Matias Moroni to make Leicester debut in Challenge Cup

Adam Kyriacou
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There’s three games in the Challenge Cup on Friday as Stade Francais, Leicester Tigers and Newcastle Falcons host Benetton, Brive and Cardiff Blues respectively.

Stade Francais v Benetton

Stade Francais: 15 Kylan Hamdaoui, 14 Sione Tui, 13 Waisea Vuidarvuwalu, 12 Julien Delbouis, 11 Adrien Lapegue, 10 Arthur Coville, 9 William Percillier, 8 Charlie Francoz, 7 Ryan Chapuis (c), 6 Charlie Rorke, 5 Pierre-Henri Azagoh, 4 Gerbrandt Grobler, 3 Luke Tagi, 2 Lucas Da Silva, 1 Vasil Kakovin
Replacements: 16 Laurent Panis, 17 Soulemane Camara, 18 Giorgi Melikidze, 19 Louis Vincent, 20 Mathieu De Giovanni, 21 James Hall, 22 Varian Pasquet, 23 Atu Manu

Benetton: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Joaquin Andres Riera, 12 Tommaso Benvenuti, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Tommy Allan, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage (c), 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Marco Barbini, 6 Michele Lamaro, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Irné Herbst, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Tomas Baravalle, 1 Nicola Quaglio
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Filippo Alongi, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Alberto Sgarbi, 21 Giovanni Pettinelli, 22 Luca Roberto Xavier Petrozzi, 23 Angelo Esposito

Venue: Stade Jean Bouin
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Laurent Cardona (France), Sebastien Minery (France)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)

Leicester Tigers v Brive

Leicester Tigers: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Kini Murimurivalu, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, 9 Ben White, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Jordan Taufua, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Harry Wells, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Tom Youngs (c), 1 Nephi Leatigaga
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Luan De Bruin, 19 Calum Green, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 George Ford, 23 Guy Porter

Brive: 15 Joris Jurand, 14 Wesley Douglas, 13 Guillaume Galletier, 12 Sevanaia Galala, 11 Eneriko Buliruarua, 10 Enzo Herve, 9 David Delarue, 8 So’otala Fa’aso’o, 7 Matthieu Voisin (c), 6 Esteban Abadie, 5 Stan South, 4 Dan Malafosse, 3 Daniel Brennan, 2 Badri Alkhazashvili, 1 Hayden Thompson-Stringer
Replacements: 16 Enzo Jouannet, 17 Wesley Tapueluelu, 18 Luka Japaridze, 19 Steevy Cerqueira, 20 Irakli Tskhadadze, 21 Quentin Delord, 22 Stuart Olding, 23 Aaron Grandidier Nkanang

Venue: Welford Road
Kick-off: 19:45 GMT
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson (England), Simon McConnell (England)

Newcastle Falcons v Cardiff Blues

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Alex Tait, 14 George Wacokecoke, 13 Peter Lucock, 12 Joel Matavesi, 11 Tom Arscott, 10 Joel Hodgson (c), 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Tom Marshall, 7 Josh Basham, 6 Rob Farrar, 5 Will Montgomery, 4 Darren Barry, 3 Mark Tampin, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Charlie Maddison, 17 Kyle Cooper, 18 Rodney Ah You, 19 Bailey Ransom, 20 Mark Wilson, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Cooper Vuna, 23 Brett Connon

Cardiff Blues: 15 Hallam Amos, 14 Owen Lane, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Aled Summerhill, 10 Jarrod Evans, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Sam Moore, 7 Josh Turnbull, 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 5 Cory Hill (c), 4 Seb Davies, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Brad Thyer
Replacements: 16 Iestyn Harris, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Ben Murphy, 20 Gwilym Bradley, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Harri Millard, 23 Matthew Morgan

Venue: Kingston Park
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
Assistant Referes: Hamish Smales (England), John Meredith (England)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

 

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