Amlin Challange cup round 4

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Pool One

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Bucharest Wolves vs Worcester Warriors
Cloudy, 4 degrees, 7mph winds.

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Worcester Warriors
Manager – Prop

01. George Porter	09. Eion Reddan
02. Chris Fortey	10. Tom Heathcote (k)
03. John Andress
04. Danie Russouw	11. Phil Chesters
05. Dom Barrow	12. Pat McCabe
06. Richard Thorpe	13. Gavin Henson
07. Martyn Williams (c)	14. Julien Malzieu
08. Ben McCalman	15. Greig Tonks

16 Koree Britton 17 Yann Thomas 18 David Flatman 19 Leo Cullen 20 Sebastian Chabal 21 Dwayne Peel 22 Chris Paterson 23 Bryan Habana

Tactics
*We come looking for a big win,
*Henson will run the back line to take some pressure off Heathcote,
*We want quick ball and have picked quick backs to run with it,
*Our pack will look to be all over the place and they all have the stamina to do this (bar Fortey!!),
*To attack the breakdown with venom,
*Have Russouw and McCalman to run off 12 and 13,
*Make holes, quick ball and score!!
*We want our confidence to continue and using the whole squad for this,
*If nothing's on Heathcote will kick for corners for us to challenge their lineouts,
*We want a big win and will be unhappy if we don't bring 5 points away,
*We are not taking them lightly and will look for a forwards battle for first 20 before releasing our backs,
*After a big win we are using similar tactics and will look to bully them more at home and take a bigger score.[/

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Bucharest Wolves
Manager – xxx

01. Madalin Baraulea	09. Gregorus Diaconescu
02. Andrei Radoi	10. Ionut Florea
03. Nicolae Nere
04. Cosmin Ratiu	11. Adrian Apostol
05. Marius Danila	12. Cristian Dinis
06. Mihai Macovei	13. Adrian Barbuliceanu
07. Viorel Lucaci	14. Ionut Niacsu
08. Daniel Ianus	15. Florin Vlaicu

16.Eugen Capatana 17. Andrei Ursache 18. Vlad Badalicescu 19. Cristian Munteanu 20. Bogdan Petreanu 21. Florin Surugiu 22. Florin Fantanaru 23. Costi Gheara

Tactics

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Banca Monte Crociati vs. Stade Francais

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Pool Two

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Exeter Chiefs vs Toulon
Sunny, 8 degrees, 10mph winds.

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Toulon
Manager – xxx

01. Eifion Lewis-Roberts	09. Laurent Magnaval
02. Jean-Charles Orioli	10. Julien Dumora
03. Carl Hayman
04. Konstantine Mikautadze	11. Benjamin Lapeyre
05. Dean Schofield	12. Geoffroy Messina
06. Pierrick Gunther	13. Mathieu Bastareaud
07. Joe El Abd	14. Jeremy Sinzelle
08. SEVA Rokobaro	15. Luke Rooney

16 Mickael Ivaldi, 17 Xavier Chiocci, 18 Levan Chilachava, 19 Alafoti Faosiliva, 20 Baptiste Bonnet, 21 Jonny Wilkinson, 22 Alexis Palisson, 23 Christophe Samson

Tactics

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – Driver

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01. Brett Sturgess	09. Byron Kelleher
02. Damian Varley	10. Colin Slade
03. Dave Wilson
04. Flip Vander Merwe	11. Horace Aguella
05. Juilian Pierre	12. Mike Tindall
06. Ben Skirving	13. George Pisi
07. Lewis Moody (c)	14. Isaia Toeava
08. Nick Easter	15. Lee Byrnet

16.Neil Clark 17.Wyatt Crockett 18.Zirkashvilli 19.James Hudson 20.Johnnie Beattie 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Josh Matavista 23.Chris Bell

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Lyon Rugby vs. Petrarca Padova

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Pool Three

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Bayonne vs Northampton Saints
Sunny, 12 degrees, 2 mph winds.

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Northampton Saints
Manager – Chris

01. Matt Mullan	09. Joe Simpson
02. Dimitri Szaweski	10. Danny Cipriani
03. James Johnson
04. Bradley Davies	11. Christian Wade
05. Simon Taylor	12. Jean de Villiers
06. Liam Messam	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Alexandre Lapandry	14. Tomassi Benvenutti
08. Ryan Kankowski	15. Rory Lamont

16. Chris Whitehead 17. Henry Thomas 18. Matt Stevens 19. Rocky Elsom 20. Courtney Lawes 21. Mike Phillips 22. Shane Geraghty 23. Max Evans

Tactics:
* After winning last week away in France we will look for a repeat performance playing at a much higher tempo and attacking through our big runners in the pack and backline before getting Simpson and Cips to get the ball wide to Benvenutti and Wade.
* Attack from the off and get de Villiers, Lamont and Tuilagi smashing ball up the middle.
* Bring on all the bench who are all impact players to speed the game up and work towards secruing a BP.
* Bayonne team isnt their full team and travelling away, should be a BP win

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Bayonne
Manager – xxx

01. Pierre-Philippe Lafond	09. Laigain
02. David Roumieu	10. Benjamin Boyet
03. Renaud Boyoud
04. Rob Linde	11. Joe Rokocoko
05. Abdellatif Boutaty	12. Lionel Mazars
06. Dwayne Haare	13. Thibault Lacroix
07. Julien Puricelli	14. Sam Gerber
08. Marc Baget-Rabarou	15. Sylvain Bouillon

16 Victor Manukula 17 Neemia Tialata 18 Aretz Iguiniz 19 Sione Lauaki 20 Cedric Garcia 21 Cedric Heymans 22 Clement Lagain 23 Troy Flavell

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Rugby Rovigo vs. Bordeaux-Begles

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Pool Four

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Bath vs. Newport Gwent Dragons
Cloudy, 7 degrees, 14 mph winds.

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Newport Gwent Dragons
Manager – xxx

01. Nathan Williams	09. Wayne Evans
02. Lloyd Burns	10. Jason Tovey
03. Dan Way
04. Adam Jones	11. Aled Brew
05. Robert Sidoli	12. Ashley Smith
06. Lewis Evans	13. Adam Hughes
07. Gavin Thomas	14. Tonderai Chavhanga
08. Toby Faletau	15. Martyn Thomas

16 Rhys Buckley 17 Phil Price 18 Nathan Buck 19 Scott Morgan 20 Andrew Coombs 21 Joe Bedford 22 Lewis Robling 23 Steffan Jones

Tactics

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Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Kane Newport	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Joe Ward	10. David Skrela
03. Euan Murray
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Olly Woodburn
05.James Cannon	12. Ben Williams
06. Tom Guest	13. David Marty
07. Beau Robinson	14. Maxime Medard
08. Gareth Delve	15. Tim Nanai Williams

16 Cian Healy 17 Rob Hawkins 18 Paulica Ion 19 Yoann Maestri 20 Max Northcote-Green 21 Chris Cook 22 Steven Shingler 23 Ugo Monye

Tactics

Real momentum heading into this game with 5 consecutive wins including one over our opponents.

In last year’s European double header weekend (both Amlin + Heineken) the team that won the first match avoided defeat 60% of the time.

Dan Lydiate will be looking to get a few big early hit on Tovey in, in order to un-nerve the Fly Half.

Good crash ball options such as Ben Williams and David Marty will be looking to create gaps for our wingers to exploit.

Look to use the set piece as a platform.

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Perpignan vs. I Cavalieri Prato

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Pool Five

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Agen vs London Wasps
Cloudy, 8 degrees, 6 mph winds.

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London Wasps
Manager – Arry

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02.	10.
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04.	11.
05.	12.
06.	13.
07.	14.
08.	15.

Agen
Manager – xxx

01. Laurent Cabarry	09. Alexi Bales
02. Julien Janaudy	10. Valentin Courrent
03. Beka Sheklashvili
04. Pat O'Connor	11. Saimoni Vaka
05. Damien Lagrange	12. Jamie Robinson
06. Pierre Julien	13. Miguel Avramovic
07. Jerome Mondoulet	14. Kevin Swiryn
08. Antoine Erbani	15. Belisario Agulla

16 Jalil Narjissi, 17 John Schwalger, 18 Martin Scelzo, 19 Dewald Senekal, 20 Adri Badenhorst, 21 Sylvain Dupuy, 22 Mathieu Lamoulie
Tactics

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Rugby Club La Vila vs. Brive

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Team: Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

01. Matt Mullan	09. Joe Simpson
02. Dimitri Szaweski	10. Danny Cipriani
03. James Johnson
04. Bradley Davies	11. Christian Wade
05. Simon Taylor	12. Jean de Villiers
06. Liam Messam	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Alexandre Lapandry	14. Tomassi Benvenutti
08. Ryan Kankowski	15. Rory Lamont

16. Chris Whitehead 17. Henry Thomas 18. Matt Stevens 19. Rocky Elsom 20. Courtney Lawes 21. Mike Phillips 22. Shane Geraghty 23. Max Evans

Tactics:
* After winning last week away in France we will look for a repeat performance playing at a much higher tempo and attacking through our big runners in the pack and backline before getting Simpson and Cips to get the ball wide to Benvenutti and Wade.
* Attack from the off and get de Villiers, Lamont and Tuilagi smashing ball up the middle.
* Bring on all the bench who are all impact players to speed the game up and work towards secruing a BP.
* Bayonne team isnt their full team and travelling away, should be a BP win.

Exeter team updated

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Kane Newport	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Joe Ward	10. David Skrela
03. Euan Murray
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Olly Woodburn
05.James Cannon	12. Ben Williams
06. Tom Guest	13. David Marty
07. Beau Robinson	14. Maxime Medard
08. Gareth Delve	15. Tim Nanai Williams

16 Cian Healy 17 Rob Hawkins 18 Paulica Ion 19 Yoann Maestri 20 Max Northcote-Green 21 Chris Cook 22 Steven Shingler 23 Ugo Monye

Tactics

Real momentum heading into this game with 5 consecutive wins including one over our opponents.

In last year’s European double header weekend (both Amlin + Heineken) the team that won the first match avoided defeat 60% of the time.

Dan Lydiate will be looking to get a few big early hit on Tovey in, in order to un-nerve the Fly Half.

Good crash ball options such as Ben Williams and David Marty will be looking to create gaps for our wingers to exploit.

Look to use the set piece as a platform.

Tactics

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Worcester Warriors
Manager – Prop

01. George Porter	09. Eion Reddan
02. Chris Fortey	10. Tom Heathcote (k)
03. John Andress
04. Danie Russouw	11. Phil Chesters
05. Dom Barrow	12. Pat McCabe
06. Richard Thorpe	13. Gavin Henson
07. Martyn Williams (c)	14. Julien Malzieu
08. Ben McCalman	15. Greig Tonks

16 Koree Britton 17 Yann Thomas 18 David Flatman 19 Leo Cullen 20 Sebastian Chabal 21 Dwayne Peel 22 Chris Paterson 23 Bryan Habana

Tactics
*We come looking for a big win,
*Henson will run the back line to take some pressure off Heathcote,
*We want quick ball and have picked quick backs to run with it,
*Our pack will look to be all over the place and they all have the stamina to do this (bar Fortey!!),
*To attack the breakdown with venom,
*Have Russouw and McCalman to run off 12 and 13,
*Make holes, quick ball and score!!
*We want our confidence to continue and using the whole squad for this,
*If nothing's on Heathcote will kick for corners for us to challenge their lineouts,
*We want a big win and will be unhappy if we don't bring 5 points away,
*We are not taking them lightly and will look for a forwards battle for first 20 before releasing our backs,
*After a big win we are using similar tactics and will look to bully them more at home and take a bigger score.

Waiting on Arry......

Havent seen Arry on here much this week - maybe we put the same team as he had last week?

London Wasps team

1. Benn Robinson
2. Tatafu Polota-Nau
3. James Slipper
4. Steve Mafi
5. Richard Birkett (c)
6. Tom Johnson
7. Deon Stegmann
8. Billy Vunipola

9. Martin Roberts
10. Steven Myler
11. Noah Cato
12. James Downey
13. Stirling Mortlock
14. Matt Banahan
15. Chris Wyles

16. Andy Titterell
17. Charlie Beech
18. CJ Van Der Linde
19. Peter Elder
20. John Hart
21. Nick Phipps
22. Stephen Jones
23. Tom Williams

Sorry but He's got till first set of predictions to get his team in. The rules are Rules Chris.

I'm doing my predictions now.

Bucharest Wolves 9-37 Worcester Warriors
Too much quality on show from Prop

Exeter Chiefs 16-9 Toulon

Chiefs have more on show here but Tindall at 12 kills alot of attacking momentum and makes this closer then it could have been.

Bayonne 13-17 Northampton Saints
Weakened Bayonne side goes down to a decent Saints outfit.

Bath 23-12 Newport Gwent Dragons
Dragons really struggled up forward last week in real life and Bath have a decent pack to do the same to them here.

Agen 28-0 London Wasps
No Wasps team submitted before close of play Thursday

What teams are home and away this week? I know that Saints were away against Bayonne last time, so I'm at home this weeek - but are all the other games right in home and away teams?

Chris the headings are the wrong way but the team sheets are in the right order.

Wolves 12 - 25 Worcester


Exeter 21 - 15 Toulon


Bayonne 17 - 29 Saints


Bath 22 - 20 Dragons


Agen 28 - 0 Wasps

Cheers Driver...

Worcester 48 - 9 Wolves
Even though not Worcester's first team, they have way too much at home for a really, really, really poor team. the subs will see a load of tries towards the end...


Toulon 18 - 19 Exeter
No where near Toulon's first team - there just isnt an attacking threat from Toulon. Tindall's experience will be vital in securing Exeter a well deserved win.


Dragons 19 - 27 Bath
Think ITFL has got a great balance of youth and experience. Dragons havent put out their first team and this does cause problems. Think Bath will get another good win and build up more momentum in the league - drats got them next...


Wasps 0 - 28 Agen
Sorry Arry, I did try and get you a team entered...

Sorry guys I've literally had no time to come what so ever, have been really busy being in my colleges pantomine. Thanks for trying Chris. Sorry guys

Oh no he's not....

Warriors 43-3 Wolves
Toulon 21-23 Exeter
Saints 29-18Bayonne
Wasps 0-28 Agen

Worcester 45-3 Wolves

Comftable win


Toulon 15-18 Exeter

Good away win here, monster Exeter pack

Saints 32-10 Bayonne

Prob get a bumming in the scrum but Saints would net a bagful of tries

Dragons 18-22 Bath

Some good youngsters on show for Bath and just enough

Wolves 10 - 27 Worcester

know need to get out of 3rd gear here.

Toulon 23 - 25 Exeter

Tough place to go is Toulon but Exeter can win here. Good pair of wins.

Northampton 21 - 13 Bayonne

Easy and not a challenge for Saints. Decent bench keeps things close.

Dragons 12 - 17 Bath

Closest game. Rodney Parade very hard place to win. Bath have the team to do it but its not easy.

Warriors 56 Wolves 5
Dragons 22 Bath 23
Saints 23 Bayonne 8
Wasps 0 Agen 28

Exeter 23-20 Toulon


Bayonne 10-25 Saints


Bath 18-15 Dragons


Agen 28 - 0 Wasps

Exeter 22-19 Toulon
Bath 25-21 dragons
Bayonne 15-24 saints
Warriors 38-10 wolves

Well reminded pooly


Exeter 27-19 Toulon
Bath 32-21 dragons
Bayonne 11-33 saints
Warriors 38-0wolves




 

Results:

Bucharest Wolves 7-47 Worcester Warriors

Exeter Chiefs 28-17 Toulon

Bayonne 13-32 Northampton Saints

Bath 29-17 Newport Gwent Dragons

Agen 34-0 London Wasps

Cheers SJE!

Full prediction bonuses to myself, Luke, Chris, Pooly, Steve and Driver. Half bonus to Prop.

Only receive the prediction bonus if all games are predicted on and within the prediction time period (12pm Saturday cut off)

No worries Driver

RESULTS/SCORERS

Worcester Warriors 47 Bucaresti Wolves 7

Tries: Chesters (3), Russouw, Reddan, Tonks, McCabe
Cons: Heathcote (6)

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Tries: Ianus
Cons: Florea

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Toulon 17 Exeter Chiefs 28

Tries: Bastareaud, El Abd
Conversions: Dumora (2)
Penalties: Dumora

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Tries: Pisi, Pierre, Agulla
Conversions: Slade (2)
Penalties; Slade (3)

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Northampton Saints 32 Bayonne 13

Tries: Messam, Tuilagi, Wade, Phillips
Conversions: Cipriani (3)
Penalties: Cipriani (2)

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Tries: Gerber
Conversions: Boyet
Penalties: Boyet (2)

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Newport Gwent Dragons 17 Bath Rugby 29

Tries: Chavhanga, Faletau
Conversions: Tovey (2)
Penalties: Tovey

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Tries: Woodburn, Robinson
Conversions: Skrela (2)
Penalties: Skrela (5)

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London Wasps 0 Agen 34

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Tries: Erbani, Avramovic (2), Bales
Conversions: Courrent (4)
Penalties: Courrent (2)

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