrgos (c), 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Luke Crosbie, 6 Magnus Bradbury, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Ben Toolis, 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 2 Mike Willemse, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Cameron Fenton, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Murray Douglas, 20 John Barclay, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Simon Hickey, 23 George Taylor
Bordeaux-Bègles: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Santiago Cordero, 13 Semi Radradra, 12 Ulupano Seuteni, 11 Blair Connor, 10 Matthieu Jalibert (c), 9 Maxime Lucu, 8 Scott Higginbotham, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Beka Gorgadze, 5 Alexandre Flanquart, 4 Kane Douglas, 3 Lekso Kaulashvili, 2 Adrien Pélissié, 1 Thierry Paiva
Replacements: 16 Clément Renaud, 17 Ravai Kovekalou, 18 Zakaria El Fakir, 19 Jandré Marais, 20 Marco Tauleigne, 21 Jules Gimbert, 22 Ben Botica, 23 Seta Tamanivalu
Venue: Murrayfield
Kick-off: 19:35 GMT
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant referees: Adam Leal (England), Peter Allan (England)
Toulon v Scarlets
Toulon: 15 Bryce Heem, 14 Gervais Cordin, 13 Ben Te’o, 12 Anthony Belleau, 11 Daniel Ikpefan, 10 Louis Carbonel, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Liam Messam, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Thomas Hoarau, 5 Mamuka Gorgodze, 4 Swan Rebbadj, 3 Emerick Setiano, 2 Anthony Etrillard (c), 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Bastien Soury, 17 Sébastien Taofifenua, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Corentin Vernet, 20 Theo Dachary, 21 Julien Heriteau, 22 Louis Schreuder, 23 Sergio Parisse
Scarlets: 15 Johnny McNicholl, 14 Corey Baldwin, 13 Steff Hughes (c), 12 Kieron Fonotia, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Joshua Macleod, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Tevita Ratuva, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Rob Evans
Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 Phil Price, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Joshua Helps, 20 Uzair Cassiem, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Dan Jones, 23 Morgan Williams
Venue: Stade Félix Mayol
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Tom Foley (England)
Assistant referees: Jack Makepeace (England), Phil Watters (England)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (England)