Preview: Rovigo v Castres

Castres visit Rovigo on Saturday and the French side go in search on their first win in this year's Amlin Challenge Cup.

Castres visit Rovigo on Saturday and the French side go in search on their first win in this year's Amlin Challenge Cup.

Castres have been flying high in the Top 14 but got their European campaign off to a losing start last week, going down 33-17 at home to Toulon.

Rovigo lost 36-12 to Saracens in their opening fixture.

The last time these teams met (in 2003) Castres won 75-10.

Rovigo: 15 Stefan Basson, 14 Andrea Sartoretto, 13 Andrea Pratichetti, 12 Emanuel Pellegrini, 11 Andrea Bacchetti, 10 German Bustos, 9 Pietro Travagli, 8 Alejandro Abadie, 7 Shalk Van der Merwe, 6 Niccolò Badocchi, 5 Daniele Tumiati, 4 Tomasso Reato, 3 Giovanni Boccalon, 2 Luke Mahoney, 1 Andrea de Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Flavio Damiano, 17 Gonzalo Buquete, 18 Massimiliano Ravalle, 19 Marco Barion, 20 Younes Anouer, 21 Stefano Canale, 22 Riccardo Bocchino, 23 Marcello De Gasperi

Castres: 15 Thomas Bouquié, 14 Matthieu Nicolas, 13 Yoan Audrin, 12 Philip Christophers, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Romain Teulet, 9 Thomas Sanchou, 8 Joe Tekori, 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Ibrahim Diarra, 5 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Daniel Saayman, 2 Akvsenti Giorgadze, 1 Gideon Lensing.
Replacements: 16 Mathieu Bonello, 17 Yoann Rayssac, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Ludovic Michaux, 20 Steve Malonga, 21 Kirill Kulemin, 22 Matthieu Bourret, 23 Paul Bonnefond.

Date: Saturday, October 17
Venue: Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
Kick-off: 15:00 (13.00 GMT)
Referee: Greg Garner