Mark Wilson set for first Falcons start since April 2019

There’s two matches on the Challenge Cup schedule for Friday as Castres and Brive host Newcastle Falcons and Zebre respectively.

Castres v Newcastle Falcons

Castres: 15 Clément Clavieres, 14 Bastien Guillemin, 13 Vilimoni Botitu, 12 Florian Vialelle (c), 11 Antoine Bouzerand, 10 Louis Le Brun, 9 Jérémy Fernandez, 8 Hugo Hermet, 7 Kevin Kornath, 6 Stephane Onambele Mbarga, 5 Dorian Clerc, 4 Simon Meka, 3 Matthew Tierney, 2 Kevin Firmin, 1 Wayan de Benedittis
Replacements: 16 Pierre Colonna, 17 Alexis Decaux, 18 Thomas Vidal, 19 Rian Olivier, 20 Baptiste Cope, 21 Bastien Bourgier, 22 Joris Dupont, 23 Adrien Amans

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Tom Arscott, 14 Zach Kerr, 13 Peter Lucock, 12 Joel Matavesi, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Josh Basham, 7 Mark Wilson (c), 6 Tom Marshall, 5 Darren Barry, 4 Rob Farrar, 3 Rodney Ah You, 2 Charlie Maddison, 1 Kyle Cooper
Replacements: 16 Jamie Blamire, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Michael Daniels, 19 Freddie Lockwood, 20 Christoffel van der Walt, 21 Callum Pascoe, 22 William Haydon-Wood, 23 Chidera Obonna

Venue: Stade Pierre Fabre
Kick-off: 18:30 local (17:30 GMT)
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Vincent Blasco-Baqué (France), Adrien Descottes (France)
TMO: Ludovic Cayre (France)

Brive v Zebre

Brive: 15 Seta Tuicuvu, 14 Joris Jurand, 13 Guillaume Galletier, 12 Sevanaia Galala, 11 Valentin Tirefort, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 David Delarue, 8 Kitione Kamikamica, 7 Esteban Abadie (c), 6 Irakli Tskhadadze, 5 Stan South, 4 Renger van Eerten, 3 Mesake Doge, 2 Badri Alkhazashvili, 1 Wesley Tapueluelu
Replacements: 16 Enzo Jouannet, 17 Daniel Brennan, 18 Luka Japaridze, 19 Steevy Cerqueira, 20 Otari Giorgadze, 21 Quentin Delord, 22 Fouad Boulaghrifa, 23 Maxence Darthou

Zebre: 15 Michelangelo Biondelli, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Giulio Bisegni (c), 12 Federico Mori, 11 Jamie Elliott, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Renato Giammarioli, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Jimmy Tuivaiti, 5 Mick Kearney, 4 Samuele Ortis, 3 Giosue’ Zilocchi, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea Lovotti, 18 Eduardo Bello, 19 Leonard Krumov, 20 Lorenzo Masselli, 21 Nicolò Casilio, 22 Antonio Rizzi, 23 Enrico Lucchin

Venue: Stade Amédée-Domenech
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Adam Leal (England)
Assistant Referees: Laurent Cardona (France), Vivien Praderie (France)