Fantasy Amlin Challenge Cup Round Five

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P1 Mont de Marsan vs. Sale Sharks

Mont de Marsan

01. Julian Fiorini (c)	09. Arnuad Pic
02. Ephraim Taukafa	10. Alexandre Douvesy
03. Mathieu Giudicelli
04. Sebastien De Chaves	11. William Ryder
05. Scott Murray	12. Tamaz Mchedlidze
06. Yann Brethous	13. Julien Cabannes
07. Vincent Farre	14. Jordan Beaulavon
08. Alexandre Ricaud	15. Yohann Durquet

16. Thomas Bordes 17. Morgan Phelipponneau 18. Vickus Leibenberg 19. Aldric Lescure 20. Benat Arrayet 21. Christofer Baegert 22. Simon Lucu 23. Pieter Grobler


Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. David Paice	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Dave Attwood	11. Kyle Eastmond
05. Christian Day	12. Francois Steyn
06. Alex Tulou	13. Keith Earls
07. Peter O'Mahony	14. David Strettle
08. Wycliffe Palu	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Vasil Kakovin 17. Tommy Taylor 18. Davit Zirakishvilli 19. Brodie Retalick 20. Victor Vito 21. Ben Spencer 22. James Hook 23. Will Addison

Tactics

- Play our usual high tempo style. Big carriers running off 9/10/12 getting over the gainline, quick recycling allowing Care and Sexton to attack the back tracking defence. Plenty of offloading with the back three joining the line in support and Sexton looking for the wrap around.

- Blitz defence with Care sweeping. Two of the back three sitting deep ready to counter attack of loose kicks. Only committing to the breakdown when the opposition carrier is isolated prefering to fan out and strengthen the defensive line.

- Fantastic momentum with 6 wins for 6. Big names selected for continuity as we look to keep this going

- Massive impact off the bench. We won't be letting up with the tempo and are playing for a big win looking to take a top seeding for the knockout stages.

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P1 Bordeaux-Begles vs. Connacht

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P2 Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo s.v Worcester Warriors

Rovigo

01. Otis Lombardi	09. Michele Zanirato
02. Nicola Gatto	10. Mickey Wilson
03. Alessio Ceglie
04. Tommaso Reato (c)	11. Lorenzo Lubian
05. Jean-Francois Montauriol	12. Joe van Niekerk
06. Younes Anouer	13. Francesco menon
07. Jack Jones	14. Alberto Zorzi
08. Stefan Ciochina	15. Rhys Lenarduzzi

16. Giuseppe Datola 17. Nicola Quaglio 18. Corrado Gaeta 19. Daniele Tumiati 20. Carlos Bovolenta 21. Mattia Merlo 22. Davide Duca 23. Matteo Maran


Worcester Warriors
manager - prop_lyd

01. Paul James	09. Eion Reddan
02. Korree Britton	10. Olly Barkley (k)
03. Fraser Balmain
04. Luke Charteris	11. Eli Walker
05. Ollie Kohn	12. Yannick Jauzion
06. Scott Higginbotham	13. Matt Hopper
07. Shane Jennings	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Mamuka Gorgodze	15. Ben Ransom

16. Dave Ward 17. Nathan Catt 18. Chris Budgen 19. Juan Cruz Guilleman 20. Ryan Jones 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Tom Heathcote 23. Fergus McFadden

*Strong runners in our backs and we will use them with Barkley standing flat for quick ball,
*Experienced 2nd and back rows to cause major problems at the ruck,
*Strong bench to continue causing problems,
*5 points is what we want to get momentum for our upcoming league matches.

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P2 Bizkaia Gernika RT vs. Perpignan

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P3 London Wasps vs. Rugby Mogliano

London Wasps

Manager – Fluxy

01. Ben Robinson	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Sean Cronin	10. Stephen Myler
03. James Slipper
04. Mourtiz Botha	11. Matt Banahan
05. Marco Wentzel (C)	12. Dan Hipkiss
06. Samu Manoa	13. George Pisi
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Jordan Crane	15. Mike Brown

16. Huia Edmonds 17. Charlie Beech 18. Shaun Knight 19. Donnacha Ryan 20. Dave Dennis 21. Nick Phipps 22. Brad Barritt 23. Jamie Elliot


Rugby Mogliano

01. Agustin Costa Repetto	09. Enrico Endrizzi
02. Ivan Gianesini	10. Edoardo Padovani
03. Massimiliano Ravalle
04. Federico Maso	11. Ezio Galon
05. Enrico Pavanello	12. Tomasso Boni
06. Marco Barbini	13. Enrico Ceccato
07. Andrea Ceccato (c)	14. Filippo Guarducci
08. Meyer Swanepoel	15. Vittorio Candiago

16. Nicoal Corbanese 17. Laert Naka 18. Gianluca Ceneda 19. Jacopo Bocchi 20. Amedeo Di Pietro 21. Albert Lucchese 22. Giovanni Benvenuti 23. Antonio Giabardo

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P3 Bayonne vs. Newport Gwent Dragons

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P4 Bath Rugby vs. Agen

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Jon Golding	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Kevin Mealamu	10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. Luke Romano	11. Tim Nanai Williams
05. Sam Whitlock	12. Luther Burrell
06. James Haskell	13. JJ Engelbrecht
07. Rhys Ruddock	14. Maxime Medard
08. Tom Guest	15. Rob Miller

16. Ben Alexander 17. Chris Brooker 18. Euan Murray 19. Graham Kitchener 20. JMF Lobbe 21. Aaron Smith 22. Anthony Allen 23. George North


Agen

01. John Schwalger	09. Alexi Bales (c)
02. Marc Barthomeuf	10. Mathieu Lamoulie
03. Gert Muller
04. Leo Bastien	11. Jean-Francois Coux
05. William Demotte	12. Benjamin Petre
06. Antoine Erbani	13. Vincent Roux
07. Pierre Julien	14. Belisario Agulla
08. Uelenitoni Fono	15. Romain Edmond-Samuel

16. Semisi Telefoni 17. Yannic Pitton 18. Viliamu Afatia 19. Lisiate Fa'aoso 20. Remi Vaquin 21. Miguel Avramovic 22. Leka Tagotago 23. Louis Bataille

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P4 Cammi Rugby Calvisano vs. Bucharest Wolves

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P5 London Welsh vs. I Cavalieri Prato

London Welsh
Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Steven Kitschoff	09. Paul Hodgson (c)
02. Rob Hawkins	10. Elton Jantjies
03. Frans Malherbe
04. George Skivington	11. James Simpson-Daniel
05. James Hanks	12. Tom Casson
06. Kevin McLaughlin	13. Darren Cave
07. Luke Wallace	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Jack Nowell

16. Christopher Tolofua 17. Brett Sturgess 18. Craig Mitchell 19. Rynhardt Elstadt 20. Siya Kolisi 21. Tomas O’Leary 22. Butch James 23. Matt Jess

Key Points

• Usual possession gameplan, using our offloading game to keep the ball moving and tire the defence. We want tries in this game as they could have an effect on where we are seeded so we will be turning down kickable penalties to go for as many tries as we can get.
  
• Form/Momentum. Our form over the last 6 matches is WWWWWW.
  
• Home Advantage.
  
• Freshness. We have rested the entire starting XV from last weeks win over Harlequins.
  
• With the exception of Semisi Taulava every player in our matchday squad has played to at least Heineken Cup/Super Rugby standard.
  

I Cavilieri Prato

01. Nicolas de Gregori	09. Pino Patelli
02. Renzo Balboni	10. Simone Ragusi
03. Andrea Pozzi
04. Giuseppe Boggiani	11. Billy Ngwaini
05. Alessandro Boscolo	12. Ross McCann
06. Alfonso Damiani	13. Denis Majstorovic
07. Luca Petillo	14. Alessandro Lunardi
08. Alberto Saccardo	15. Niccolo Tempestini

16. Niccolo Cannone 17. Andrea Lupetti 18. Rome Nifo Tautua 19. Edoardo Ruffolo 20. Leonardo Della Ratta 21. Michele Sepe 22. Fabio Nannini 23. Alessandro Borsi

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P5 Grenoble vs. Stade Francais

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Mark. Ozzy; what are the seeding's so far for the amlin? Just trying to decide what squad to field!

They're on the European homepage mate.

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Jon Golding	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Kevin Mealamu	10. Charlie Hodgson
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. Luke Romano	11. Tim Nanai Williams
05. Sam Whitlock	12. Luther Burrell
06. James Haskell	13. JJ Engelbrecht
07. Rhys Ruddock	14. Maxime Medard
08. Tom Guest	15. Rob Miller

16. Ben Alexander 17. Chris Brooker 18. Euan Murray 19. Graham Kitchener 20. JMF Lobbe 21. Aaron Smith 22. Anthony Allen 23. George North

Cool cheers fella

You've named Medard twice CJB

London Wasps

Manager – Fluxy

01. Ben Robinson	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Sean Cronin	10. Stephen Myler
03. James Slipper
04. Mourtiz Botha	11. Matt Banahan
05. Marco Wentzel (C)	12. Dan Hipkiss
06. Samu Manoa	13. George Pisi
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Topsy Ojo
08. Jordan Crane	15. Mike Brown

16. Huia Edmonds 17. Charlie Beech 18. Shaun Knight 19. Donnacha Ryan 20. Dave Dennis 21. Nick Phipps 22. Brad Barritt 23. Jamie Elliot

London Welsh
Manager – Ozzy3213

01. Steven Kitschoff	09. Paul Hodgson (c)
02. Rob Hawkins	10. Elton Jantjies
03. Frans Malherbe
04. George Skivington	11. James Simpson-Daniel
05. James Hanks	12. Tom Casson
06. Kevin McLaughlin	13. Darren Cave
07. Luke Wallace	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Jack Nowell

16. Christopher Tolofua 17. Brett Sturgess 18. Craig Mitchell 19. Rynhardt Elstadt 20. Siya Kolisi 21. Tomas O’Leary 22. Butch James 23. Matt Jess

Key Points

• Usual possession gameplan, using our offloading game to keep the ball moving and tire the defence. We want tries in this game as they could have an effect on where we are seeded so we will be turning down kickable penalties to go for as many tries as we can get.
  
• Form/Momentum. Our form over the last 6 matches is WWWWWW.
  
• Home Advantage.
  
• Freshness. We have rested the entire starting XV from last weeks win over Harlequins.
  
• With the exception of Semisi Taulava every player in our matchday squad has played to at least Heineken Cup/Super Rugby standard.
  

01. Paul James	09. Eion Reddan
02. Korree Britton	10. Olly Barkley (k)
03. Fraser Balmain
04. Luke Charteris	11. Eli Walker
05. Ollie Kohn	12. Yannick Jauzion
06. Scott Higginbotham	13. Matt Hopper
07. Shane Jennings	14. Marcel Garvey
08. Mamuka Gorgodze	15. Ben Ransom

16. Dave Ward 17. Nathan Catt 18. Chris Budgen 19. Juan Cruz Guilleman 20. Ryan Jones 21. Dwayne Peel 22. Tom Heathcote 23. Fergus McFadden

*Strong runners in our backs and we will use them with Barkley standing flat for quick ball,
*Experienced 2nd and back rows to cause major problems at the ruck,
*Strong bench to continue causing problems,
*5 points is what we want to get momentum for our upcoming league matches.

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. David Paice	10. Johnny Sexton
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Dave Attwood	11. Kyle Eastmond
05. Christian Day	12. Francois Steyn
06. Alex Tulou	13. Keith Earls
07. Peter O'Mahony	14. David Strettle
08. Wycliffe Palu	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Vasil Kakovin 17. Tommy Taylor 18. Davit Zirakishvilli 19. Brodie Retalick 20. Victor Vito 21. Ben Spencer 22. James Hook 23. Will Addison

Tactics

- Play our usual high tempo style. Big carriers running off 9/10/12 getting over the gainline, quick recycling allowing Care and Sexton to attack the back tracking defence. Plenty of offloading with the back three joining the line in support and Sexton looking for the wrap around.

- Blitz defence with Care sweeping. Two of the back three sitting deep ready to counter attack of loose kicks. Only committing to the breakdown when the opposition carrier is isolated prefering to fan out and strengthen the defensive line.

- Fantastic momentum with 6 wins for 6. Big names selected for continuity as we look to keep this going

- Massive impact off the bench. We won't be letting up with the tempo and are playing for a big win looking to take a top seeding for the knockout stages.

Predictions are OPEN

Mont 16-24 Sale

Decent outfit Mont who will play it physical. Sale just have that touch of class throughout though and will come home with a strong win.

Femi 9-42 Worcester

Routine win for Prop

Wasps 39-8 Rugby

Wasps strong throughout, will come away with good win.

Bath 35-12 Agen

Agen are decent outfit but Bath pack especially is mucg stronger.

Welsh 40-6 Prato

Young side for Welsh but again a step up in quality for them.

Marsan 14-32 Sale

Too much quality in the backs here.



Wasps 54-8 Moligano

Forwards and back three will cause major destruction here.



Bath 28-10 Agen

Bath’s big pack and great replacement backs will pull away.



Welsh 58-3 Prato

Pretty simply for Welsh, easy win.

Mont-de-Marsan 17-25 Sale Sharks
MdM a much tougher prospect at home than away, but Sale have a bit too much through the team really for them not to win this game. Big Cliffy Palu and Alex Tulou will get them over the gainline and from there they have the backs to exploit being on the front foot.

Rovigo 10-44 Worcester Warriors
There are a coupe of youngsters in the Worcester team and a few players that I don't really rate (Jennings, Jauzion, Garvey), but they still have far too much for an Rovigo team which is poor in real life. At home it's a complete battering by Worcester, but on their own patch Rovigo will put up some fight but not get close really.

London Wasps 82-6 Rugby Mogliano
Bear in mind that in the last round Mogliana lost away to the Dragons 59-3 in real life and this Wasps team is far superior to the Dragons, which means this has to be an even bigger win. Difficult to judge, as I don't really know any of the Mogliano players but it's a massive win for Wasps.

Bath Rugby 30-14 Agen
Agen aren't a bad side, but away from home and already out the competition I can't see them putting up a massive fight here and Bath ave a strong enough pack to make this a comfortable win at home.

London Welsh 80-3 I Cavilieri Prato
Prato lost 59-3 away to Grenoble in real life in this competition and as with the Wasps match I have to base the score on that sort of thing as I don't know any of the Prato players and London Welsh here are stronger than Grenoble are in real life.

Mont-de-Marsan 9 - 30 Sale Sharks
Hard place to travel to, but Sale too strong all over the park and Sexton to win this easily.

Rovigo 12-55 Worcester Warriors
Easy win, some good try scorers in Warriors team.

London Wasps 75-0 Rugby Mogliano
Can see Mogliano spending most of the time in a huddle under their own posts. More than easy.

Bath Rugby 38-11 Agen
Got some great scorers in the Bath team and players who can come off the bench can really up the tempo near the end.

London Welsh 68-3 Cavilieri Prato
Easy home win again. No contest.

Femi 12-40 Worcester
Good run out for a few of the Warriors younger squad members and newer players

Wasps 30-3 Rugby
Wasps stronger throughout but lacking the spark to put on a ridiculous scoreline win.

Bath 32-18 Agen
Strong line up from Bath but Agen are no mugs and will stop them from running away with this one.

Welsh 52-6 Prato
Some good form for Welsh sees them pick up the biggest win off the weekend

Mont de Marsan 15 - 42 Sale

Good win for Sale. Very strong side and gets the full 5 points.

Rovigo 14 - 36 Worcester

Comfortable 5 points for Worcester. They have planty here and will run Rovigo ragged late on.

Wasps 40 - 18 Mogliano

Similar story. Sides going strong making these predos redundant.

Bath 52 - 12 Agen

No contest at the Rec. In France a little tighter but a bit of a cruise in the 2nd half with a song.

Welsh 43 - 16 Prato

Big win. Welsh form is outstanding at the moment.

Mont-de-Marsan 9 - 30 Sale Sharks
Hard place to travel to, but Sale too strong all over the park and Sexton to win this easily.

Rovigo 12-55 Worcester Warriors
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London Wasps 91-7Rugby Mogliano
Mismatch

Bath Rugby 38-11 Agen
Agen poor travellers and bath with lots of firepower

London Welsh 55-3 Cavilieri Prato
Easy home win again. This European cup is a little one sided until our teams meet each other

Mont de Marsan 12 - 33 Sale

Rovigo 18 - 26 Worcester

Wasps 38 - 15 Mogliano

Bath 36 - 12 Agen

Welsh 30 - 6 Prato