Champions Cup: 300 up for Leicester Tigers prop Dan Cole while Jack Crowley at 12 for Munster

Adam Kyriacou
Jack Crowley for Munster and Dan Cole for Leicester

The Champions Cup continues this weekend with the second round of the 2022/23 season once again seeing 12 matches scheduled, including Leicester v Clermont.

Check out all the team news and predictions, here.

Friday

Leinster v Gloucester

Prediction: Leinster by 35

The teams:

Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Jimmy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose (c), 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 James Lowe, 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Caelan Doris, 5 James Ryan, 4 Ross Molony, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Ed Byrne, 18 Cian Healy, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Johnny Sexton, 23 Jordan Larmour

Gloucester: 15 Lloyd Evans, 14 Alex Hearle, 13 Giorgi Kveseladze, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Jacob Morris, 10 George Barton, 9 Ben Meehan (c), 8 Albert Tuisue, 7 Jack Clement, 6 Jake Polledri, 5 Arthur Clark, 4 Freddie Thomas, 3 Ciaran Knight, 2 Henry Walker, 1 Harry Elrington
Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Alex Seville, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Harry Taylor, 21 Charlie Chapman, 22 Seb Atkinson, 23 Kyle Moyle

Venue: RDS Arena
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
Assistant Referees: Jérémy Rozier (France), Adrien Descottes (France)
TMO: Denis Grenouillet (France)

Bordeaux-Begles v Sharks

Prediction: Sharks by 5

The teams:

Bordeaux: 15 Nans Ducuing, 14 Geoffrey Cros, 13 Jean-Baptiste Dubié, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Zack Holmes, 9 Jules Gimbert, 8 Caleb Timu, 7 Antoine Miquel, 6 Renato Giammarioli, 5 Jandré Marais (c), 4 Cyril Cazeaux, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 2 Clement Maynadier, 1 Lekso Kaulashvili
Replacements: 16 Maxime Lamothe, 17 Ben Tameifuna, 18 Christopher Vaotoa, 19 Alban Roussel, 20 Tom Willis, 21 Santiago Cordero, 22 Matéo Garcia, 23 Rémi Lamerat

Sharks: 15 Boeta Chamberlain, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Gerbrandt Grobler, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 Dan Jooste, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Lionel Cronje, 23 Lukhanyo Am

Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales (England), James Clarke (England)
TMO: Dean Richards (England)

Saturday

Edinburgh v Castres

Prediction: Edinburgh by 3

The teams:

Edinburgh: 15 Emiliano Boffelli, 14 Wes Goosen, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Ben Vellacott, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Luke Crosbie, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (c), 4 Glen Young, 3 WP Nel, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Tom Cruse, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Angus Williams, 19 Marshall Sykes, 20 Ben Muncaster, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Charlie Savala, 23 Chris Dean

Castres: 15 Julien Dumora, 14 Martin Laveau, 13 Antoine Zeghdar, 12 Adrien Seguret, 11 Antoine Bouzerand, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Julien Blanc, 8 Kevin Kornath, 7 Asier Usarraga, 6 Baptiste Delaporte (c), 5 Théo Hannoyer, 4 Gauthier Maravat, 3 Aurélien Azar, 2 Pierre Colonna, 1 Quentin Walcker
Replacements: 16 Brice Humbert, 17 Loîs Guérois-Galisson, 18 Antoine Guillamon, 19 Florent Vanverberghe, 20 Baptiste Cope, 21 Josaia Raisuqe, 22 Rory Kockott, 23 Thomas Larregain

Venue: DAM Health Stadium
Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Referee: Tom Foley
Assistant Referees: Nick Wood, Peter Allan
TMO: David Rose

Exeter Chiefs v Bulls

Prediction: Exeter by 7

The teams:

Exeter: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Rory O’Loughlin, 11.Olly Woodburn, 10 Joe Simmonds, 9 Sam Maunder, 8 Sam Simmonds, 7 Christ Tshiunza, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie (c), 1 Scott Sio
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Santiago Grondona, 21 Will Becconsall, 22 Solomone Kata, 23 Josh Hodge

Bulls: 15 Wandisile Simelane, 14 Sibongile Novuka, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Chris Smith, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Morné Steyn (c), 9 Bernard van der Linde, 8 Muller Uys, 7 WJ Steenkamp, 6 Nizaam Carr, 5 Janko Swanepoel, 4 Reinhardt Ludwig, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Dylan Smith
Replacements: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Sebastian Lombard, 19 Cameron Hanekom, 20 Phumzile Maqondwana, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Carlton Banies, 23 Juan Mostert

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Referee: Mathieu Raynal
Assistant Referees: Jonathan Dufort, Vincent Blasco-Baque
TMO: Philippe Bonhoure

Lyon v Saracens

Prediction: Saracens by 12

The teams:

Lyon: 15 Alexandre Tchaptchet, 14 Xavier Mignot, 13 Thibaut Regard, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Tavite Veredamu, 10 Fletcher Smith, 9 Baptiste Couilloud, 8 Jordan Taufua (c), 7 Mickael Guillard, 6 Theo William, 5 Temo Mayanavanua, 4 Felix Lambey, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Yanis Charcosset, 1 Hamza Kaabèche
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Marchand, 17 Jérôme Rey, 18 Paulo Tafili, 19 Loann Goujon, 20 Arno Botha, 21 Jonathan Pélissié, 22 Jean-Marc Doussain, 23 Alfred Parisien

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Alex Lewington, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Tom Woolstencroft, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Jackson Wray, 20 Andrew Christie, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Alex Goode, 23 Max Malins

Venue: Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Frank Murphy
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross, Paul Haycock
TMO: Leo Colgan

Leicester Tigers v Clermont

Prediction: Leicester by 5

The teams:

Leicester: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Guy Porter, 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg (c), 5 Calum Green, 4 Ollie Chessum, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Julián Montoya, 1 James Cronin
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 Nephi Leatigaga, 18 Will Hurd, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Olly Cracknell, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Chris Ashton

Clermont: 15 Alex Newsome, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Cheik Tiberghien, 12 Apisai Naqalevu, 11 Bautista Delguy, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Sébastien Bézy, 8 Arthur Iturria (c), 7 Alexandre Fischer, 6 Killian Tixeront, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Paul Jedrasiak, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 2 Yohan Beheregaray, 1 Etienne Falgoux
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Boudou, 17 Daniel Bibi Biziwu, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Miles Amatosero, 20 Thibaud Lanen, 21 Baptiste Jauneau, 22 Jules Plisson, 23 Jean-Pascal Barraque

Venue: Mattioli Woods Welford Road
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Andrew Brace
Assistant Referees: Peter Martin, Oisin Quinn
TMO: Brian MacNeice

Stormers v London Irish

Prediction: Stormers by 9

The teams:

Stormers: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Steven Kitshoff (c)
Replacements: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Junior Pokomela, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Suleiman Hartzenberg

London Irish: 15 Ben Loader, 14 Lucio Cinti Luna, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Joe Powell, 8 Josh Basham, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Matt Rogerson (c), 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 2 Mike Willemse, 1 Will Goodrick-Clarke
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Facundo Gigena, 18 Ollie Hoskins, 19 Api Ratuniyarawa, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Ben White, 22 Rory Jennings, 23 Will Joseph

Venue: DHL Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Pierre Brousset
Assistant Referees: Taul Trainini, Benoit Rousselet
TMO: Thomas Charabas

Ulster v La Rochelle

Prediction: La Rochelle by 10

The teams:

Ulster: 15 Michael Lowry, 14 Ethan McIlroy, 13 Luke Marshall, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Rob Lyttle, 10 Billy Burns, 9 John Cooney, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Iain Henderson (c), 5 Sam Carter, 4 Alan O’Connor, 3 Marty Moore, 2 Tom Stewart, 1 Rory Sutherland
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Eric O’Sullivan, 18 Gareth Milasinovich, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Dave McCann, 21 Nathan Doak, 22 Stewart Moore, 23 Ben Moxham

La Rochelle: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Dillyn Leyds, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Pierre Boudehent, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Grégory Alldritt (c), 7 Yoan Tanga, 6 Remi Bourdeau, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Romain Sazy, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Pierre Bourgarit, 1 Reda Wardi
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 17 Thierry Paiva, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Paul Boudehent, 21 Thomas Berjon, 22 Levani Botia, 23 Raymond Rhule

Venue: Kingspan Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: George Selwood, John Meredith
TMO: Rowan Kitt

Montpellier v Ospreys

Prediction: Montpellier by 15

The teams:

Montpellier: 15 Anthony Bouthier (c), 14 Ben Lam, 13 Thomas Darmon, 12 Paolo Garbisi, 11 George Bridge, 10 Louis Carbonel, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Alexandre Becognee, 6 Clement Doumenc, 5 Bastien Chalureau, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 1 Enzo Forletta
Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Grégory Fichten, 18 George Tuinukuafe, 19 Marco Tauleigne, 20 Leo Coly, 21 Julien Tisseron, 22 Masivesi Dakuwaqa, 23 Paul Willemse

Ospreys: 15 Max Nagy, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Mike Collins, 12 Kieran Williams, 11 Luke Morgan, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Rhys Davies, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Tom Francis, 19 Huw Sutton, 20 Jac Morgan, 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Jack Walsh, 23 Joe Hawkins

Venue: GGL Stadium
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Nika Amashukeli
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones, Wayne Falla
TMO: Adam Leal

Sunday

Northampton Saints v Munster

Prediction: Munster by 3

The teams:

Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank, 14 James Ramm, 13 Matt Proctor, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tommy Freeman, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Lewis Ludlam (c), 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 David Ribbans, 4 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 3 Ehren Painter, 2 Sam Matavesi, 1 Alex Waller
Replacements: 16 Mikey Haywood, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Alfie Petch, 19 Alex Moon, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Aaron Hinkley, 22 Callum Braley, 23 Fraser Dingwall

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Antoine Frisch, 12 Jack Crowley, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Peter O’Mahony (c), 6 Jack O’Donoghue, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Roman Salanoa, 19 John Hodnett, 20 Alex Kendellen, 21 Craig Casey, 22 Rory Scannell, 23 Shane Daly

Venue: cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens
Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
Assistant Referees: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy, Jonathan Gasnier
TMO: Eric Briquet-Campin

Toulouse v Sale Sharks

Prediction: Toulouse by 8

The teams:

Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Lucas Tauzin, 13 Dimitri Delibes, 12 Pita Ahki, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Jack Willis, 6 Thibaud Flament, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Richie Arnold, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Yannick Youyoutte, 21 Selevasio Tolofua, 22 Sofiane Guitoune, 23 Martin Page Relo

Sale Sharks: 15 Byron McGuigan, 14 Arron Reed, 13 Sam James, 12 Sam Hill, 11 Tom O’Flaherty, 10 Rob du Preez (c), 9 Gus Warr, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Jean-Luc du Preez, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Nick Schonert, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Joe Jones, 19 Jono Ross, 20 Ben Curry, 21 Joe Simpson, 22 Tom Curtis, 23 Ryan Mills

Venue: Stade Ernest Wallon
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Andrea Piardi
Assistant Referees: Filippo Russo, Manuel Bottino
TMO: Matteo Liperini

Harlequins v Racing 92

Prediction: Harlequins by 5

The teams:

Harlequins: 15 Nick David, 14 Cadan Murley, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Josh Bassett, 10 Tommy Allan, 9 Danny Care, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 Will Evans, 6 Jack Kenningham, 5 Irne Herbst, 4 Dino Lamb, 3 Simon Kerrod, 2 George Head, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Jack Musk, 17 Jordan Els, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 George Hammond, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Lewis Gjaltema, 22 Will Edwards, 23 Oscar Beard

Racing 92: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Francis Saili, 12 Gael Fickou (c), 11 Donovan Taofifenua, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Teddy Iribaren, 8 Kitione Kamikamica, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Anthime Hemery, 5 Fabien Sanconnie, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 Biyi Alo, 2 Janick Tarrit, 1 Guram Gogichashvili
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Jonathan Maïau, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Boris Palu, 20 Baptiste Chouzenoux, 21 Antoine Gibert, 22 Henry Chavancy, 23 Louis Dupichot

Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Craig Evans
Assistant Referees: Adam Jones, Rhys Jones
TMO: Ben Whitehouse

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