Amlin Challenge Cup Round Six

Pool One

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Stade Francais vs. Worcester Warriors
White Cloud, 9 Degrees, 14mph Winds
Stade Francais
Manager – xxx

01. Rodrigo Roncero	09. Julien Dupuy
02. Dimitri Szarzewski	10. Felipe Contepomi
03. David Attoub
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. Francis Fainifo
05. Pascal Pape	12. Martin Rodriguez Gurruchage
06. David Lyons	13. Paul Williams
07. Pierre Rabadan	14. Paul Sackey
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Paul Warwick

16. Aled de Malmanche 17. Rabah Slimani 18. Tom Palmer 19. Scott LaValla 20. Antoine Burban 21. Jerome Fillol 22. Morgan Turinui 23. Stan Wright

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01. Sylvain Marconnet	09. Eion Reddan
02. Michael Mayhew	10.Tom Heathcote
03. BJ Botha
04. Danie Russouw	11. Sean Lamont
05. Ben Gulliver	12. Sam Vesty (k)
06. Ryan Jones	13. Regan King
07. Craig Newby (c)	14. Phil Chesters
08. Mamuka Gorgodze	15. Gavin Henson

16. Chris Forety 17.John Andress 18.Yann Thomas 19. Ollie Kohn 20.Kearnen Myall 21.Byron Kelleher 22.Nicky Robinson 23.Marcel Garvey

*Big pack to equal the battle,
*Look to control the lineout,
*Hit hard in breakdown and let backrow look for ball,
*Godzilla to run off 10-12 and make breaks with Lamont on his shoulder,
*Vesty to take charge at 12 and ease pressure on Heathcote,
*Henson to look to run and cause problems,
*Use bench as and when to add some pace to the back line,
*Hard blitzed defence, looking to stop any kick throughs,
*We are top seeds and THAT WILL NOT change!!

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Bucharest Wolves vs. Banca Monte Crociati

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Pool Two

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Lyon vs. Exeter Chiefs
Light Rain Shower, 8 Degrees, 6mph Winds

Lyon Rugby
Manager – xxx

01. Arnauld Tchougong	09. Ricky Janaurie
02. Jean-Phillipe Bonrepaux	10. Laurent Trainer
03. Philemon Toleafoa
04. Christian Short	11. Remy Grosso
05. Coenie Basson	12. Waisale Sukanaveita
06. Vincent Clement	13. Nicolas Raffault
07. Arnaud Dorier	14. Mosese Ratuvou
08. Nicolas Bontinck	15. Regis Lespinas

16. Antonio Testa 17. Tariel Ratianidze 18. Pierre Vigouroux 19. Juan Manuel Leguizamon 20. Alipate Fatafehi 21. Xavier Sadourny 22. Romain Veniat 23. Sebastien Petit

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Exeter Chiefs
Manager – driver - RIP 606

01. Wyatt Crockett	09. Jimmy Cowen
02. John Smit	10.Colin Slade
03. Davit Zirkashvilli
04. Flip Van Der Merwe	11. Isia Toeava
05. James Hudson	12. Mike Tindall
06. Ben Skirving	13. George Pisi
07. Lewis Moody	14. Vasily Artemyev
08. Nick Easter (c)	15. Lee Bryrne

16. Neil Clark 17.Brett Sturgess 18.Dave Wilson 19. Simon Shaw 20.Johnnie Beattie 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Henry Slade 23.Horace Aguella

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Petrarca Padova vs. Toulon

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Pool Three

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Northampton Saints vs. Bordeaux
Light Rain Showers, 6 Degrees, 21mph Winds
Northampton Saints Team
Manager Dammit Chris

01.Matt Stevens	09.Joe Simpson
02.Dimitri Szawesk	10.Lionel Beauxis (k)
03.Henry Thomas
04. Ali Williams	11.Siti Siviatu
05. Patricio Albacete (c)	12.Wesley Fofana
06. Courtney Lawes	13.Matt Hopper
07.Alexander Lapandry	14.Elliot Daly
08.Liam Messam	15.Danny Cipriani

Subs: 16. Mike Haywood 17. Matt Mullen 18. James Johnson 19.Calum Clark 20. Jackson Wray 21. Charlie Davies 22. Tyler Beyendaal 23. Jamie Elliot

Tactics:
* Picked team that can score tries and move the ball around the pitch
* Picked an experienced team with some great young players
* Lionel Beauxis boot to build the score board - doesn't miss.
* Picked lot of good ball carriers to get over gainline.
* Lot of play off Hopper at 13 and his offloading.
* Really attack minded backline will push for 4 tries
* Blitz defence to put opponents under pressure.

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Bordeaux
Manager – xxx

01. Laurent Delboulbes	09. Heini Adams
02. Ole Avei	10. Gerard Fraser
03. Silviu Florea
04. Cameron Treloar	11. Blair Connor
05. Adam Jaulhac	12. Felix Le Bourhis
06. Justin Purll	13. Andrew Mailei
07. Daniel Leo	14. Vunga Lilo
08. Matthew Clarkin	15. Bruce Reihana

16. Fabien Rofes 17. Hikairo Forbes 18. Francois Tisseau 19. Charlie Ternisien 20. Julien Seron 21. Camille Lopez 22. Thierry Brana 23. Jacobus Roux

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Bayonne vs. Rugby Rovigo

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Pool Four

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Bath Rugby vs. Perpignan
Light Rain, 7 Degrees, 21mph Winds
Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Ben Alexander	09.Richard Wigglesworth
02. Joe Ward	10. David Skrela
03. Euan Murray
04. Donnacha O’Callaghan	11. Tom Varndell
05.Tim Swinson	12. Maxime Mermoz
06. Sean O’Brien	13. David Marty
07.Beau Robinson	14.Aurelien Rougerie
08. Tom Guest	15. Maxime Medard

16. Jon Golding 17. Kevin Mealamu 18. James Currie 19. Louis Deacon 20. James Haskell 21. Chris Cook 22. Kurtley Beale 23. George North

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Perpignan
Manager – xxx

01. Perry Freshwater	09. Florian Cazenave
02. Guilhem Guirado	10. James Hook
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Olivier Olibeau	11. Armand Batlle
05. Robin Tchale-Watchou	12. Maxime Mermoz
06. Ovidiu Tonita	13. Ryan Cross
07. Jean-Pierre Perez	14. Farid Sid
08. Damien Chouly	15. Joffrey Michel

16. Charles Geli 17. Jerome Schuster 18. Yohan Vivalda 19. Romain Taofifenua 20. Betrand Guiry 21. David Mele 22. Rudi Coetzee 23. Kisi Pulu

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Newport Gwent Dragons vs. I Cavieleri Prato

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Pool Five

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London Wasps vs. Brive
White Cloud, 6 Degrees, 19mph Winds
London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Benn Robinson	09. Nick Phipps
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	10. Steven Myler (k)
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Steve Mafi	11. Ugo Monye
05. Richard Birkett	12. Luke McAlister
06. Rocky Elsom (c)	13. Matt Banahan
07. Tom Johnson	14. Tom Williams
08. Simon Taylor	15. Chris Wyles

16. Andy Titterell 17. Charlie Beech 18. CJ Van Der Linde 19. Stuart Hooper 20. John Hart 21. James Honeyben 22. Stephen Jones 23. Takudzwa Ngwenya

Tactics

Brive
Manager – xxx

01. Vassil Kakovin	09. Mathieu Belie
02. Irakli Natriashvili	10. Scott Spedding
03. Pablo Cardinali
04. Retief Uys	11. Ronnie Cooke
05. Arnaud Mela	12. Jamie Noon
06. Antonie Classen	13. Arnuad Mignardi
07. Alexandre Bias	14. Jacques Boussuge
08. Julien Ledevedec	15. Julien Caminati

16. David Khinchagashvili 17. Pablo Henn 18. Thibault Dubarry 19. Olivier Caisso 20. Poutasi Luafutu 21. Jean-Baptiste Pejoine 22. Riaan Swanepoel 23. Pat Barnard

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Agen Rugby vs. Club La Vila

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Cheers for this Pete!


R1 fixtures in case you forgot https://www.606v2.com/t17706-amlin-challenge-cup-round-one

Exeter Chiefs
Manager – driver - RIP 606

01. Wyatt Crockett	09. Jimmy Cowen
02. John Smit	10.Colin Slade
03. Davit Zirkashvilli
04. Flip Van Der Merwe	11. Isia Toeava
05. James Hudson	12. Mike Tindall
06. Ben Skirving	13. George Pisi
07. Lewis Moody	14. Vasily Artemyev
08. Nick Easter (c)	15. Lee Bryrne

16. Neil Clark 17.Brett Sturgess 18.Dave Wilson 19. Simon Shaw 20.Johnnie Beattie 21.Haydn Thomas 22.Henry Slade 23.Horace Aguella

Northampton Saints Team
Manager Dammit Chris

01.Matt Stevens	09.Joe Simpson
02.Dimitri Szawesk	10.Lionel Beauxis (k)
03.Henry Thomas
04. Ali Williams	11.Siti Siviatu
05. Patricio Albacete (c)	12.Wesley Fofana
06. Courtney Lawes	13.Matt Hopper
07.Alexander Lapandry	14.Elliot Daly
08.Liam Messam	15.Danny Cipriani

Subs: 16. Mike Haywood 17. Matt Mullen 18. James Johnson 19.Calum Clark 20. Jackson Wray 21. Charlie Davies 22. Tyler Beyendaal 23. Jamie Elliot

Tactics:
* Picked team that can score tries and move the ball around the pitch
* Picked an experienced team with some great young players
* Lionel Beauxis boot to build the score board - doesn't miss.
* Picked lot of good ball carriers to get over gainline.
* Lot of play off Hopper at 13 and his offloading.
* Really attack minded backline will push for 4 tries
* Blitz defence to put opponents under pressure.

Pool One

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Stade Francais vs. Worcester Warriors
White Cloud, 9 Degrees, 14mph Winds

Stade Francais
Manager – xxx

01. Rodrigo Roncero	09. Julien Dupuy
02. Dimitri Szarzewski	10. Felipe Contepomi
03. David Attoub
04. Gerhard Mostert	11. Francis Fainifo
05. Pascal Pape	12. Martin Rodriguez Gurruchage
06. David Lyons	13. Paul Williams
07. Pierre Rabadan	14. Paul Sackey
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Paul Warwick

16. Aled de Malmanche 17. Rabah Slimani 18. Tom Palmer 19. Scott LaValla 20. Antoine Burban 21. Jerome Fillol 22. Morgan Turinui 23. Stan Wright

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Bucharest Wolves vs. Banca Monte Crociati

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Pool Two

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Lyon vs. Exeter Chiefs
Light Rain Shower, 8 Degrees, 6mph Winds

Lyon Rugby
Manager – xxx

01. Arnauld Tchougong	09. Ricky Janaurie
02. Jean-Phillipe Bonrepaux	10. Laurent Trainer
03. Philemon Toleafoa
04. Christian Short	11. Remy Grosso
05. Coenie Basson	12. Waisale Sukanaveita
06. Vincent Clement	13. Nicolas Raffault
07. Arnaud Dorier	14. Mosese Ratuvou
08. Nicolas Bontinck	15. Regis Lespinas

16. Antonio Testa 17. Tariel Ratianidze 18. Pierre Vigouroux 19. Juan Manuel Leguizamon 20. Alipate Fatafehi 21. Xavier Sadourny 22. Romain Veniat 23. Sebastien Petit

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Petrarca Padova vs. Toulon

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Pool Three

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Northampton Saints vs. Bordeaux
Light Rain Showers, 6 Degrees, 21mph Winds

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Bordeaux
Manager – xxx

01. Laurent Delboulbes	09. Heini Adams
02. Ole Avei	10. Gerard Fraser
03. Silviu Florea
04. Cameron Treloar	11. Blair Connor
05. Adam Jaulhac	12. Felix Le Bourhis
06. Justin Purll	13. Andrew Mailei
07. Daniel Leo	14. Vunga Lilo
08. Matthew Clarkin	15. Bruce Reihana

16. Fabien Rofes 17. Hikairo Forbes 18. Francois Tisseau 19. Charlie Ternisien 20. Julien Seron 21. Camille Lopez 22. Thierry Brana 23. Jacobus Roux

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Bayonne vs. Rugby Rovigo

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Pool Four

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Bath Rugby vs. Perpignan
Light Rain, 7 Degrees, 21mph Winds

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Perpignan
Manager – xxx

01. Perry Freshwater	09. Florian Cazenave
02. Guilhem Guirado	10. James Hook
03. Nicolas Mas
04. Olivier Olibeau	11. Armand Batlle
05. Robin Tchale-Watchou	12. Maxime Mermoz
06. Ovidiu Tonita	13. Ryan Cross
07. Jean-Pierre Perez	14. Farid Sid
08. Damien Chouly	15. Joffrey Michel

16. Charles Geli 17. Jerome Schuster 18. Yohan Vivalda 19. Romain Taofifenua 20. Betrand Guiry 21. David Mele 22. Rudi Coetzee 23. Kisi Pulu

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Newport Gwent Dragons vs. I Cavieleri Prato

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Pool Five

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London Wasps vs. Brive
White Cloud, 6 Degrees, 19mph Winds

Brive
Manager – xxx

01. Vassil Kakovin	09. Mathieu Belie
02. Irakli Natriashvili	10. Scott Spedding
03. Pablo Cardinali
04. Retief Uys	11. Ronnie Cooke
05. Arnaud Mela	12. Jamie Noon
06. Antonie Classen	13. Arnuad Mignardi
07. Alexandre Bias	14. Jacques Boussuge
08. Julien Ledevedec	15. Julien Caminati

16. David Khinchagashvili 17. Pablo Henn 18. Thibault Dubarry 19. Olivier Caisso 20. Poutasi Luafutu 21. Jean-Baptiste Pejoine 22. Riaan Swanepoel 23. Pat Barnard

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Agen Rugby vs. Club La Vila

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London Wasps
Manager – ‘Arry

01. Benn Robinson	09. Nick Phipps
02. Tatafu Polota-Nau	10. Steven Myler (k)
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Steve Mafi	11. Ugo Monye
05. Richard Birkett	12. Luke McAlister
06. Rocky Elsom (c)	13. Matt Banahan
07. Tom Johnson	14. Tom Williams
08. Simon Taylor	15. Chris Wyles

16. Andy Titterell 17. Charlie Beech 18. CJ Van Der Linde 19. Stuart Hooper 20. John Hart 21. James Honeyben 22. Stephen Jones 23. Takudzwa Ngwenya

Tactics
To come...

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Ben Alexander	09.Richard Wigglesworth
02. Joe Ward	10. David Skrela
03. Euan Murray
04. Donnacha O’Callaghan	11. Tom Varndell
05.Tim Swinson	12. Maxime Mermoz
06. Sean O’Brien	13. David Marty
07.Beau Robinson	14.Aurelien Rougerie
08. Tom Guest	15. Maxime Medard

16. Jon Golding 17. Kevin Mealamu 18. James Currie 19. Louis Deacon 20. James Haskell 21. Chris Cook 22. Kurtley Beale 23. George North

01. Sylvain Marconnet	09. Eion Reddan
02. Michael Mayhew	10.Tom Heathcote
03. BJ Botha
04. Danie Russouw	11. Sean Lamont
05. Ben Gulliver	12. Sam Vesty (k)
06. Ryan Jones	13. Regan King
07. Craig Newby (c)	14. Phil Chesters
08. Mamuka Gorgodze	15. Gavin Henson

16. Chris Forety 17.John Andress 18.Yann Thomas 19. Ollie Kohn 20.Kearnen Myall 21.Byron Kelleher 22.Nicky Robinson 23.Marcel Garvey

Pete: could I add a few tactics if that's ok?

*Big pack to equal the battle,
*Look to control the lineout,
*Hit hard in breakdown and let backrow look for ball,
*Godzilla to run off 10-12 and make breaks with Lamont on his shoulder,
*Vesty to take charge at 12 and ease pressure on Heathcote,
*Henson to look to run and cause problems,
*Use bench as and when to add some pace to the back line,
*Hard blitzed defence, looking to stop any kick throughs,
*We are top seeds and THAT WILL NOT change!!

Done

Ta bud!!

Lyon 10-40 Exeter
Januarie not what he used to be. Chiefs back's will run all day.

Saints 42-6 Bordeaux
Again all about the backs with Reihana struggling to stop the constant Hopper breaks.

Bath22-15 Perpignan
Not a runaway win for Bath but bench should see them home.

Wasps 45-12 Brive
Massive win with the Wasps back row and back 3 having a field day.

Stade 15 - 17 Worcester
Narrowest of away wins - really good win and shows how much Worcester have come on since Prop took over.

Lyon 17 - 29 Exeter
Comfortable win, Lyon aren't the greatest team going but France is never an easy place to go.

Bath 31 - 19 Perpignan
Over 10 point win against a team that has a few stars - but that Bath team is looking very tasty and are one to avoid in the next round of this trophy for sure!

Wasps 35 - 12 Brive
Easy win for Wasps, who have got a very strong team - good combinations in the midfield and could release the backthree. 4 tries easily.

Stade 22-18 Warriors

Stade have looked good in Europe and will sneak this one at home

Lyon 12-14 Exeter

Just enough grunt to see of the French minnows

Saints 35-16 Bordeaux

Saints scrum will take a battering but very strong everywhere else and will win at a canter

Bath 26-22 USAP

Mermoz in both sides? Just enough for Bath

Wasps 26-15 Brive

Enough for Wasps for a good win

Stade 23-22 Worcester
So close for Warriors but I think Stade have more players who can play well at the end of a tight European game.

Lyon 13-24 Exeter
Exeter have too much quality for Lyon.

Saints 30-12 Bordeaux
Saints will be too good at home

Wasps 48-9 Brive
Wasps are a different class to this Brive team

Stade 27 - 24 Worcester

Stade have plenty in the pack and enough in the backs to beat Worcester here.

Lyon 20 - 43 Exeter

high scorer where Exeter win easy. Good side put ut by Exe.

Saints 42 - 12 Bordeaux

Easy campaign for Saints so far. Home QF awaits.

Bath 28 - 24 Perpignan

A good battle. Plenty of talent in the Perpignan side but more quality for Bath.

Wasps 21 - 6 Brive

A tough encounter but in the end a comfortable win for Wasps.

Stade 30 - 26 Worcester
Saints 60 - 6 Bordeaux
Bath 20 - 14 Perpignan
Wasps 29 - 6 Brive

Stade 12-12 Warriors



Lyon 12-19 Exeter



Saints 42-12 Bordeaux


Bath 29-22 USAP


Wasps 26-15 Brive

Stade Francais 23 Worcester Warriors 24
Lyon 11 Exeter Chiefs 31
Northampton Saints 46 Bordeaux 3
Bath Rugby 30 USAP 16
London Wasps 30 Brive 16

Stade Francais 23-20 Worcester Warriors

Pack battle slightly edges to Stade and cant see the Worcester forwards giving young Heathcote the platform he needs.

Lyon 11-30 Exeter Chiefs

Northampton Saints 42-11 Bordeaux

Bath Rugby 26-20 USAP

London Wasps 26-15 Brive

Results

Stade Francais 27 Worcester Warriors 22

Tries: Fainifo, Lyons, Williams :~: Lamont
Conversions: Contepomi 3 :~: Heathcote
Penalties: Contepomi 3 :~: Heathcote 5



Lyon 13 Exeter Chiefs 37

Tries: Grosso :~: Artemyev 3, Hudson
Conversions: Trainer :~: Slade 4
Penalties: Trainer 2 :~: Slade 3



Northampton Saints 45 Bordeaux 8

Tries: Lawes, Fofana 2, Simpson, Daly :~: Leo
Conversions: Beauxis 4 :~:
Penalties: Beauxis 4 :~: Fraser



Bath Rugby 35 Perpignan 19

Tries: Guest, Varndell 2, Rougerie, O'Brien :~: Tonita
Conversions: Skrela 5 :~: Hook
Penalties: :~: Hook 4



London Wasps 41 Brive 12

Tries: Elsom, Monye, Johnson, Robinson, Banahan :~:
Conversions: Myler 5 :~:
Penalties: Myler 2 :~: Spedding 4

Is that Saints through as top seeds then Pete? Few teams you don't want to play away from home atm...

Have to say everyone's teams have come on leaps and bounds - some very good squads around now!