Fantasy Amlin Challenge Cup Round Two

P1 Sale Sharks v Mont de Marsan

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Ben Spencer
02. Darren Dawdiuk	10. James Hook
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Dave Attwood	11. Kyle Eastmond
05. Andries Bekker	12. Jordan Turner-Hall
06. Peter O'Mahony	13. Yann David
07. Matt Todd	14. Will Addison
08. Matt Kvesic	15. Jean-Marcellin Buttin

16. Lee Imolek 17. Tommy Taylor 18. Neemia Tialata 19. Iain Henderson 20. Alex Tulou 21. Nicholas Bezy 22. JJ Hanrahan 23. Nick Abendanon


Mont de Marsan
Manager – xxx

01. Pierre Correia	09. Julien Cabannes
02. Thomas Bordes	10. Alexandre Douvesy
03. Mathieu Giudicelli
04. Scott Murray	11. Jean-Baptiste Dubie
05. Vickus Liebenberg	12. Tamaz Mchedlidze
06. Yann Brethous	13. Christofer Baegert
07. Sebastien De Chaves	14. Jordan Beaulavon
08. Aldric Lescure	15. Jean-Baptiste Claverie

16. Ephraim Takafa 17. Morgan Phelipponneau 18. Eric Dos Dantos 19. Vincent Farre 20. Laurent Magnaval 21. Thibault Duvallet 22. Yohan Durquet 23. Sebastien Ormaechea

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P1 Connacht v Bordeaux-Begles

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P2 Worcester Warriors v Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo

Worcester Warriors

01. Nathan Catt	09. Kerr-Barlow
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Tom Heathcote (k)
03. Oliver Tomas
04. Leo Cullen	11. Marcel Garvey
05. Tom Savage (c)	12. Sam Vesty
06. Kearnen Myall	13. Ian Whitten
07. Shane Jennings	14. Eli Walker
08. Mamuka Gorgodze	15. Rob Cook

16. Korree Britton 17. Beast 18. Budgie 19. Juan Cruz Guilemain 20. Ryan Jones 21. Dwyane Peel 22. Morne Steyn 23. Fergus McFadden
Tactics
Forwards
*Hit them hard in the front row with the edge on Tomas.
*2nd rows to look to control the lineout and Savage to be a nuisance at the breakdown.
*Back row to cause all sorts of issues at the breakdown. Myall and Jennings can also jump and Jennings to do the floor work. All the pack to offer themselves as runners if there's space.
*Savage is being built up to be a strong leader and takes the captaincy here.

Backs
*Heathcote to stand flat and take the ball on quick to give Vesty and Whitten quick ball to make inroads before releasing an back 3 with power and pace.
*Strong running and looking to run them off the park, we want a big win here and expect nothing else.
*Cook to hit the gaps and the back 3 will look for the offload to support runners.

Defence
*Backrow to look to hit every other ruck so at least 1 is at each ruck competing for the ball.
*Blitz banana with Kerr Barlow sweeping and Vesty leading the line.

Bench
*Full of impact players who will all be used to extend our lead.

Overall
*Fast attractive rugby with the forwards being used to bully up front, make hard yards and give the backs good ball.
*Initially Heathcote will go for goal unless we are stretching away.


Rovigo
Manager – xxx

01. Otis Lombardi	09. Michael Wilson
02. Nicola Gatti	10. Davide Duca
03. Alessio Ceglie
04. Jean-Francois Montauriol	11. Andrea Bacchetti
05. Daniele Tumiati	12. Rhys Lenarduzzi
06. Aaron Persico	13. Roberto Pedrazzi
07. Andrea de Marchi	14. Lorenzo Lubian
08. Mattteo Ferro	15. Stefan Basson

16. Adriano Gaeta 17. Corrado Gaeta 18. Nicola Quaglio 19. Jack Jones 20. Carlo Bovolenta 21. Guido Calabrese 22. Francesco Menon 23. Stefan Ciochina

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P2 Perpignan v Bizkaia Gernika RT

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P3 Rugby Mogliano v London Wasps

Mogliano
Manager – xxx

01. Davide Meggetto	09. Alberto Lucchese
02. Augustin Costa Repetto	10. Edoardo Padovani
03. Augustin Allori
04. Meyer Swanepoel	11. Filippo Guarducci
05. Enrico Pavanello	12. Ezio Galon
06. Nicola Corbanese	13. Enrico Ceccato
07. Marco Barbini	14. Alessandro Onori
08. Edoardo Candiago	15. Vittorio Candiago

16. Ivan Gianesini 17. Laert Naka 18. Andrea Ceccato 19. Federico Maso 20. Matthew Gilbert 21. Antonio Giabardo 22. Giovanni Benvenuti 23. Marco Gazzola


London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Ben Daley	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Huia Edmonds	10. Steven Myler (k)
03. Shaun Knight
04. Mouritz Botha	11. Tom Varndell
05. Marco Wentzel (c)	12. Brad Barritt
06. Steve Mafi	13. Dan Hipkiss
07. Dewald Potgieter	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Ben Mowen	15. Geordan Murphy

16. Nathan Morris 17. Charlie Beech 18. Carlos Nieto 19. Dan Tuohy 20. Jonathan Poff 21. Mike Blair 22. Stephen Jones 23. Simon Zebo

Tactics
Look to our forwards to carry hard, keep the ball moving and attack space. High tempo and high intensity game.

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P3 Newport Gwent Dragons v Bayonne

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P4 Agen v Bath Rugby

Agen
Manager – xxx

01. Laurent Cabarry	09. Sylvain Dupuy
02. Julien Janaudy	10. Raphael Lagarde
03. Viliamu Afatia
04. Leo Bastien	11. Silvere Tian
05. William Demotte	12. Benjamin Petre
06. Antoine Erbani	13. Miguel Avramovic
07. Remy Vaquin	14. Leka Tagoto
08. Ueleni Fono	15. Louis Bataille

16. Marc Barthomeuf 17. Yannick Pitton 18. Julien Moretto 19. Damien Lagrange 20. Pierre Julien 21. Alexis Bales 22. Mathieu Lamoulie 23. Jean-Francois Coux


Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Jon Golding	09. Chris Cook
02. Will Tanner	10. Gareth Anscombe
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. Louis Deacon	11. Napolini Nalaga
05. Tom Donnelly	12. Luther Burrell
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Isiah Toeava
07. David Seymour	14. Olly Woodburn
08. Gerrit-Jan van Velze	15. Tim Nanai Williams

16. Cian Healy 17. Chris Brooker 18. Kane Palmer Newport 19. Tom Donnelly 20. Juan Martin Fernando Lobbe 21. Fourie Du Preez 22. Aurelien Rougerie 23. George North

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P4 Bucharest Wolves v Cammi Rugby Calvisano

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P5 I Cavalieri Prato v London Welsh

I Cavilieri Prato
Manager – xxx

01. Nicolas De Gregori	09. Pino Patelli
02. Lorenzo Giovanchelli	10. Riccardo Della Rossa
03. Cosma Garfagnoli
04. Augustin Cavalieri	11. Billy Ngawini
05. Rome Tautua	12. Ross McCann
06. Alberto Saccardo	13. Denis Majstorovic
07. Diego Delnevo	14. Filippo Vezzosi
08. Marco Pelizzari	15. Dion Berryman

16. Alessandro Bossi 17. Andrea Lupetti 18. Alessandro Boscolo 19. Giacomo Bernini 20. Marco Frati 21. Simone Ragusi 22. Michele Sepe 23. Andrea Pozzi


London Welsh
Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Tomas O'Leary
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Patric Lambie
03. Dave Wilson
04. Dean Schofield (c)	11. Digby Ioane
05. James Hanks	12. Owen Farrell
06. Tom Johnson	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Maurie Fa'asavalu	14. Bryan Habana
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Jaco Taute

16. Chris Tolofua 17. Steven Kitschoff 18. Frans Malherbe 19. George Skivington 20. Kevin McLaughlin 21. Charlie Davies 22. Gavin Henson 23. Tom Homer

Tactics

Basic tactical premise for us to control possession and be solid defensively. Focus will be on winning the gainline collisons in both attack and defence. In order to do this we have picked a very big pack to try to physically dominate this area of the game. We will look to apply pressure to Prato by keeping the ball for long periods and wearing them down defensively, and also by maintaining a solid defence and denying them opportunities to get on the score board. Pressure forces mistakes, and we will look to capitalise on any that Prato make.

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P5 Stade Francais Paris v Grenoble

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Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Ben Spencer
02. Darren Dawdiuk	10. James Hook
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Dave Attwood	11. Kyle Eastmond
05. Andries Bekker	12. Jordan Turner-Hall
06. Peter O'Mahony	13. Yann David
07. Matt Todd	14. Will Addison
08. Matt Kvesic	15. Jean-Marcellin Buttin

16. Lee Imolek 17. Tommy Taylor 18. Neemia Tialata 19. Iain Henderson 20. Alex Tulou 21. Nicholas Bezy 22. JJ Hanrahan 23. Nick Abendanon

London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Ben Daley	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Huia Edmonds	10. Steven Myler (k)
03. Shaun Knight
04. Mouritz Botha	11. Tom Varndell
05. Marco Wentzel (c)	12. Brad Barritt
06. Steve Mafi	13. Dan Hipkiss
07. Dewald Potgieter	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Ben Mowen	15. Geordan Murphy

16. Nathan Morris 17. Charlie Beech 18. Carlos Nieto 19. Dan Tuohy 20. Jonathan Poff 21. Mike Blair 22. Stephen Jones 23. Simon Zebo

Tactics
Look to our forwards to carry hard, keep the ball moving and attack space. High tempo and high intensity game.

01. Nathan Catt	09. Kerr-Barlow
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Tom Heathcote (k)
03. Oliver Tomas
04. Leo Cullen	11. Marcel Garvey
05. Tom Savage (c)	12. Sam Vesty
06. Kearnen Myall	13. Ian Whitten
07. Shane Jennings	14. Eli Walker
08. Mamuka Gorgodze	15. Rob Cook

16. Korree Britton 17. Beast 18. Budgie 19. Juan Cruz Guilemain 20. Ryan Jones 21. Dwyane Peel 22. Morne Steyn 23. Fergus McFadden
Tactics
Forwards
*Hit them hard in the front row with the edge on Tomas.
*2nd rows to look to control the lineout and Savage to be a nuisance at the breakdown.
*Back row to cause all sorts of issues at the breakdown. Myall and Jennings can also jump and Jennings to do the floor work. All the pack to offer themselves as runners if there's space.
*Savage is being built up to be a strong leader and takes the captaincy here.

Backs
*Heathcote to stand flat and take the ball on quick to give Vesty and Whitten quick ball to make inroads before releasing an back 3 with power and pace.
*Strong running and looking to run them off the park, we want a big win here and expect nothing else.
*Cook to hit the gaps and the back 3 will look for the offload to support runners.

Defence
*Backrow to look to hit every other ruck so at least 1 is at each ruck competing for the ball.
*Blitz banana with Kerr Barlow sweeping and Vesty leading the line.

Bench
*Full of impact players who will all be used to extend our lead.

Overall
*Fast attractive rugby with the forwards being used to bully up front, make hard yards and give the backs good ball.
*Initially Heathcote will go for goal unless we are stretching away.

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Jon Golding	09. Chris Cook
02. Will Tanner	10. Gareth Anscombe
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. Louis Deacon	11. Napolini Nalaga
05. Tom Donnelly	12. Luther Burrell
06. Jamie Gibson	13. Isiah Toeava
07. David Seymour	14. Olly Woodburn
08. Gerrit-Jan van Velze	15. Tim Nanai Williams

16. Cian Healy 17. Chris Brooker 18. Kane Palmer Newport 19. Tom Donnelly 20. Juan Martin Fernando Lobbe 21. Fourie Du Preez 22. Aurelien Rougerie 23. George North

London Welsh
Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Brett Sturgess	09. Tomas O'Leary
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Patric Lambie
03. Dave Wilson
04. Dean Schofield (c)	11. Digby Ioane
05. James Hanks	12. Owen Farrell
06. Tom Johnson	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Maurie Fa'asavalu	14. Bryan Habana
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Jaco Taute

16. Chris Tolofua 17. Steven Kitschoff 18. Frans Malherbe 19. George Skivington 20. Kevin McLaughlin 21. Charlie Davies 22. Gavin Henson 23. Tom Homer

Tactics

Basic tactical premise for us to control possession and be solid defensively. Focus will be on winning the gainline collisons in both attack and defence. In order to do this we have picked a very big pack to try to physically dominate this area of the game. We will look to apply pressure to Prato by keeping the ball for long periods and wearing them down defensively, and also by maintaining a solid defence and denying them opportunities to get on the score board. Pressure forces mistakes, and we will look to capitalise on any that Prato make.

I'm going to have to finish updating this one tomorrow chaps. Sorry.

Sale 32-10 M-D-M
Too much for Sale in the backs here.

Mogliano 6-34 Wasps
Wasps will dominate against weak opponents.

Agen 18-26 Bath
Agen will give a good battle but Bath a extra quality on the bench to win.

Prato 3-50 Welsh
Welsh ahve too much power in the front row and a good backline here.

Teams fully updated and good to go so predictions OPEN

Sale 45 - 12 Mont de Marsan

Sale have gone in with a far stronger side than they had to for this game. They are stronger in all areas and win comfortably in the end. Sale front 5 look's much better with Bekker in it.

Worcester 49 - 7 Rovigo

Another comfortable win. Worcester's side has a nice balance to it and a strong bench. Rovigo will put up a decent enough fight for 50 mins but then the floodgates will open.

Mogliano 15 - 39 Wasps

Will be tough up front for a while for the Wasps but then it will become much more one sided. Its a good Wasps side and they will be able to play some nice stuff as the Italians tire.

Agen 19 - 28 Bath

Toughest game of the round for the English sides. Agen at home are no walkover but there side isn't at its best. Bath only just have enough to win this one, and I think they might struggle upfront, but the backs have enough for the win.

Prato 3 - 51 London Welsh

Comfortable for Welsh. I think they will have the biggestw in of the weekend with a fine back line inparticular. Prato won't be able to hold out for to longer period.

Sale 52 - 9 Mont de Marsan
Home advantge and front five far too much. Will dominate here.

Worcester 37 - 6 Rovigo
Not 100% sure with the balance of the backline, don't think it will gel as well as it could do, but they will get a lot of tries still.

Mogliano 3 - 60 Wasps
Wasps team has way too much class - another big win, especially when you see their bench - could have played with 13 players and still won at a canter. Mogliano are very, very poor.

Agen 12 - 25 Bath
Hardest game for an England team in this, but still will win as too much quality on display. Amlin only gets interesting after the groups!

Prato 0 - 65 London Welsh
Pete's backline will absolutely run riot in what will be a complete mauling...

Updated my predicitons from before they were open Ozzy, hope that's ok

Sale v MDM
- MDM arent a great side and wont travel well especially up north in Sale. easy routine home win.
33-15

Worcester v Rovigo
- 38-12

Mogliano v Wasps
- 6-45

Agen v Bath
- 17-27

Prato v Welsh
- 3-43

Dont even need to explain some of these results, easy wins for the AP sides generally.

Sale 35 - 15 Mont de Marsan

Worcester 41 - 6 Rovigo

Mogliano 9 - 36 Wasps

Agen 15 - 32 Bath

Prato 3 - 43 London Welsh

Worcester 44 - 9 Rovigo
Mogliano 6 - 31 Wasps
Agen 15 - 19 Bath
Prato 6 - 38 London Welsh

Sale 35 - 6Mont de Marsan

Worcester 60- 6 Rovigo

Mogliano 3-52Wasps

Agen 15 - 20 Bath agen difficult at home and passionate crowd. Bath too much class

Prato 3 - 43 London Welsh

No point in explanations as mainly routine

Sale 40 - 3 Mont de Marsan
Worcester 35 - 6 Rovigo
Agen 14 - 20 Bath
Prato 9 - 28 London Welsh

Sale 44 Mont De Marsdon 12
Worcester 60 Rovigo 3
Mogliano 0 Wasps 28
Agen 5 Bath 6
Prato 3 London Welsh 35

Sale 37-3 MDM
Worcester 51-5 Rovigo
Mogliano 3-32 Wasps
Prato 6-62 Welsh

Sale Sharks 55 Mont de Marsan 10

MdM are a terrible side.

Worcester Warriors 75 Rovigo 6

Mogliano 6 London Wasps 48

Agen 20 Bath Rugby 32

Routine wins all round.