Thursday , October 11
Mont de Marsan vs Gloucester 19:30
Friday , October 12
Grenoble vs Cavalieri Prato 18:30
Bayonne vs Mogliano Rugby 19:00
Saturday , October 13
Bucuresti vs Bath 13:00
Rovigo vs Perpignan 14:00
Bizkaia Gernika RT vs Worcester 15:00
London Welsh vs Stade Francais 15:00
Calvisano vs Agen 18:00
Bordeaux-Begles vs London Irish 20:00
Wasps vs Newport-Gwent D'gons 20:10
Mont de Marsan v Gloucester
Gloucester welcome back England wing Charlie Sharples for their Amlin Challenge Cup opener against Mont de Marsan in France.
Sharples has been sidelined with a shoulder injury suffered during the Aviva Premiership victory over London Irish last month.
Head coach Nigel Davies has rung the changes with Mike Tindall leading the side, while wing Ian Clark and hooker Koree Britton make their European debuts.
There are also opportunities for the likes of full-back Martyn Thomas, fly-half Tim Taylor and flanker Matt Cox, with Jimmy Cowan set for a second successive start from the bench.
Mont de Marsan are currently propping up the French Top 14 with just a solitary point so far this season.
The pool also includes London Irish and Bordeaux-Begles.
Mont de Marsan: tbc
Gloucester: 15 M Thomas; 14 C Sharples, 13 T Molenaar, 12 M Tindall (capt), 11 I Clark; 10 T Taylor, 9 D Lewis; 1 Y Thomas, 2 K Britton, 3 S Knight; 4 P Buxton, 5 W James; 6 M Cox, 7 A Hazell, 8 S Kalamafoni. Replacements: 16 T d'Apice, 17 N Wood, 18 D Chistolini, 19 E Stooke, 20 G Evans, 21 J Cowan, 22 H Trinder, 23 B Twelvetrees
Pete says this is a good Glaws side and should beat MDM. MDM nearly beat Stade at home last week so they may be up for this fight. It will be interesting to see their side before picking the points.
MDM isn't putting out strongest side. Gloucester by 9. Cherry and whites are not a very adventurous side at the best of times.
game over. Game was typical Northern Hemisphere unadventurous rubbish. Gloucester win 11-6.
Friday games preview
Grenoble return to the Amlin Challenge
Cup after a seven-year absence and could well prove to be one of the
surprise title contenders this season.
The club from the Alps have scaled new heights in the Top 14 this
season and lie fifth thanks to their impressive form at Stade
Lesdiguieres.
They start against I Cavalieri Prato and have the vast European experience of Shaun Sowerby, a Heineken Cup winner with Toulouse, at number eight with former Perpignan play-maker Nicolas Laharrague, with nine years of European rugby under his belt, to pull the strings.
It all adds up to a daunting task for the men from Tuscany who have lost their last 11 games since winning their first fixture in Europe - against Connacht in 2010.
Grenoble v I Cavalieri Prato
Stade Lesdiguieres
Grenoble:15 Joaquim Tuculet, 14 Matthieu Nicolas, 13 Rudolf Coetzee, 12 Aloisio Butonidualevu, 11 Florian Ninard, 10 Nicolas Laharrague, 9 Clement Darbo, 8 Flavein Nouhaillaguet, 7 Fabien Alexandre, 6 Florent Fourcade, 5 Andrew Farley, 4 Thibault Rey, 3 Karim Kouider, 2 Vincent Campo, 1 Romain David,
Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Gregory Fabro, 18 Albertus Buckle, 19 Alexandre Pollard, 20 Ronald Cooke, 21 Viliame Waqaseduadua, 22 Jonathan Pelissie, 23 Florian Faure,
I Cavalieri Prato15 Dion Berryman, 14 Filippo Vezzosi, 13 Denis Majstorovic, 12 Ross Mccann, 11 Billy Ngwaini, 10 Riccardo Della Rossa, 9 Pino Patelli, 8 Marco Pelizzari, 7 Diego Delnevo, 6 Alberto Saccardo, 5 Rome Nifo Tautua, 4 Agustin Cavalieri, 3 Cosma Garfagnoli, 2 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 1 Nicolas De Gregori
Replacements:16 Alessandro Borsi, 17 Andrea Lupetti, 18 Alessandro Boscolo, 19 Giacomo Bernini, 20 Marco Frati, 21 Simone ragusi, 22 Michele Sepe, 23 Andrea Pozzi
Kick-off: 18:30 (1730 GMT)
Pete says Grenoble by 35
Actual Grenoble by 59-3
Bayonne v Mogliano
Stade Jean Dauger
Bayonne:15 Cedric Heymans, 14 Sam Gerber, 13 Thibault Lacroix, 12 Gabi Lovobalavu, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Guillaume Rouet, 8 Marc Baget, 7 Jean-Jo Marmouyet, 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Abdellatif Boutaty, 4 Robin Linde, 3 Nemiah Tialata, 2 Gregory Arganese, 1 Vitolio Manukula,
Replacements:16 Francois Da Ros, 17 Marc Legras, 18 Walter Desmaison, 19 Dewald Senekal, 20 Francois Carillo, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Scott Spedding, 23 Matthieu Ugalde,
Mogliano:15 Vittorio Candiago, 14 Alessandro Onori, 13 Enrico Ceccato, 12 Ezio Galon, 11 Filippo Guarducci, 10 Edoardo Padovani, 9 Alberto Lucchese,8 Edoardo Candiago, 7 Marco Barbini, 6 Nicola Corbanese, 5 Enrico Pavanello, 4 Meyer Swanepoel, 3 Augusto Allori, 2 Agustin Costa Repetto , 1 Davide Meggetto.
Replacements: 16 Ivan Gianesini, 17 Laert Naka, 18 Andrea Ceccato, 19 Federico Maso, 20 Mathew Gilbert, 21 Antonio Giabardo, 22 Giovanni Benvenuti, 23 Marco Gazzola,
Kick-off: 19:00 (18:00 GMT)
Pete says Bayonne by 65
Actual bayonne 71-7
Sat games
Bucurest vs Bath Bath won 40-17 and I picked bath by 45....surprised Bucuresti scored anything.
Rovigo vs Perpignan 79-12 to Perps...I only had Perps by 28
Gernika vs Worcester. I had worceter by 26...Worcester won by a cricket score
London welsh vs Stade F. Stade won easily 56-19.. I expected Welsh to put up a scrappier performance and had Stade to win byy only 12.
| Calvisano vs Agen Me Agen by 56 | |||||||||||
| Bordeaux-Begles vs London Irish Me Irish by 21 | |||||||||||
| Wasps vs Newport-Gwent D'gons Me Wasps by 18 |
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