Ollie Lawrence makes Worcester return for Ospreys clash

David Skippers

Three fixtures take place in the Challenge Cup on Saturday and two on Sunday, with Benetton, Worcester Warriors, Bayonne, London Irish and Cardiff Blues hosting Agen, Ospreys, Leicester Tigers, Pau and Stade Francais in their respective encounters.

Saturday

Benetton v Agen

Benetton: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Luca Sperandio, 13 Joaquin Andres Riera, 12 Tommaso Benvenuti, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Tommy Allan (c), 9 Callum Braley, 8 Braam Steyn, 7 Marco Barbini, 6 Giovanni Pettinelli, 5 Ira Herbst, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Tomas Baravalle, 1 Nicola Quaglio
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Ivan Nemer, 18 Filippo Alongi, 19 Marco Lazzaroni, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Luca Roberto Xavier Petrozzi, 22 Paolo Garbisi, 23 Ian Keatley

Agen: 15 Valentin Saurs, 14 JJ Taulagi, 13 Sam Vaka, 12 Nathan Decron, 11 Tevita Railevu, 10 Raphaël Lagarde, 9 Paul Abadie, 8 Samuel Nollet, 7 Romain Briatte (c), 6 Camille Gerondeau, 5 Victor Moreaux, 4 Andrés Zafra Tarazona, 3 Alex Burin, 2 Paula Ngauamo, 1 Fernandez Correa
Replacements: 16 Loris Zarantonello, 17 Elie Froment, 18 Kévin Yaméogo, 19 Gauthier Maravat, 20 Timilai Rokoduru, 21 Hugo Verdu, 22 Noel Reid, 23 Louis Gauban

Venue: Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Marius Mitrea (Italy), Filippo Russo (Italy)
TMO: Stefano Penne (Italy)

Worcester Warriors v Ospreys

Worcester Warriors: 15 Melani Nanai, 14 Perry Humphreys, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Nick David, 10 Jamie Shillcock, 9 Gareth Simpson, 8 Cornell Du Preez, 7 Sam Lewis, 6 Ted Hill (c), 5 Justin Clegg, 4 George Merrick, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Isaac Miller, 1 Marc Thomas
Replacements: 16 Nial Annett, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Kieran Verden, 19 Andrew Kitchener, 20 Marco Mama, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Billy Searle, 23 Ashley Beck

Ospreys: 15 Dan Evans, 14 George North, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Kieran Williams, 11 Mat Protheroe, 10 Steve Myler, 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Dan Lydiate, 7 Justin Tipuric (c), 6 Will Griffiths, 5 Rhys Davies, 4 Adam Beard, 3 Ma’afu Fia, 2 Sam Parry, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Ifan Phillips, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Lloyd Ashley, 20 Olly Cracknell, 21 Morgan Morris, 22 Shaun Venter, 23 Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler

Venue: Sixways
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Assistant Referees: Andrew Jackson (England), Jonathan Healy (England)
TMO: Keith Lewis (England)

Bayonne v Leicester Tigers

Bayonne: 15 Aymeric Luc, 14 Remy Baget, 13 Peyo Muscarditz (c), 12 Malietoa Hingano, 11 Arthur Duhau, 10 Maxime Lafage, 9 Hugo Zabalza, 8 Filimo Taofifenua, 7 Baptiste Heguy, 6 Mariano Galarza, 5 Guillaume Ducat, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Luc Mousset, 2 Maxime Delonca, 1 Swan Cormenier
Replacements: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Mathis Perchaud, 18 Sam Nixon, 19 Andrei Gorin, 20 Arnaud Duputs, 21 Michael Ruru, 22 Yan Lestrade, 23 Gaetan Germain

Leicester Tigers: 15 Kini Murimurivalu, 14 Guy Porter, 13 Jaco Taute (c), 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Harry Simmons, 10 Zack Henry, 9 Ben White, 8 Jordan Taufua, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Ollie Chessum, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Charlie Clare, 1 Nephi Leatigaga
Replacements: 16 Jake Kerr, 17 James Whitcombe, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Luke Wallace, 22 Jack van Poortvliet, 23 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla

Venue: Stade Jean Dauger
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France), Julien Castaignede (France)
TMO: Cyril Lafon (France)

Sunday

London Irish v Pau

London Irish: 15 Tom Homer, 14 James Stokes, 13 Curtis Rona, 12 Phil Cokanasiga, 11 Tom Parton, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Albert Tuisue, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Matt Rogerson (c), 5 Steve Mafi, 4 George Nott, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 2 Agustin Creevy, 1 Allan Dell
Replacements: 16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Luke Green, 19 Adam Coleman, 20 Chunya Munga, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Jacob Atkins, 23 Bill Meakes

Pau: 15 Hugo Le Gall, 14 Eoghan Barrett, 13 Baptiste Couchinave, 12 Alexandre Dumoulin, 11 Atila Septar, 10 Thibault Debaes, 9 Clovis Lebail, 8 Matthieu Ugena, 7 Pierrick Gunther, 6 Lekima Tagitagivalu, 5 Daniel Ramsay, 4 Denis Marchois (c), 3 Nicolas Corato, 2 Rayne Barka, 1 Omar Odishvili
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 17 Siegfried Fisiihoi, 18 Malik Hamadache, 19 Julien Delannoy, 20 Hubert Texier, 21 Samuel Marques, 22 Julien Fumat, 23 Watisoni Votu

Venue: Brentford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant Referees: Michael Hudson (England), Roy Maybank (England)

Cardiff Blues v Stade Francais

Cardiff Blues: 15 Hallam Amos, 14 Aled Summerhill, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Max Llewellyn, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Jarrod Evans, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Alun Lawrence, 7 Josh Turnbull, 6 Cory Hill (c), 5 Seb Davies, 4 Ben Murphy, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Brad Thyer
Replacements: 16 Ethan Lewis, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Dmitri Arhip, 19 Rory Thornton, 20 Sam Moore, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Ben Thomas, 23 Rey Lee-Lo

Stade Francais: 15 Sione Tui, 14 Sefa Naivalu, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Varian Pasquet, 11 Adrien Lapegue, 10 Arthur Coville, 9 William Percillier, 8 Tala Gray, 7 Ryan Chapuis (c), 6 Charlie Francoz, 5 Pierre-Henri Azagoh, 4 Gerbrandt Grobler, 3 Giorgi Melikidze, 2 Laurent Panis, 1 Sami Mavinga
Replacements: 16 Lucas Da Silva, 17 Soulemane Camara, 18 Luke Tagi, 19 Louis Vincent, 20 Ferdinand Dreno, 21 Telusa Veainu, 22 Lester Etien, 23 Atu Manu

Venue: Rodney Parade
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
Assistant Referees: Dan Jones (Wales), Elgan Williams (Wales)
TMO: Jonathan Mason (Wales)