Challenge Cup Round Three

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Gloucester Rugby vs La Rochelle
Kingsholm Stadium
Light Cloud, 12 degrees, 11mph South Westerly Winds

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Gloucester
Manager - Anonmattyt

01. Titi Lamositele	09. TJ Perenara
02. Joe Gray	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Uni Atonio
04. Richie Gray	11. Will Addison
05. Elliott Stooke	12. Ryan Crotty
06. Willem Alberts	13. Johan Goosen
07. Julian Salvi	14. Charlie Walker
08. Sam Dickinson	15. Israel Folau

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Subs: 16, Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira, 17. Andries Strauss, 18. Juan Figallo, 19. Tom Croft, 20. Jamie Heaslip, 21. Dan Robson, 22. Billy Burns, 23. Israel Dagg

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La Rochelle

01. Mike Corbel	09. Anthony Fuertes
02. Hikario Forbes	10. Brock James
03. Luc Mousset
04. Romano Graham	11. Steeve Barry
05. Mathieu Tanguy	12. Kini Mirimurivalu
06. Jason Eaton	13. Elliot Roudil
07. Romain Sazy	14. David Raikuna
08. Jone Qovu Nailiko	15. Charles Bouldoire

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16. Jeremie Maurouard 17. Vincent Pelo 18. Mohamed Boughanmi, 19. Leandro Cedaro 20. Afaesetiti Amosa  21. Arthur Retiere 22. Zach Holmes 23. Levani Botia

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Lyon vs Exeter Chiefs
Matmut Stadium
Light Cloud, 6 degrees, 3mph South Easterly Winds

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Lyon

01. Sami Mavinga	09. Baptiste Couilloud
02. Ti'i Paulo	10. Jacques-Louis Potgieter
03. David Attoub
04. Felix Lambey	11. Henry Clunies-Ross
05. Maselino Paulino	12. Thibault Regard
06. Deon Fourie	13. Paul Bonneford
07. Dylan Cretin	14. Frank Romanet
08. Curits Browning	15. Romain Loursac

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16. Vincent Giudicelli 17. Tornike Mataradze 18. BJ Botha 19. Thibault Privat 20. Taiasina Tuifua 21. Didier Tison 22. Pierre-Louis Barassi 23. Jerome Porical

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – StNick

01. Jack Yeandle	09. Nic White
02. Dane Coles	10. Alex Lozowski (k)
03. Harry Williams
04. Jake Ball	11. Noa Nakaitaci
05. Juandre Kruger	12. Stuart McCloskey
06. Dave Ewers	13. Maxime Mermoz
07. Teimana Harrison	14. Olly Woodburn
08. Fritz Lee	15. Maxime Medard

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16. Tom Youngs, 17. Thomas Domingo, 18. Kyle Sinckler, 19. Kane Douglas, 20. Charles Ollivon, 21. Chris Cook 22. Camille Lopez, 23. James Lowe

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Cardiff Blues vs Bath Rugby
Cardiff Arms Park
Light Cloud, 12 degrees, 11mph South Westerly Winds

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Cardiff Blues

01. Gethin Jenkins	09. Lloyd Williams
02. Kirby Myhill	10. Steve Shingler
03. Taufa'ao Filise
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Blaine Scully
05. James Down	12. Garyn Smith
06. Macauley Cook	13. Cory Allen
07. Ellis Jenkins	14. Alex Cuthbert
08. Josh Turnbull	15. Dan Fish

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16. Matthew Rees 17. Rhys Gill 18. Scott Andrews 19. Seb Davies 20. Kristian Dacey 21. Tomos Williams 22. Jarrod Evans 23. Matthew Morgan 

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Bath Rugby
Manager – CJB

01. Steven Kitchoff	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Finn Russell
03. Scott Wilson
04. Mitch Lees	11. Andrew Kellaway
05. Charlie Ewels	12. Sam Hill
06. Dan Lydiate	13. Harold Vorster
07. Liam Gill	14. Ben Loader
08. Josh Beaumont	15. Cheslin Kolbe

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16. Eddy Ben Arous 17. Rory Best 18. Samson Lee 19. Will Skelton 20. Liam Squire 21. Tawera Kerr Barlow 22. Beauden Barrett  23. Liam Williams

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Leicester Tigers vs Newport Gwent Dragons
Welford Road
Light Cloud, 11 degrees, 12mph South Westerly Winds

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Leicester Tigers
Manager – Fluxy

01. Max Lahiff	09. Francois Hougaard
02. Dave Ward	10. Freddie Burns (k)
03. Brian Mujati
04. Pascal Pape (c)	11. Henry Purdy
05. Dominic Bird	12. Billy Twelvetrees
06. Don Armand	13. Mathieu Basteraud
07. Sam Jones	14. Drew Mitchell
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Kurtley Beale

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Subs: 16. Hika Elliott 17. Mikheil Nariashvili 18. Owen Franks 19. Stan South 20. Calum Chick 21. Micky Young 22. James Lang 23. Sean Maitland

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Newport Gwent Dragons

01. Phil Price	09. Charlie Davies
02. Rhys Buckley	10. Angus O'Brien
03. Lloyd Fairbrother
04. Nick Crosswell	11. Adam Warren
05. Rynard Landman	12. Jack Dixon
06. James Thomas	13. Sam Beard
07. Nic Cudd	14. Pat Howard
08. Harrison Keddie	15. Carl Meyer

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16. Darran Harris 17. Thomas Davies 18. Craig Mitchell 19. Matthew Screech 20. Cory Hill 21. Tavis Knoyle 22. Rhys Jones 23. Ashton Hewitt

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Timisoara Saracens vs Worcester Warriors
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu
Sunny Intervals, 5 degrees, 4mph Southerly Winds

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Timisoara Saracens

01. Gigi Militaru	09. Valentin Calafeteanu
02. Andrei Radoi	10. Jody Rose
03. Eddie Aholelei
04. Ionut Muresan	11. Stephen Shennan
05. Valentin Poparlan	12. Jack Umaga
06. Randall Morrison	13. Brian Sefanaia
07. Vasile Rus	14. Tangimana Fonovai
08. Stelian Burcea	15. Catalin Fercu

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16. Eugen Capatana 17. Sione Taupaki 18. Sami Maris 19. Marian Gorcioaia 20. Madalin Lemnaru 21. Daniel Zaharia 22. Daniel Ianus 23. Tevita Manumua

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Worcester Warriors
Manager - Prop

01. Lucas Noguera Paz	09. Sam Harrison
02. Codie Taylor	10. Jules Plisson (k)
03. Henry Thomas
04. Devin Toner	11. James Short
05. Huw Taylor	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Jackson Wray	13. Mark Bennett
07. Matt Todd	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Warren Whiteley	15. Mathew Tait

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16. Jack Walker 17. Ali Dickinson 18. Will Collier 19. Adam Beard 20. Ben Morgan 21. Rory Kockott 22. Owen Williams 23. Brice Dulin

Selected a big pack to go up against what can be a tough Romanian pack. Looking to spread them wide in the backs and use impact from the bench to get a solid win away from home.

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Bristol Rugby vs Pau
Ashton Gate Stadium
Light Cloud, 12 degrees, 10mph South Westerly Winds

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Bristol Team 
Manager: CJ

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Ben Spencer
02. Manuel Montoya	10. Rhys Patchell (k)
03. James Johnston
04. Kearnan Myall	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Grant Gilchrist	12. Piers Francis
06. Carl Fearns	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Judicaël Cancoriet	14. Digby Ioane
08. John Barclay (c)	15. Jesse Mogg

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16. Tom West 17. Rob Buchanan  18. Mike Ross 19. Luke Charteris 20  Josh Van Der Flier 21. Tomas Cubelli 22. Christian Lealiifano 23. Sione Tuipolutu

Tactics:
Attributes:

Attacking:
1) Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
2)  Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises. 
Defending:
1) Breakdown - Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set. 
2) Breakdown - Organised Ruck defence: with guards and body guards set, allowing the rest of the line to set off them.

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Pau

01. Jeremy Hurou	09. Thibault Daubagna
02. Quentin Lespiaucq	10. Santiago Fernandez
03. Sylvain Charlet
04. Masalosalo Tutaia	11. Marvin Lestremau
05. Daniel Ramsay	12. Pierre Dupouy
06. Pierrick Gunther	13. Bastien Pourailly
07. Sean Dougall	14. Louis Dupichot
08. Ben Mowen	15. Charly Malie

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16. Lucas Rey 17. Geoffrey Moise 18. Joel Sclavi 19. Fabrice Metz 20. Giovanni Kueffner 21. Thierry Lacrampe 22. Romain Buros 23. Baptiste Pesenti

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – StNick

01. Jack Yeandle	09. Nic White
02. Dane Coles	10. Alex Lozowski (k)
03. Harry Williams
04. Jake Ball	11. Noa Nakaitaci
05. Juandre Kruger	12. Stuart McCloskey
06. Dave Ewers	13. Maxime Mermoz
07. Teimana Harrison	14. Olly Woodburn
08. Fritz Lee	15. Maxime Medard

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16. Tom Youngs, 17. Thomas Domingo, 18. Kyle Sinckler, 19. Kane Douglas, 20. Charles Ollivon, 21. Chris Cook 22. Camille Lopez, 23. James Lowe

Bath Rugby
Manager – CJB

01. Steven Kitchoff	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Finn Russell
03. Scott Wilson
04. Mitch Lees	11. Andrew Kellaway
05. Charlie Ewers	12. Sam Hill
06. Dan Lydiate	13. Harold Vorster
07. Liam Gill	14. Ben Loader
08. Josh Beaumont	15. Cheslin Kolbe

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16. Eddy Ben Arous 17. Rory Best 18. Samson Lee 19. Will Skelton 20. Liam Squire 21. Tawera Kerr Barlow 22. Beauden Barrett  23. Liam Williams

Bristol Team 
Manager: CJ

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Ben Spencer
02. Manuel Montoya	10. Rhys Patchell(k)
03. James Johnston
04. Kearnan Myall	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Grant Gilchrist	12. Piers Francis
06. Carl Fearns	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Judicaël Cancoriet	14. Digby Ioane
08. John Barclay (c)	15. Jesse Mogg

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16. Tom West 17. Rob Buchanan  18. Mike Ross 19. Luke Charteris 20  Josh Van Der Flier 21. Tomas Cubelli 22. Christian Lealiifano 23. Sione Tuipolutu

Tactics:
Attributes:

Attacking:
1) Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
2)  Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises. 
Defending:
1) Breakdown - Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set. 
2) Breakdown - Organised Ruck defence: with guards and body guards set, allowing the rest of the line to set off them.

All opposition sides updated

Need to update sides, only correct side atm are the Timisoara Saracens

Worcester Warriors
Manager - Prop

01. Lucas Noguera Paz	09. Sam Harrison
02. Codie Taylor	10. Jules Plisson (k)
03. Henry Thomas
04. Devin Toner	11. James Short
05. Huw Taylor	12. Jamie Roberts
06. Jackson Wray	13. Mark Bennett
07. Matt Todd	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Warren Whiteley	15. Mathew Tait

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16. Jack Walker 17. Ali Dickinson 18. Will Collier 19. Adam Beard 20. Ben Morgan 21. Rory Kockott 22. Owen Williams 23. Brice Dulin

Selected a big pack to go up against what can be a tough Romanian pack. Looking to spread them wide in the backs and use impact from the bench to get a solid win away from home.

Team up to date

Gloucester
Manager - Anonmattyt

01. Titi Lamositele	09. TJ Perenara
02. Joe Gray	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Uni Atonio
04. Richie Gray	11. Will Addison
05. Elliott Stook	12. Ryan Crotty
06. Willem Alberts	13. Johan Goosen
07. Julian Salvi	14. Charlie Walker
08. Sam Dickinson	15. Israel Folau

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Subs: 16, Tendai 'Beast' Mtawarira, 17. Andries Strauss, 18. Juan Figallo, 19. Tom Croft, 20. Jamie Heaslip, 21. Dan Robson, 22. Billy Burns, 23. Israel Dagg

Nick - just so you are aware, you are playing a hooker at loosehead?

Oops. Possible to put cook at 9 for white and domingo to loosehead?

Gloucester Rugby 43 - 25 La Rochelle
Gloucester have too much, for a much improved La Rochelle side. La Rochelle will provide a much sterner test in the return game, but the quality from the Cherry & Whites back line, sees them to victory. 

Gloucester Rugby 24 - 23 La Rochelle

Gloucester Rugby 46 - 13 La Rochelle 
Easy win, wouldn't have a single LR player in the home sides match day 23.

Gloucester Rugby 34 - 18 La Rochelle
They might struggle in the scrum but Gloucester in control pretty much everywhere else for a routine win. 

Gloucester Rugby 35 - 17 La Rochelle
Gloucester have too much for the French side in the carrying battle and set piece. With Crotty helping Cips play make and attackers at 9, 10, 13, 14 and 15, Gloucester can basically run riot at times this match 

Gloucester Rugby 43 - 20 La Rochelle
La Rochelle doing well in the Top14 this year, but Glos have put out a strong side, difficult to see the French team being able to handle the Glos backs once they get the ball in hand

Gloucester Rugby 36 - 35 La Rochelle

Lyon 21 - 26 Exeter Chiefs
Lyon will exploit Yeandle being played out of position, but once Domingo is restored, Chiefs will start to turn the tide against a rotated Top 14 side. Will be close, but enough for the win, for the visitors.

Lyon 23 - 23 Exeter Chiefs

Lyon 22 - 36 Exeter Chiefs
Hard place to go, but too much quality from Chiefs.

Lyon 21 - 30 Exeter Chiefs
Exeter pretty strong and more than enough for a struggling Lyon, another good win for an AP side. 

Lyon 20 - 26 Exeter Chiefs
Chiefs have picked a really hard working pack and it will help them tire and break down a stolid Lyon side. Winning away in France always hard but Lozowski can control the game and the power he has outside him beat up the French side 

Lyon 17 - 19 Exeter Chiefs
Exeter have Yeandle out of position, which really hampers them at the scrum. Only the quality in the rest of the side helps overcome the inevitable battering they'll get in the scrum, and they'll squeeze home

Lyon 33 - 34 Exeter Chiefs

Cardiff Blues 23 - 35 Bath Rugby
Despite being short of the internationals, Blues have a very tight unit and with some solid players that will be hard for Bath to breakdown. Bath don't necessarily dominate, but they have too much in reserve for this welsh side.

Cardiff Blues 23 - 24 Bath Rugby

Cardiff Blues 20 - 16 Bath Rugby
Bath don't play their first choice lineup in a lot of areas and Cardiff have a strong side that were very good this weekend.

Cardiff Blues 23 - 25 Bath Rugby
Cardiff not looked great this season but Bath not going in too strong and just scrape through with the win, should have been easier.

Cardiff Blues 14 - 30 Bath Rugby
This doesn't look like a full strength Blues side at all and Bath have an edge in every battle. Wrigglesworth gets a lot out of Russell, and the advantage up front sees the backs get enough dominance of possession win easily 

Cardiff Blues 20 - 34 Bath Rugby
Cardiff have some talented players even though they are shorn of their internationals, and can match Bath in the back row. Other than that, Bath dominate the game, and win this one easily

Cardiff Blues 29 - 30 Bath Rugby

Leicester Tigers 25 - 24 Newport Gwent Dragons

Leicester Tigers 28 - 16 Newport Gwent Dragons
Power of Basteraud will be a huge plus, but away side will cause Tigers front row some issues.

Leicester Tigers 36 - 19 Newport Gwent Dragons
Routine win for the home side with little contest in most areas. Lets hope Pape doesn't get involved in any scuffs 

Leicester Tigers 40 - 11 Newport Gwent Dragons
Leicester are superior in 1-15, especially like the possibility of that backrow and halfbacks in great form. Beale coming back and playing well in real life also adds vital spark and Tigers dominate this one 

Leicester Tigers 36 - 19 Newport Gwent Dragons
Dragons are a poor side, and any team in our league puts them to the sword. Leicester duly oblige

Leicester Tigers 38 - 37 Newport Gwent Dragons

Timisoara Saracens 12 - 57 Worcester Warriors
Prop is wise to front up and use a big pack to ensure that his side gets the possession it needs to win this game. Warriors have the backs to punish Timisoara, but without the required possession, it would mean nothing. Good away win.

Timisoara Saracens 26 - 27 Worcester Warriors

Timisoara Saracens 8 - 50 Worcester Warriors
Too much in the away side with a big win.

Timisoara Saracens 9 - 35 Worcester Warriors
Not heard of many players for the home side. Can't see anything but a good win for Wuss with them taking control from the off. 

Timisoara Saracens 9 - 45 Worcester Warriors
Romania not an easy away game despite the disparity in the sides, but Worcester are strong everywhere and balanced throughout. Don't trust Plisson at 10, love the centres. Easily enough without tactics at length

Timisoara Saracens 10 - 56 Worcester Warriors
Worcester have picked a pack to take on the Romanians, and once they wear them down, will cut them to ribbons in the backs. Easy win

Bristol Rugby 31 - 23 Pau Rugby
Not the easiest contest, and Pau can and have been a slippery banana for teams in the Top 14 and Challenge Cup. I do see there being enough physicality and dynamism from the Bristol pack to get the quick ball that CJ's back line craves. Not a runaway win, but a solid victory nonetheless.

Bristol Rugby 25 - 24 Pau

Bristol Rugby 52 - 14 Pau
Bristol a side that can put a lot of points on the board, good halfback combo. 

Bristol Rugby 39 - 16 Pau
Bristol have way too much quality on show and will be in control from the off. Easy win for a side on the up. 

Bristol Rugby 32 - 20 Pau
Probably the only worthwhile contest this week. Pau will compete up front early doors, but Bristol have plenty of quality in their side, once it gets to their backs they'll get the scores to win the game

Bristol Rugby 34 - 33 Pau