Amlin Challenge Cup Round Two

 

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Pool 1 - Worcester Warriors vs Connacht
Location - Sixways Stadium

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Worcester Warriors

Manager - stnick88

01. Nathan Catt	09. Michael Classens
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Remi Tales
03. Halani Aulika
04. James Percival	11. Willie Le Roux
05. James Hudson	12. Olly Barkley
06. Phil Dowson	13. Casey Laulala
07. Shane Jennings	14. Sailosi Tagicakibau
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Delon Armitage

16. Brett Sturgess 17. Dave Ward 18. Brian Mujati 19. Alun Wyn-Jones 20. Ashley Johnson 21. Dimitri Yachvili 22. Tom Casson  23. Mark Cueto

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Connacht

01. Brett Wilkinson	09. Kieran Marmion
02. Sean Henry	10. Dan Parks
03. Rodney Ah You
04. Michael Swift (c)	11. Danie Poolman
05. Craig Clarke	12. James So'oialo
06. John Muldoon	13. Robbie Henshaw
07. Jake Heenan	14. Fionn Carr
08. George Naoupu	15. Gavin Duffy

Replacements: 16 Jason Harris-Wright, 17 Peter Reilly, 18 JP Cooney, 19 Aly Muldowney, 20 Andrew Brown, 21 Paul O'Donohoe, 22 Craig Ronaldson, 23 Tiernan O'Halloran

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Pool 2 - London Irish vs Newport Gwent Dragons
Location - Madjeski Stadium

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London Irish

01. Jerome schuster	09. Jack Moates
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Shane Geraghty (K)
03. Antoine Guillamon
04. Stuart Hooper (c)	11. JSD
05. Matt Garvey	12. Luke McAlister
06. Scott Higginbotham	13. JP Pietersen
07. Thierry Dusatoir	14. Bjorn basson
08. Ed Jackson	15. Robbie Henshaw

16. Gerard Ellis 17. Matt Stevens 18. Tom Court 19. Nick Kennedy 20. Mamuka Gorgodze 21. Neil De Kock 22. Owen williams 23. Guy Armitage

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Newport Gwent Dragons

01. Owen Evans	09. Jonathon Evans
02. Sam Parry	10. Kristopher Burton
03. Nahuel Chaparro
04. Matthew Screech	11. Tom Prydie
05. Robert Sidoli (c)	12. Ross Wardle
06. Ieuan Jones	13. Adam Hughes
07. Nic Cudd	14. Will Harries
08. Toby Faletau	15. Hallam Amos

Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Phil Price, 18 Dan Way, 19 Netani Talei, 20 Adam Jones, 21 Wayne Evans, 22 Jason Tovey, 23 Lewis Robling.

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Pool 3 - CA Brive vs Exeter Chiefs
Location - Stade Amédée-Domenech

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CA Brive

01. Damien Lavergne	09. Damien Neveu
02. Francois Da Ros (c)	10. Thomas Laranjeira
03. Tamato Leupolu
04. Tjiuee Uanivi	11. Venione Voretamaya
05. Simon Pinet	12. Baptiste Delage
06. Fabien Laurent	13. Sevanaia Galala
07. Hugues Briatte	14. Alfifeleti Mafi
08. Kieran Murphy	15. Laurent Ferreres

Replacements: 16 Guillaume Ribes, 17 Johannes Coetzee, 18 Victor Laval, 19 Victor Lebas, 20 Lucas Lyons, 21 Romain Kusiolek, 22 Anderson Neisen, 23 Romain Sola.

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Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Yannick Forestier	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Rhys Marshall	10. Toby Flood (K)
03. Will Collier
04. Patricio Albacete	11. Andrew Trimble
05. Mike Williams	12. Bundee Aki
06. Maurie Fa'asavalu	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Sam Jones	14. Tom Varndell
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Juan Martin Hernandez

16. Rob Webber 17. Rhodri Jones 18. Ben Afeaki 19. Kieran Low 20. Chris Robshaw 21. Freddie Michalak 22. Marcelo Bosch 23. Alex Dunbar

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Pool 4 - Bath Rugby vs Bayonne
Location - The Rec

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Bath Rugby

Manager – inthefastlane

01. Carl Rimmer	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Kevin Mealamu	10. Dan Biggar
03. Euan Murray
04. George Merrick	11. Nopolini Nalaga
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Sam Hill
06. Rhys Ruddock	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Will Welch	14. Richard Lane
08. Jerome Kaino	15. Rob Miller

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16. Richard Hibbard 17. Cian Healy 18. Davit Kubrashvilli 19. Luke Romano 20. James Haskell 21. Morgen Parra 22.  Anthony Allen 23. Charlie Hodgson

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Bayonne

01. Aretz Iguiniz	09. Mathieu Belie
02. Gregory Arganese	10. Stephen Brett
03. Gert Muller
04. Abdellatif Boutaty	11. Marvin O'Connor
05. Mark Chisholm (c)	12. Bastien Fuster
06. Guillaume Bernad	13. Sam Gerber
07. Jean-Jo Marmouyet	14. Martin Bustos Moyano
08. Dwayne Haare	15. Scott Spedding

Replacements: 16 David Roumieu, 17 JC Van Rensburg, 18 Nemiah Tialata, 19 Lisiate Fa'aoso, 20 Opéti Fonua, 21 Jean Monribot, 22 Mike Phillips, 23 Matthieu Ugalde.

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Pool 5 - Lusitanos XV vs Saracens
Location - Estádio Nacional

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Lusitanos XV

01. João Almeida	09. Francisco Pinto de Magalhães
02. Francisco Tavares	10. Pedro Cabral
03. Jorge Segurado
04. Fernando Almeida	11. Gonçalo Foro
05. Rafael Simoes	12. Luis Miguel Leal
06. Antonio Duarte	13. Francisco Appleton
07. Salvador Cunha	14. Afonso Rodrigues
08. Vasco Uva (c)	15. Rodrigo Figueiredo

Replacements: 16 Bruno Medeiros, 17 Duarte Foro, 18 Bruno Rocha, 19 Rui D'Orey, 20 Vasco Fragoso Mendes, 21 Antonio Salgueiro, 22 Pedro Bettencourt Avila, 23 Luis Salema.

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Saracens

Manager – Pooly
 

01. Max Lahiff	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Morne Steyn
03. Hoani Tui
04. Julian Pierre	11. Tim Visser
05. Louis Deacon	12. Luther Burrell
06. Dave Ewers	13. Ryan Crotty
07. George Smith	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Joe van Niekerk(c)	15. Gio Aplon

 
 
 
16. Agustin Creevy  17. Matt Mullen  18. Biyi Alo  19. Rob Simmons  20. Tom Guest  21. Luke Burgess  22. Gareth Steenson  23. Jonathan Davies
 
Tactics:

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly
 

01. Max Lahiff	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Morne Steyn
03. Hoani Tui
04. Julian Pierre	11. Tim Visser
05. Louis Deacon	12. Luther Burrell
06. Dave Ewers	13. Ryan Crotty
07. George Smith	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Joe van Niekerk(c)	15. Gio Aplon

 
 
 
16. Agustin Creevy  17. Matt Mullen  18. Biyi Alo  19. Rob Simmons  20. Tom Guest  21. Luke Burgess  22. Gareth Steenson  23. Jonathan Davies
 
Tactics:

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Yannick Forestier	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Rhys Marshall	10. Toby Flood (K)
03. Will Collier
04. Patricio Albacete	11. Andrew Trimble
05. Mike Williams	12. Bundee Aki
06. Maurie Fa'asavalu	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Sam Jones	14. Tom Varndell
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Juan Martin Hernandez

16. Rob Webber 17. Rhodri Jones 18. Ben Afeaki 19. Kieran Low 20. Chris Robshaw 21. Freddie Michalak 22. Marcelo Bosch 23. Alex Dunbar

Worcester Warriors
Manager - stnick88

01. Nathan Catt	09. Michael Classens
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Remi Tales
03. Halani Aulika
04. James Percival	11. Willie Le Roux
05. James Hudson	12. Olly Barkley
06. Phil Dowson	13. Casey Laulala
07. Shane Jennings	14. Sailosi Tagicakibau
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Delon Armitage

16. Brett Sturgess 17. Dave Ward 18. Brian Mujati 19. Alun Wyn-Jones 20. Ashley Johnson 21. Dimitri Yachvili 22. Tom Casson  23. Mark Cueto

01. Jerome schuster	09. Jack Moates
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Shane Geraghty (K)
03. Antoine Guillamon
04. Stuart Hooper (c)	11. JSD
05. Matt Garvey	12. Luke McAlister
06. Scott Higginbotham	13. JP Pietersen
07. Thierry Dusatoir	14. Bjorn basson
08. Ed Jackson	15. Robbie Henshaw

16. Gerard Ellis 17. Matt Stevens 18. Tom Court 19. Nick Kennedy 20. Mamuka Gorgodze 21. Neil De Kock 22. Owen williams 23. Guy Armitage

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Carl Rimmer	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Kevin Mealamu	10. Dan Biggar
03. Euan Murray
04. George Merrick	11. Nopolini Nalaga
05. Graham Kitchener	12. Sam Hill
06. Rhys Ruddock	13. Joel Tomkins
07. Will Welch	14. Richard Lane
08. Jerome Kaino	15. Rob Miller

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16. Richard Hibbard 17. Cian Healy 18. Davit Kubrashvilli 19. Luke Romano 20. James Haskell 21. Morgen Parra 22.  Anthony Allen 23. Charlie Hodgson

I thought you sold Benjamin mate?

Good point

Made some tweaks, Taylor in AB squad.

Worcester 20-17 Connacht
Connacht aren’t a team to be taken easily at present and I feel that they will give Worcester a scare here.

Brive 14-25 Chiefs
Backrow and a dangerous back three sees Chiefs take the game.

Bath 28-23 Bayonne
More quality from Bath and like their centres here, bench will make a big difference.

Lustianos 5-78 Sarries
The only easy game here, like the Sarries centres and would rather see JVN at 6 and Ewers at 8.

Worcester 26-12 Connacht
In Ireland a different scoreline, but Worcester have a lot of power in the pack and some really good finishers in the backline. With more ball they will get tries.

Irish 28 - 19 Dragons
Another good win for the English side. Good form with the backs and again will be able to get tries outwide.

Brive 11 - 23 Chiefs
Brive a tough place to go to, but way too much class for Chiefs in their match day 23.

Bath 22-13 Bayonne
Bath can match the physicality of Bayonne here and really like the midfield, but is going to be a really tough game. Bayonne play too limited a game style.

Lustianos 5-81 Sarries
Pretty much a cricket score. Not even a contest
The only easy game here, like the Sarries centres and would rather see JVN at 6 and Ewers at 8.

Worcester 25-13 Connacht
Worc have enough about them to pick up the win at home but will need more for the trip to Galway

Irish 35-28 Dragons
Defensive issues for Irish make this a high scorer but they have mnore then enough quality.

Brive 15-28 Chiefs
Chiefs with more then enough about them for the away win.

Bath 25-12 Bayonne
Bayonne don't always travel well and don't see them picking up anything from this game.

Lustianos 7-50 Sarries
No comment really needed. Mind not sure how Ewers would do against better sides at 6.

Worcester 28-12 Connacht
Plenty here to record a solid win
 
Irish 30-18 Dragons
 Routine win for Irish

Brive 20-25 Chiefs
Good win for Exeter
 
Bath 36-10 Bayonne
Strong win for Bath

Warriors 25-14 Connacht
Irish 27-21 Dragons
Brive 19-24 Exeter
Lusitanos 3-63 Saracens

Worcester Warriors 24 - 14 Connacht

Too much overall quality in the warriors side at home. Might be a little tighter in the return game, but it shouldn't really be in doubt.

London Irish 31 - 21 Newport Gwent Dragons

Irish can be got out wide, but they have too much up front to even allow Dragons the sniff of the chance to exploit any weaknesses.

Bath Rugby 26 - 15 Bayonne

The Bath pack and halfbacks have too much experience to see Bath to a safe home win. Just lack a little quality out wide to perhaps get the bonus point however.

XV Lustianos 13 - 44 Saracens

Bit of a whitewash. Like the physical Sarries side. Some real quality coming to the fore. Been mentioned, but JvN at 6 and Ewers at 8 would be much better against tougher opponents.

Worcester Warriors 27- 14 Connacht

Connacht always compete but wuss plough away with It

London Irish 31 - 16Newport Gwent Dragons

Open game but Irish to powerful. Newport will get success out wide

Bath Rugby 26 - 15 Bayonne

One dimensional Bayonne will struggle to score points and this is comfortable

XV Lustianos 11- 62Saracens

Easy win not sure of ewers at 6 though. He has form but I need to see more of him to rate him: looks a prospect for sure

Worcester 25 - 23 Connacht
Irish 21 - 20 NGD
Brive 23 - 25 Exeter
Bath 25 - 18 Bayonne
Lustianos 9 - 64 Saracens

Worcester 25-22 Connacht
Irish 24-11 NGD
Brive 21-24 Exeter
Bath 27-22 Bayonne
Lustianos 9 - 41 Saracens

Irish 28-12 NGD
Brive 18-26 Exeter
Bath 30-18 Bayonne
Lustianos 6 - 49 Saracens

RESULTS:

Worcester Warriors 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)
Connacht 16 (T:1 C:1 P:3)

London Irish 34 (T:4 C:4 P:2)
Newport Gwent Dragons 20 (T:2 C: 2 P:2)

CA Brive 17 (T:3 C:1)
Exeter Chiefs 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)

Bath Rugby 31 (T:5 C:3)
Bayonne 16 (T:1 C:1 P:3)

Lusitanos XV 7 (T:1 C:1)
Saracens 68 (T:10 C:9)