European Challenge Cup Round 6

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Rovigo v London Irish
Location - Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini
Light Cloud, 12 Degrees, 8mph Winds

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Rovigo
15 Stefan Basson 14 Peter Pavanello 13 Francesco Menon 12 Joe van Niekerk 11 Lorenzo Lubian 10 Luciano Rodriguez 9 Marco Frati
1 Nicola Quaglio 2 Enrico Ceccato 3 Massimiliano Ravalle 4 Matteo Maran 5 Jean-Francois Montauriol 6 Emiliano Caffini 7 Edoardo Lubian 8 Guglielmo Zanini

Replacements
16 Luke Mahoney 17 Renzo Balboni 18 Andrea Pozzi 19 Giacomo Riedo 20 Edoardo Ruffolo 21 Giorgio Bronzini 22 Denis Majstorovic 23 Enrico Manghi

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London Irish
Manager - Prop

01. Tom Court	09. Neil De Kock
02. Ross Batty	10. Owen Williams
03. Henry Thomas
04. Stuart Hooper	11. Harry Robinson
05. Tom Savage	12. Cory Allen
06. Jackson Wray	13. Mark Bennett
07. Will Welch	14. Horatio Agulla
08. David  Sisi	15. Jonah Placid

16. Ken Owens 17. Tom  Smallbone 18. Rhodri Jones 19. Devin Toner 20. George Smith 21. Jack Moates 22. Jules Plisson 23. Luke Fitzgerald

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Bucarest v Bath
Location - Stadionul Ghencea II
Light Rain Shower, 11 Degrees, 19mph Winds

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Bucharest

15 Daniel Statulescu 14 Florin Ionita 13 Catalin Dascalu 12 Csaba Gal 11 Ionut Botezatu 10 Florin Vlaicu 9 Florin Surugiu
1 Petru Tamba 2 Otar Turashvili 3 Vlad Badalicescu 4 Petre Neacsu 5 Florin Tatu 6 Johann Van Heerden 7 Constantin Ene 8 Razvan Ailenei

Replacements
16 Alexandru-Claudiu Oancia 17 Silviu Vasiliu 18 Constantin Pristavita 19 Onal Ageacai 20 Mihai Dico 21 Gregorus Diaconescu 22 Adrian Apostol 23 Robert Neagu

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Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Benn Robinson	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Tom Dunn	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Ben Tameifuma
04. Charlie Ewels	11. Jamie Elliot
05. Alexandre Flanquardt	12. Sam Hill
06. Liam Squire	13. Damian De Allende
07. Will Welch	14. Hallan Amos
08. Edwin Maka	15. Alex Goode

16. Richard Hibbard 17. Cian Healy 18. Nic Schonert 19. James Gaskell 20. Siya Kolisi 21. George Di Cothi 22. Christian Lealifano 23. Darren Cave

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Brive v Exeter Chiefs
Location - Stade Amedee-Domenech
Light Cloud, 6 Degrees, 8mph Winds

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Brive
15 Alfi Mafi 14 Venione Voretamaya 13 Andrew Mailei 12 Sevenaia Galala 11 Baptiste Delage 10 Romain Sola 9 Damien Neveu
1 Karlen Asieshvili 2 Thomas Acquier 3 Damien Jourdain 4 Victor Lebas 5 Simon Pinet 6 Kieran Murphy 7 Said Hireche 8 Fabien Sanconnie

Replacements
16 Louis Acosta 17 Johan Coetzee 18 Anton Peikrishvili 19 Russlan Boukerou 20 Tjuee Uanivi 21 Nicolas Bezy 22 Guillaume Namy 23 Atila Septar

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Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Richard Barrington	09. Chris Cook
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Toby Flood
03. Davit Kubriashvili
04. Tomás Lavanini	11. Lolagi Visinia
05. Michael Paterson	12. Ian Madigan
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. Alex Dunbar
07. James Haskell	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Fritz Lee	15. Mike Haley

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16. Sean Cronin 17. Ryan Grant 18. Phil Swainston 19. Patrick Tuipulotu 20. Jacob Rowan 21. Nic White 22. Marnitz Boshoff 23. Tom Varndell

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Saracens v Bayonne
Location - Allianz Park
Light Rain Shower, 5 Degrees, 14mph SW Winds

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Bayonne

15 Martin Bustos Moyano 14 Saimoni Vaka 13 Joe Rokocoko 12 Gaby Lovobalavu 11 Jon Elissalde 10 Santiago Fernandez 9 Guillaume Rouet Piffard
1 JC van Rensburg 2 David Roumieu 3 Aretz Iguiniz 4 Pelu Taele-Pavihi 5 Mark Chisholm 6 Jean Jo Marmouyet 7 Thibaut Visensang 8 Charles Ollivon

Replacements
16 Grégory Arganese 17 Florian Lapeyrade 18 Lucas Pointud 19 Baptiste Chouzenoux 20 Bastien Duhalde 21 Jean Monribot 22 Matthieu Ugalde 23 Clement Ancely

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London Welsh v Lyon
Location - Kassam Stadium
Light Rain, 6 Degrees, 12mph SW Winds

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Lyon

15 Romain Loursac 14 Paul Bonnefond 13 Waisale Sukanaveita 12 Fabrice Estebanez 11 Thibault Regard 10 Lachie Munro 9 Ricky Januarie
1 Bogdan Balan 2 Damian Fitzpatrick 3 Horatiu Pungea 4 Mickael De Marco 5 Christian Njewel 6 Steevy Cerqueira 7 Karim Ghezal 8 Masi Matadigo

Replacements
16 Vincent Colliat 17 Sami Mavinga 18 Anthony Roux 19 Frans Viljoen 20 Eugene N'Zi 21 Mathieu Loree 22 Didier Tison 23 Jerome Porical

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Opposition added.

 London Welsh
Manager – CJ

01. Nathan Catt	09. Ben Spencer
02. Dave Ward	10. Francois Trinh-Duc (k)
03. BJ Botha
04. Jamie Cudmore	11. Mark Cueto
05. Donnacha Ryan	12. George Lowe
06.  Ashley Johnson.	13. Yann David
07. Carl Fearns	14. Eli Walker
08. Tom Guest	15. Chris Pennell

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16. Matt Rees 17. Yannick Forestier 18. Oliver Tomaszczyk    19.   Mike McCarthy    20. Alexandre Lapandry 21. Michael Classens  22. Nick Tompkins 23. Josh Buggea

01. Tom Court	09. Neil De Kock
02. Ross Batty	10. Owen Williams
03. Henry Thomas
04. Stuart Hooper	11. Harry Robinson
05. Tom Savage	12. Cory Allen
06. Jackson Wray	13. Mark Bennett
07. Will Welch	14. Horatio Agulla
08. David  Sisi	15. Jonah Placid

16. Ken Owens 17. Tom  Smallbone 18. Rhodri Jones 19. Devin Toner 20. George Smith 21. Jack Moates 22. Jules Plisson 23. Luke Fitzgerald

Exeter Chiefs name a slightly amended side to the one that picked all five points last weekend away on the road to Oyonnax. Richard Barrington comes into the front row and swaps bench duties with Ryan Grant. There is a slight shift in the back row as James Haskell and Yannick Nyanga are reshuffled to the flanks to make way for new signing at number 8, Fritz Lee. Halfbacks and the midfield remain the same to last weeks side, with only change coming the back line is promising young full back Mike Haley takes the spot of Maxime Medard who drops out of the squad after picking up a slight knock last week. His place on the bench is taken by prolific try scorer Tom Varndell.


Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Richard Barrington	09. Chris Cook
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Toby Flood
03. Davit Kubriashvili
04. Tomás Lavanini	11. Lolagi Visinia
05. Michael Paterson	12. Ian Madigan
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. Alex Dunbar
07. James Haskell	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Fritz Lee	15. Mike Haley

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16. Sean Cronin 17. Ryan Grant 18. Phil Swainston 19. Patrick Tuipulotu 20. Jacob Rowan 21. Nic White 22. Marnitz Boshoff 23. Tom Varndell

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Benn Robinson	09. Maxime Machenaud
02. Tom Dunn	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Ben Tameifuma
04. Charlie Ewels	11. Jamie Elliot
05. Alexandre Flanquardt	12. Sam Hill
06. Liam Squire	13. Damian De Allende
07. Will Welch	14. Hallan Amos
08. Edwin Maka	15. Alex Goode

16. Richard Hibbard 17. Cian Healy 18. Nic Schonert 19. James Gaskell 20. Siya Kolisi 21. George Di Cothi 22. Christian Lealifano 23. Darren Cave

Need a Sarries teamsheet please Pooly

Sorry mate, just started new job and forgot what day it was.

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Fabien Barcella	09. Henry Taylor
02. Jack Walker	10. Bernard Foley
03. Matius Diaz
04. Julian Pierre	11. Nathan Earle
05. Louis Deacon	12. Tom Taylor
06. Joe Batley	13. Maxime Mermoz
07. Matt Hankin	14. Aaron Morris
08. Brad Shields	15. Simon Hammersley

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16. Sam James 17. Paul Hill18. Biyi Alo 19. Tom Jubb 20. Sam Underhill 21. Josh Sharpe 22. George Perkins 23. Charlie Kingsman

Rovigo 18 - 35 London Irish

No problems here. Is that the JvN at 12 for Rovigo?

Bucharesti 5 - 48 Bath

No explanation needed.

Brive 15 - 20 Exeter

Tricky enough fixture. Exeter made to fight.

Saracens 23 - 22 Bayonne

Close this. Home side wins this fixture.

London Welsh 40 - 12 Lyon

Bucharest 5-40 Bath
I'm taking Welch out of the Bath side as I signed him so putting Kolisi in but Bath still have too much.

Brive 14-25 Chiefs
Brive will put up a fight but Chiefs' backrow and half backs will see them across the line.

Sarries 25-20 Bayonne
Sarries front row and centre pairing will get them over the line but not an easy game.

Welsh 42-15 Lyon
Simples.

Rovigo 18 - 35 London Irish

No problems here. Is that the JvN at 12 for Rovigo?

Bucharesti 15 - 30 Bath

It'll be a tough game for the forwards but Bath will get home well in the 2nd.

Brive 18 - 24 Exeter

Brive not so bad and decent home. Good battle for Exeter but they'll get the win.

London Welsh 32 - 18 Lyon

Another good pack battle but Welsh get a good win in the end.

Rovigo 12 - 39 Irish
Bucharest 15 - 40 Bath
Brive 14 - 27 Exeter
Sarries 24 - 21 Bayonne

Rovigo 12 - 55 Irish routine better everywhere
Bucharest 15 - 80 Bath does it need comment?
Brive 11-21 Exeter brive a proud outfit and a challenge however Exeter better and brive discipline terrible
Welsh 50-10 Lyon really one sided our teams will win this cup and become better games when they meet. Removing heino qualification has killed this comp

Rovigo 12 - 45 London Irish

There is too much quality from this young and promising side put out by Prop, and Irish will control the game with ease.

Bucharesti Wolves 10 - 53 Bath Rugby

No real comments needed, bit of a no contest this one.

Saracens 24 - 18 Bayonne

Saracens should get the win, but it won't be easy with their rotated and younger side out. 

London Welsh 32 - 25 Lyon

Welsh have enough in the pack to control the game, and a strong enough platform to achieve the TBP. However Lyon will keep it tight and force Welsh to keep them going throughout.

Rovigo 9-43 Irish
Irish dominate all over

Brive 14-23 Exeter
At home Brive make it difficult

Sarries 26-21 Bayonne
Sarries have enough to overcome difficult challenge

Welsh 38-18 Lyon
Another game too easy for the English team

Rovigo 13-30 London Irish
Bucharesti 6-45 Bath
Brive 19-32 Exeter Chiefs
Saracens 24-18 Bayonne
London Welsh 45-15 Lyon

Rovigo 5-60 London Irish
Rovigo poor and Irish put out a strong team. Not really a contest.

Bucharesti 3-92 Bath
In real life these teams are struggling with big scores against far worse teams than Bath - massive away win.

Brive 17-28 Exeter Chiefs
Hard trip away, but Chiefs will win as picked a strong team.

Saracens 21-19 Bayonne
Quite close due to youth selection for Sarries in some key positions and Bayonne will bully them, but not best Bayonne team out and home win.

London Welsh 32-12 Lyon
Easy home win.

Rovigo 6 London Irish 35
Bucharesti 3 Bath Rugby 67
Brive 16 Exeter Chiefs 35
Saracens 30 Bayonne 16
London Welsh 40 Lyon 13

Rovigo 9-41 London Irish

Rovigo have nothing against a quality Irish team, easy win

Bucharesti 3 - 60 Bath

Bath 23 is on another planet, 60 points is probably a conservative estimate, taken a few off for Welch being on team sheet

Brive 20-27 Exeter

Not a bad matchup, but too much class on show for Exeter for this to be anything other than a comfortable win

Sarries 31-19 Bayonne

Easy win at home against a road French team, still have Deacon on the team sheet though!

Welsh 39-10 Lyon

Welsh team full of a Champions cup quality, and far too much for Lyon at home

RESULTS

Rovigo 11 (T:1 P:2)
London Irish 47 (T:7 C:6)

Bucharest 8 (T:1 P1)
Bath 61 (T:9 C:8)

Brive 16 (T:1 C:1 P:3)
Exeter Chiefs 31 (T:4 C:4 P:1)

Saracens 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)
Bayonne 19 (T:1 C:1 P:4)

London Welsh 44 (T:6 C:4 P:2)
Lyon 15 (P:5)

QUARTER FINALS

Bath Rugby v Connacht Rugby
London Irish v Newport Gwent Dragons
Exeter Chiefs v Cardiff Blues
London Welsh v Saracens