Heineken Cup Round Two

P1 Gloucester v Racing Métro 92

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Gloucester

01. Dan Murphy	09. Dimitri Yachvilli
02. Darren Dawiduk	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Rupert Harden
04. Jim Hamilton	11. JSD
05. Will James	12. Mike Tindall
06. Alisdair Strokosch	13. Henry Trinder
07. Akapusi Qera	14. Shane Monahan
08. Luke Narraway (c)	15. Iain Balshaw

16. Scott Lawson 17. Tom Heard 18. Shaun Knight 19. Phil Burgess 20. JVN 21. Dan Robson 22. Pat Lambie 23. Johnny May

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Tactics
*Front row to hold the scrum and Jones to come on and get the nudge on tired players,
*2nd row to be abrasive and wind up merchants, to compete at lineout,
*Back row to look to cause problems at breakdown and Q and Narraway to carry strong,
*Get ball out to outside backs quickly with Burns standing flat and Tindall coming onto it at pace,
*Centres to look to get the gaps to pass onto supporting runners,
*Back 3 have pace, experience and with Monahan, are hard to bring down, we will look to run hard and exploit their back 3,
*Defence will be hard and fast with Yach sweeping,
*Overall give the ball to the backs to play with and the bench from the backs will be used on 60 mins to bring Lambie's boot and May's pace,
*We want a win and any bonus points will be a bonus.

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Racing Metro 92

01. Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Dimitri Szarzewski	10. Olly Barkley
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Karim Ghezal	11. Julien Saubade
05. Francois van der Merwe	12. Fabrice Estabanez
06. Antoine Battut	13. Mirco Bergamasco
07. Jacques Cronje	14. Benjamin Fall
08. Masi Matadigo	15. Juan Martin Hernandez

16. Thomas Bianchin 17. Eddy Ben Arous 18. Benjamin Salemane Sa 19. Fabrice Metz 20. Bernard Le Roux 21. Camille Gerondeau 22. Sebastien Descons 23.Virimi Vakatawa

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P2 Northampton Saints v Ospreys

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Northampton Saints

Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Stephen Myler
03. Paul Doran-Jones
04. Samu Manoa	11. Chris Ashton
05. Christian Day	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. James Downey
07. Tom Wood	14. Vasily Artemiev
08. Roger Wilson	15. Greig Tonks

16. A. Waller 17. R. Strauss 18. B. Mujati 19. C. Lawes 20. J. Craig 21. M. Roberts 22. R. Lamb 23. J. Elliot

Tactics

We will look to play the game inside opposition territory and will look to the boots of Dickson & Myler to put us there and put Ospreys on the back foot. When in the right areas we will look to play a fast paced attacking game using big carriers running of the 9/10/12 axis to get us over the gain line and generate quick ball. Keeping the ball alive is crucial so our carriers will be looking for support runners to hit on the offload and get us further over the gain line. Our back three will look to get involved as much as possible running support lines of the halfbacks and midfield looking for the inside ball or offload.

• With a powerful front 5 on show we will look to keep the scrum up and use it as a weapon. On our own feed we will look to get the wheel on and give our 8-9-10 axis as much room as possible to attack from.

• In Ospreys territory, with 5 jumping options to use, we will look to play off the top and move the ball out to Myler and the backs. In our own territory, we will look to take the ball down into the maul and drive ourselves into the right areas.

• We will play an aggressive blitz on defence, playing on the edge of the offside line and coming up at pace, looking to isolate the ball carrier and stop any Ospreys momentum before it can get going.

• Lee Dickson will act as a sweeper and cover any chips or grubbers behind the defensive line.

• We will leave two players sitting deep to cover any kicks and they will look to counter attack of any loose ball.

• With the blitz in operation, we will look to be at the breakdown first hitting it hard and fast. If the ball looks available we will flood the breakdown with Wood looking to get his hands on the ball.

• If the ball is not immediately available we will only commit 1 or 2 players to legally slow the ball down and instead look to strengthen the defensive line.

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Ospreys

01. Ryan Bevington	09. Kahn Fotuali'i
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Dan Biggar
03. Adam Jones
04. Alun-Wyn Jones	11. Eli Walker
05. Ian Evans	12. Ashley Beck
06. Ryan Jones	13. Andrew Bishop
07. Justin Tipuric	14. Hanno Dirksen
08. Jonathan Thomas	15. Richard Fussell

16. Matthew Dwyer 17. Duncan Jones 18. Aaron Jarvis 19. George Stowers 20. Sam Lewis 21. Rhys Webb 22. Matthew Morgan 23.Thomas Isaacs

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P3 Leicester Tigers v Connacht

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Leicester Tigers

Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Ben Youngs
02. Tom Youngs	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Joe Launchbury	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling	12. Berrick Barnes
06. Willam Alberts	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton©	14. James O’Connor
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Rob Kearney

16. Jamie George 17. Alex Corbisiero 18. Dan Cole 19. Ed Slater 20. Luke Wallace 21. Karl Dickson 22. Jordan Turner-Hall 23. Matt Smith

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Connacht

Manager – Eric Elwood

01. Dennis Buckley	09. Kieran Marmion
02. Adrian Flavin	10. Dan Parks (k)
03. Nathan White
04. Michael Swift	11. Fetu'u Vainikolo
05. Mike McCarthy	12. David McSharry
06. John Muldoon (c.)	13. Eoin Griffin
07. Willie Faloon	14. Tiernan O'Halloran
08. George Naoupou	15. Robbie Henshaw

16. Jason Harris-Wright, 17. Brett Wilkinson, 18. Ronan Loughney, 19.Eoin McKeon, 20. Johnny O'Connor, 21. Dave Moore, 22. Miah Nikora, 23. Gavin Duffy

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P4 Castres Olympique v Bath Rugby

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Castres Olympique

01. Yannick Forestier	09. Thierry Lacrampe
02. Mathieu Bonello	10. Pierre Bernard
03. Michael Coetzee
04. Matthias Rolland	11. Marc Andreu
05. Rodrigo Capo Ortega	12. Seremaia Baikeinuku
06. Piula Faasalele	13. Daniel Kirkpatrick
07. Yannick Caballero	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Pedrie Wannenburg	15. Romain Teulet

16. Marc-Antione Rallier 17. Gregory Marmoiton 18. Mihai Lazar 19. Joe Tekori 20. Rory Kockott 21. Antoine Claassen 22. Paul Bonnefond 23.Thomas Sanchou

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Bath Rugby

Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.McMillan
02. C.Tolufua	10. O.Barkley (k)
03. K.P-Newport
04. S.Hooper (c)	11. K.Eastmond
05. R.Caldwell	12. B.Williams
06. M.Lund	13. E.Daly
07. G.Mercer	14. O.Woodburn
08. S.Kalamafoni	15. R.Chisholm

16. A.Perenise 17. R.Batty 18. N.Catt 19. W.Skuse 20. S.O'Brien 21. C.Cook 22. S.Donald 23. M.Banahan

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P5 London Wasps v ASM Clermont Auvergne

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London Wasps
Manager – CF

01. Tim Payne	09. Danny Care
02. Dimitri Swarzeski	10. Jimmy Gopperth
03. Matt Stevens
04. Marco Wentzel	11. Ugo Monye
05. George Skivvington	12. Joe Ansbro
06. Thierry Dusautoir (c)	13. Jacque Fourie
07. Julien Salvi	14. Tom Varndell
08.Thomas Waldrom	15. Mark Cueto

Replacements: 16. Boris Stankovich 17. Nicolas Mas 18. George Chuter 19. Pedrie Wannenburg 20. Micky Young 21. Shane Geraghty 22. Billy Twelvetrees 23. Richard Haughton

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ASM Clermont Auvergne

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Morgan Parra
02. Benjamin Kayser	10. Brock James
03. David Zirakashvili
04. Jamie Cudmore	11. Napolioni Nalaga
05. Nathan Hines	12. Wesley Fofana
06. Julien Bonnaire	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Gerhard Vosoo	14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
08. Damien Chouly	15. Lee Byrne

16. Ti'i Paulo 17. Vincent Debaty 18. Daniel Kotze 19. Julien Pierre 20. Elvis Vermeulen 21. Ludovic Radosavljevic 22. David Skrela 23. Benson Stanley

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P6 Montpellier v London Irish

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Montpellier

01. Yvan Watremez	09. Julien Tomas
02. Mickael Ladhuie	10. Ilian Perraux
03. Maximiliano Bustos
04. Drikus Hancke	11. Yoan Audrin
05. Mickael de Marco	12. Paul Bosch
06. Alexandre Bias	13. Matt Carraro
07. Remy Martin	14. Yohann Artru
08. Johnnie Beattie	15. Pierre Berard

16. Augustin Creevy 17. Nahuel Lobo 18. Giogo Jgenti 19. Aliki Fakate 20. Mamuka Gorgodze 21. Benoit Paillaugue 22. Lucas Amorosino 23. Timoci Nagusa

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London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Max Lahiff	09. Joe Simpson
02. James Buckland	10. Brock James
03. Euan Murray
04. Bryn Evans	11. Marland Yarde
05. Tom Palmer	12. Daniel Bowden
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Regan King
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Alesana Tuilagi
08. Tom Guest	15. Tom Homer (k)

16. Rob Herring, 17. Paulica Ion, 18. Leo Halavatau, 19. Simon Shaw, 20. Declan Danaher, 21. Darren Allinson, 22. Shontayne Hape, 23. Delon Armitage

Tactics
- Be solid at the set piece to create a decent platform to attack from. Quick ball to James if we're stable, Guest to pick and go if it's messy.

- So many options at the line out. Opt for full lineouts mostly in their half to tie in their pack, leaving more space out wide. Compete for their ball.

- Play in their half initially. Look for territory and target their back three. When the game opens up a bit, we'll go from anyway if it's on.

- Target the breakdown for possible turnovers, with Pocock staying strong on his feet. When they arise, lets use them to our advantage. If the back three are sparse, look to kick for territory. If there are mis-matches, lets have a go.

- Be disciplined at the breakdown, with a guard and bodyguard at every breakdown to stop those easy yards around the fringes. No excuses here.

- Simpson to keep the tempo high, getting the ball quickly away from the breakdown and releasing the backs. The back three to be hungry and look to get involved.

- For slow ball, look to get outside their guards and bodyguards to suck in more and more forwards at each breakdown. This will give more time to the backs.

- Homer to go for points at every opportunity.We can have a pop from anywhere in their half. Make them scared to give away penalties in their half, thus giving us more time at the breakdown.

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Bath Rugby
Manager – Bathite

01. C.Healy	09. M.McMillan
02. C.Tolufua	10. O.Barkley (k)
03. K.P-Newport
04. S.Hooper (c)	11. K.Eastmond
05. R.Caldwell	12. B.Williams
06. M.Lund	13. E.Daly
07. G.Mercer	14. O.Woodburn
08. S.Kalamafoni	15. R.Chisholm

16. A.Perenise 17. R.Batty 18. N.Catt 19. W.Skuse 20. S.O'Brien 21. C.Cook 22. S.Donald 23. M.Banahan

Castres Olympique


15 Romain Teulet, 14 Romain Martial, 13 Paul Bonnefond, 12 Seremaia Bai, 11 Marcel Garvey, 10 Rémi Tales, 9 Rory Kockott, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Piula Faasalele, 6 Jannie Bornman, 5 Christophe Samson, 4 Iosefa Tekori, 3 Anton Peikrishvili, 2 Brice Mach, 1 Mihaïta Lazar.
Replacements: 16 Marc-Antoine Rallier, 17 Yannick Forestier, 18 Michaël Coetzee, 19 Matthias Rolland, 20 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 21 Pedrie Wannenburg, 22 Romain Cabannes, 23 Marc Andreu.

There you go, was feeling generous this morning!

01. M.Lazar	09. R.Kockott
02. B.Mach	10. R.Tales
03. A.Peikrishvili
04. I.Tekori	11. M.Garvey
05. C.Samson	12. S.Bai
06. J.Bornman	13. P.Bonnefond
07. P.Faasalele	14. R.Martial
08. A.Claassen	15. R.Teulet

16 Marc-Antoine Rallier, 17 Yannick Forestier, 18 Michaël Coetzee, 19 Matthias Rolland, 20 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 21 Pedrie Wannenburg, 22 Romain Cabannes, 23 Marc Andreu.

Just use teams from last week Flux, should save a bit of work

Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Ben Youngs
02. Tom Youngs	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Joe Launchbury	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Geoff Parling	12. Berrick Barnes
06. Willam Alberts	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton©	14. James O’Connor
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Rob Kearney

16. Jamie George 17. Alex Corbisiero 18. Dan Cole 19. Ed Slater 20. Luke Wallace 21. Karl Dickson 22. Jordan Turner-Hall 23. Matt Smith

Tactics:

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Just use teams from last week Flux, should save a bit of work :D

Castres weren't on the week 1 page

Northampton Saints
Manager – SirJohnnyEnglish

01. Steven Kitshoff	09. Lee Dickson
02. Dylan Hartley	10. Stephen Myler
03. Paul Doran-Jones
04. Samu Manoa	11. Chris Ashton
05. Christian Day	12. Sonny Bill Williams
06. Stephen Ferris	13. James Downey
07. Tom Wood	14. Vasily Artemiev
08. Roger Wilson	15. Greig Tonks

16. A. Waller 17. R. Strauss 18. B. Mujati 19. C. Lawes 20. J. Craig 21. M. Roberts 22. R. Lamb 23. J. Elliot

Tactics

We will look to play the game inside opposition territory and will look to the boots of Dickson & Myler to put us there and put Ospreys on the back foot. When in the right areas we will look to play a fast paced attacking game using big carriers running of the 9/10/12 axis to get us over the gain line and generate quick ball. Keeping the ball alive is crucial so our carriers will be looking for support runners to hit on the offload and get us further over the gain line. Our back three will look to get involved as much as possible running support lines of the halfbacks and midfield looking for the inside ball or offload.

• With a powerful front 5 on show we will look to keep the scrum up and use it as a weapon. On our own feed we will look to get the wheel on and give our 8-9-10 axis as much room as possible to attack from.

• In Ospreys territory, with 5 jumping options to use, we will look to play off the top and move the ball out to Myler and the backs. In our own territory, we will look to take the ball down into the maul and drive ourselves into the right areas.

• We will play an aggressive blitz on defence, playing on the edge of the offside line and coming up at pace, looking to isolate the ball carrier and stop any Ospreys momentum before it can get going.

• Lee Dickson will act as a sweeper and cover any chips or grubbers behind the defensive line.

• We will leave two players sitting deep to cover any kicks and they will look to counter attack of any loose ball.

• With the blitz in operation, we will look to be at the breakdown first hitting it hard and fast. If the ball looks available we will flood the breakdown with Wood looking to get his hands on the ball.

• If the ball is not immediately available we will only commit 1 or 2 players to legally slow the ball down and instead look to strengthen the defensive line.

Gloucester

01. Dan Murphy	09. Dimitri Yachvilli
02. Darren Dawiduk	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Rupert Harden
04. Jim Hamilton	11. JSD
05. Will James	12. Mike Tindall
06. Alisdair Strokosch	13. Henry Trinder
07. Akapusi Qera	14. Shane Monahan
08. Luke Narraway (c)	15. Iain Balshaw

16. Scott Lawson 17. Tom Heard 18. Shaun Knight 19. Phil Burgess 20. JVN 21. Dan Robson 22. Pat Lambie 23. Johnny May

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Tactics
*Front row to hold the scrum and Jones to come on and get the nudge on tired players,
*2nd row to be abrasive and wind up merchants, to compete at lineout,
*Back row to look to cause problems at breakdown and Q and Narraway to carry strong,
*Get ball out to outside backs quickly with Burns standing flat and Tindall coming onto it at pace,
*Centres to look to get the gaps to pass onto supporting runners,
*Back 3 have pace, experience and with Monahan, are hard to bring down, we will look to run hard and exploit their back 3,
*Defence will be hard and fast with Yach sweeping,
*Overall give the ball to the backs to play with and the bench from the backs will be used on 60 mins to bring Lambie's boot and May's pace,
*We want a win and any bonus points will be a bonus.

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London Wasps
Manager – CF

01.Tim Payne 09.Danny Care
02.Dimitri Swarzeski 10.Jimmy Gopperth
03.Matt Stevens
04.Marco Wentzel 11.Ugo Monye
05.Skivvington 12.Joe Ansbro
06.Dusatoir (c) 13.Jaque Fourie
07.Julien Salvi 14.Tom Varndell
08.Thomas Waldrom 15.Mark Cueto


REPLACEMENTS: Replacements: Stankovich,Mas,Chuter,Burger,Young,Geraghty,Twelvetrees,Haughton

apolgies for in wrong format, had to copy and paste as busy and dont have any time today.

im using HC as a reason to experiment with players and different positions, otherwise Twelvetreees defo would have played.

1m fine for incorrect format CF

ok

Still got plenty of time though fella

na im just on a flying visit dont have time to sort it out tonight, i shall take the fine.

London Irish

Manager – Pullthestrings

01. Max Lahiff	09. Joe Simpson
02. James Buckland	10. Brock James
03. Euan Murray
04. Bryn Evans	11. Marland Yarde
05. Tom Palmer	12. Daniel Bowden
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Regan King
07. David Pocock (c)	14. Alesana Tuilagi
08. Tom Guest	15. Tom Homer (k)

16. Rob Herring, 17. Paulica Ion, 18. Leo Halavatau, 19. Simon Shaw, 20. Declan Danaher, 21. Darren Allinson, 22. Shontayne Hape, 23. Delon Armitage

Tactics
- Be solid at the set piece to create a decent platform to attack from. Quick ball to James if we're stable, Guest to pick and go if it's messy.

- So many options at the line out. Opt for full lineouts mostly in their half to tie in their pack, leaving more space out wide. Compete for their ball.

- Play in their half initially. Look for territory and target their back three. When the game opens up a bit, we'll go from anyway if it's on.

- Target the breakdown for possible turnovers, with Pocock staying strong on his feet. When they arise, lets use them to our advantage. If the back three are sparse, look to kick for territory. If there are mis-matches, lets have a go.

- Be disciplined at the breakdown, with a guard and bodyguard at every breakdown to stop those easy yards around the fringes. No excuses here.

- Simpson to keep the tempo high, getting the ball quickly away from the breakdown and releasing the backs. The back three to be hungry and look to get involved.

- For slow ball, look to get outside their guards and bodyguards to suck in more and more forwards at each breakdown. This will give more time to the backs.

- Homer to go for points at every opportunity.We can have a pop from anywhere in their half. Make them scared to give away penalties in their half, thus giving us more time at the breakdown.

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Quickly a team for Cannacht-

Connacht

Manager – Eric Elwood

01. Dennis Buckley	09. Kieran Marmion
02. Adrian Flavin	10. Dan Parks (k)
03. Nathan White
04. Michael Swift	11. Fetu'u Vainikolo
05. Mike McCarthy	12. David McSharry
06. John Muldoon (c.)	13. Eoin Griffin
07. Willie Faloon	14. Tiernan O'Halloran
08. George Naoupou	15. Robbie Henshaw

16. Jason Harris-Wright, 17. Brett Wilkinson, 18. Ronan Loughney, 19.Eoin McKeon, 20. Johnny O'Connor, 21. Dave Moore, 22. Miah Nikora, 23. Gavin Duffy

Feck, black and yellow wrong way round

Is that right?

I've already done the wasps side?

Ah, waste of my life then, just saw CF hadn't formatted it. Wish I'd checked now

Predos open

Gloucester 24 Metro 12
Saints 35 Ospreys 19
Tigers 32 Connacht 13
Castres 20 Bath 20
Wasps 18 Clermont 24
Montpellier 20 Irish 25

Glos 22 - 14 Metro
Saints 17 - 15 Ospreys
Tigers 24 - 9 Connact
Wasps 15 - 21 Clermont
Montpelier 14 - 22 Irish

Gloucester 26 Metro 15
Saints 36 Ospreys 15
Castres 18 Bath 12
Wasps 25 Clermont 25
Montpellier 17 Irish 22

Gloucester 26 Metro 15
Saints 36 Ospreys 15
Casters 18 Bath 12
Montpellier 9 Irish 22
Tigers 24 Connacht 17

Gloucester 17-15 Metro
Tigers 36-16 Connacht
Castres 19-17 Bath
Wasps 17-28 Clermont
Montpellier 16-24 Irish

Gloucester 22-16 Metro
Saints 28-19 Ospreys
Tigers 41-15 Connacht
Castres 17-15 Bath
Montpelier 20-25 Irish
wasps 18-28 Clermont

Gloucester 21 - 15 RCM

Saints 25 - 23 Ospreys

Leicester 31 - 12 Connacht

Castres 11 - 19 Bath

Wasps 18 - 19 clermont

Saints 24-17 Ospreys
Tigers 38-12 Connacht
Castres 12-10 Bath
Wasps 17-22 Clermont
Montpellier 18-25 Irish

Gloucester 25 - 19 Racing Metro
Northampton Saints 23 - 22 Ospreys
Leicester Tigers 38 - 15 Connacht
Castres 16 - 18 Bath
Montpelier 21 - 23 London Irish
London wasps 24 - 37 Clermont Auvergne

Predictions for Wasps-Clermont please Fluxy and CJB

Gloucester 23 - 18 Metro

Saints 25 - 15 Ospreys

Tigers 34 - 20 Connacht

Castres 19 - 19 Bath

Montpelier 23 - 26 Irish

Wasps 25 - 28 Clermont

Gloucester 20 Racing Metro 17
Saints 29 Ospreys 26
Tigers 40 Connacht 15
Castres 19 Bath 20
Montpelier 20 London Irish 22
Wasps 22 Clermont 27

Gloucester 20 Racing Metro 20
Saints 30 Ospreys 21
Tigers 32 Connacht 15
Castres 27 Bath 22
Wasps 18 Clermont 31
Montpellier 19 Irish 24

Results:

Gloucester Rugby 27-16 Racing Métro 92
Northampton Saints 34-19 Ospreys
Leicester Tigers 39-14 Connacht Rugby
Castres Olympique 21-18 Bath Rugby
London Wasps 20-32 ASM Clermont Auvergne
Montpellier 18-29 London Irish