Lyon v Newcastle Falcons

Team for trip to Lyon....

1 Ashley Wells
2 Michael Mayhew,
3 James Hall,
4 Ally Hogg,
5 Tim Swinson,
6 Richard Mayhew,
7 Redford Pennycook,
8 Mark Wilson

9 Chris Pilgrim
10 Joel Hodgson
11 Ryan Shortland
12 James Fitzpatrick
13 Luke Eves
14 Jordi Pasqualin
15 Jimmy Gopperth

Replacements:
16 Joe Graham,
17 Darren Fearn,
18 Euan Murray,
19 Rob Vickers,
20 Will Welch,
21 George McGuigan,
22 Grant Shiells,
23 Will Chudley

Hogg at 4??? Things must be really bad.

I'm pleased Murray is on the bench for Scotland reasons but surely he's your best tighthead. Is he being rested?

Theres a few injuries...manning, catterick etc...but theres a few interesting decisions ....Hogg at 4 yup is one of the stand out ones....

Its a mobile looking pack though with plenty of breakdown grunt...

At least Gopperth is pushed away from the playmaker role....we might actually keep hold of the ball a bit now!....although whilst Hodgson is a real creative type of Fh...he is about 9 stone wet through