Fantasy Amlin Challenge Cup Round Six

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P1 Sale Sharks vs. Bordeaux-Begles

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. David Paice	10. James Hook
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Dave Attwood	11. Sam Smith
05. Andries Bekker	12. Gael Fickou
06. Peter O'Mahony	13. Yann David
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Will Addison
08. Wycliffe Palu	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Vasil Kakovin 17. Tommy Taylor 18. Davit Zirakishvilli 19. Iain Henderson 20. Victor Vito 21. Ben Spencer 22. Beauden Barrett 23. Tom Brady

Tactics

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

- 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 7 wins for 7. 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.


Bordeaux-Begles

01. Jefferson Poirot	09. Julien Seron
02. Hikairo Forbes	10. Camille Lopez
03. Tamato Leupolu
04. Andrew Chauveau	11. Thierry Brana
05. francois Tisseau	12. Michel Denetre
06. Gouthier Gibouin	13. Charles Brousse
07. Rohan Kitshoff	14. Rafael Carballo
08. Damien Larrieu	15. Lachie Munro

16. Fabien Rofes 17. Franck Labbe 18. Nicolas Descamps 19. Carolis Navickas 20. Hugh Chalmers 21. Baptiste Serin 22. Félix Le Bourhis 23. Louis Madaule

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P1 Connacht vs. Mont de Marsan

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P2 Worcester Warriors vs. Bizkaia Gernika RT

Worcester Warriors

01. Paul James	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Tom Heathcote (k)
03. Chris Budgen
04. Ollie Kohn	11. Eli Walker
05. Luke Charteris	12. Tom Casson
06. Kearnen Myall	13. Matt Hopper
07. Justin Tipuric	14. James Short
08. Ben Morgan	15. Marcelo Bosch

16. Korree Britton 17. Nathan Catt 18. Craig Mitchell 19. Dean Schofield 20.Shane Jennings 21. Kerr Barlow 22. Pat Lambie 23. Yannick Jauzion


Bizkaia Gernika RT

01. Mike Dias	09. Ando Oreja
02. Unai Lasa	10. Deccie Cusack
03. Urru Urrutia
04. Oscar Astarloa	11. Toto Mazzochi
05. Goyo Zabaloy	12. Wins Wilson
06. Jon Magunazelaia	13. Ale torres Suar
07. David Hernandez	14. Ini Olaeta
08. Afa Amosa	15. Fred Montagut

16. Fer Iraizoz 17. Nico Bilbao 18. Borja Mandaluniz 19. Lopa Lopategi 20. Tato Duran 21. Igor Mirones 22. Parrish Garcia Parrado 23. Santi Salas

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P2 Perpignan vs. Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo

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P3 Newport Gwent Dragons vs. London Wasps

Newport Gwent Dragons

01. Owen Evans	09. Jonathan Evans
02. Hugh Gustafson	10. Steffan Jones
03. Nathan Buck
04. Adam Jones	11. Michael Poole
05. Robert Sidoli	12. Andy Tuilagi
06. Jevon Groves	13. Adam Hughes
07. Lewis Evans (c)	14. Will Harries
08. Ieuan Jones	15. Tom Prydie

16. Sam Parry 17. Nathan Williams 18. Tim Ryan 19. Andrew Coombs 20. Toby Faletau 21. Wayne Evans 22. Ashley Smith 23. Jack Dixon


London Wasps

Manager – Fluxy

01. Charlie Beech	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Sean Cronin	10. Rhys Priestland
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Mourtiz Botha	11. Matt Banahan
05. Marco Wentzel (C)	12. Dan Hipkiss
06. Dave Dennis	13. George Pisi
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Jamie Elliot
08. Jordan Crane	15. Geordan Murphy

16. Huia Edmonds 17. Alec Hepburn 18. Shaun Knight 19. Donnacha Ryan 20. John Barclay 21. Nick Phipps 22. Brad Barritt 23. Simon Zebo

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P3 Rugby Mogliano vs. Bayonne

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P4 Bath Rugby vs. Bucharest Wolves

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Cian Healy	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Chris Brooker	10. Rob Miller
03. Ben Alexander
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Richard Lane
05. Tom Donnelly	12. Steven Shingler
06. Brad Shields	13. Ben Mosses
07. David Seymour	14. George North
08. Luke Narraway	15. Hallan Amos

16. Jon Golding 17. Kevin Mealamu 18. Davit Kubrashvilli 19. Luke Romano 20. James Haskell 21. Aaron Smith 22. Charlie Hodgson 23. Stuart Hogg


Bucharest Wolves

01. Flavius Dobre	09. Florin Surugiu
02. Eugen Capatana	10. Mike Wiringi
03. Horace Pungea
04. Cristian Munteanu (c)	11. Marian Apostol
05. Marian Drenceanu	12. Florin Vlaicu
06. Alexandru Mitu	13. Catalin Dascalu
07. Vasile Rus	14. Madalin Lemnaru
08. Daniel Carpo	15. Catalin Fercu

16. Andrei Radoi 17. Romulus Boar 18. Vlad Badalicescu 19. Adrian Ion 20. Grigoras Diaconescu 21. Csaba Gal 22. Ionut Niacsu 23. Dorin Lazar

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P4 Agen vs. Cammi Rugby Calvisano

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P5 Stade Francais Paris vs. London Welsh

Team Name

01. Zurabi Zhvania	09. Jerome Fillol (c)
02. Laurent Sempere	10. Nicolas Bezy
03. Stan Wright
04. Nicolas Garrault	11. Julien Arias
05. Anton van Zyl	12. Jérémy Sinzelle
06. Arthur Chollon	13. Geoffrey Doumayrou
07. Antoine Burban	14. Francis Fainifo
08. David Lyons	15. Jérome Porical

16. Michael Van Vuuren 17. Jérémy Becasseau 18. Nahuel Tetaz 19. Juan Cruz Guillemain 20. Lei Tomiki 21. Julien Dupuy 22. Paul Warwick 23. Paul Sackey


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. Dave McSharry
06. Rynhardt Elstadt	13. Darren Cave
07. Siya Kolisi	14. Matt Jess
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Louis Ludik

16. Christopher Tolofua 17. Brett Sturgess 18. Dave Wilson 19. Jim Hamilton 20. Ofisa Treviranus 21. 22. Owen Farrell 23. Andrew Trimble

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 we want top seeding, but we will build a lead with penalties if necessary to apply pressure and will go for it hell for leather for the bonus point int he final quarter.
  
• Form/Momentum. Our form over the last 7 matches is WWWWWWW.
  
• Stade are out, and will have no interest in this game whatsoever.
  
• Freshness. The team is well rotated and we will go for the full 80 minutes.
  
• Balance. Good blend of youth and experience, which you need to win away games in Europe.
  

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P5 I Cavalieri Prato vs. Grenoble

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London Welsh make 5 changes for this weeks trip to Paris to face Stade Francais, with South African duo Rynhardt Elstadt and Siya Kolisi coming into the back row to replace Kevin McLaughlin and Luke Wallace. In the backs, experienced South African Louis Ludik comes in for Jack Nowell at full back, with Dave McSharry and Matt Jess replacing Tom Casson and Andrew Trimble. New signing Jim Hamilton is included amongst the replacements.

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. Dave McSharry
06. Rynhardt Elstadt	13. Darren Cave
07. Siya Kolisi	14. Matt Jess
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Louis Ludik

16. Christopher Tolofua 17. Brett Sturgess 18. Dave Wilson 19. Jim Hamilton 20. Ofisa Treviranus 21. Nicolas Bezy 22. Owen Farrell 23. Andrew Trimble

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 we want top seeding, but we will build a lead with penalties if necessary to apply pressure and will go for it hell for leather for the bonus point int he final quarter.
  
• Form/Momentum. Our form over the last 7 matches is WWWWWWW.
  
• Stade are out, and will have no interest in this game whatsoever.
  
• Freshness. The team is well rotated and we will go for the full 80 minutes.
  
• Balance. Good blend of youth and experience, which you need to win away games in Europe.
  

01. Paul James	09. Dwayne Peel
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Tom Heathcote (k)
03. Chris Budgen
04. Ollie Kohn	11. Eli Walker
05. Luke Charteris	12. Tom Casson
06. Kearnen Myall	13. Matt Hopper
07. Justin Tipuric	14. James Short
08. Ben Morgan	15. Marcelo Bosch

16. Korree Britton 17. Nathan Catt 18. Craig Mitchell 19. Dean Schofield 20.Shane Jennings 21. Kerr Barlow 22. Pat Lambie 23. Yannick Jauzion

Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Marcos Ayerza	09. Danny Care
02. David Paice	10. James Hook
03. Luc Ducalcon
04. Dave Attwood	11. Sam Smith
05. Andries Bekker	12. Gael Fickou
06. Peter O'Mahony	13. Yann David
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Will Addison
08. Wycliffe Palu	15. Nick Abendanon

16. Vasil Kakovin 17. Tommy Taylor 18. Davit Zirakishvilli 19. Iain Henderson 20. Victor Vito 21. Ben Spencer 22. Beauden Barrett 23. Tom Brady

Tactics

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

- 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 7 wins for 7. 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.

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Cian Healy	09. Richard Wigglesworth
02. Chris Brooker	10. Rob Miller
03. Ben Alexander
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Richard Lane
05. Tom Donnelly	12. Steven Shingler
06. Brad Shields	13. Ben Mosses
07. David Seymour	14. George North
08. Luke Narraway	15. Hallan Amos

16. Jon Golding 17. Kevin Mealamu 18. Davit Kubrashvilli 19. Luke Romano 20. James Haskell 21. Aaron Smith 22. Charlie Hodgson 23. Stuart Hogg

London Wasps

Manager – Fluxy

01. Charlie Beech	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Sean Cronin	10. Rhys Priestland
03. Carlos Nieto
04. Mourtiz Botha	11. Matt Banahan
05. Marco Wentzel (C)	12. Dan Hipkiss
06. Dave Dennis	13. George Pisi
07. Jonathan Poff	14. Jamie Elliot
08. Jordan Crane	15. Geordan Murphy

16. Huia Edmonds 17. Alec Hepburn 18. Shaun Knight 19. Donnacha Ryan 20. John Barclay 21. Nick Phipps 22. Brad Barritt 23. Simon Zebo

Thread updated, predictions OPEN

Sale 38-9 Bordeaux

Sale’s backrows and centres will have a field day!



Dragons 12-28 Wasps

Dragons don’t give up but Wasps have the steady head of Barritt and the pace of Zebo to come on.



Bath 40-3 Wolves

A mainly 2^nd string Bath backline side take an easy win against Wolves.



Stade 16-28 Welsh

Good Stade team but Welsh’s centre pairing has 2 of my favourite centres at present in it and both playing well.

Sale 40 - 15 Bordeaux
Easy win, good backline and power in the forwards to give them plenty of scoring opportunities.

Dragons 17 - 28 Wasps
Dragons will put up a good fight here, but Wasps will win away by a couple of scores.

Bath 53 - 11 Wolves
A lot of youngsters out, which stops this being a similar scoreline to the Worcester game.

Stade 19-27 Welsh
Should be a tighter game, but Stade will have no interest in this game as they are already out and Welsh looking for the away win will get it.

Worcester 92 - 6 BG
Thrashing.

I like that predo Chris!!

Feel free to do the same with my game against Zebre Prop!

Sale 43 - 10 Bordeaux

Easy as usual in this competition. Sale have put out a good pack which gets on top and the backs run in some tries.

Worcester 53 - 12 Gernika

Worcester side good enough to win easily.

NPG 21 - 30 Wasps

Dragons always good at home but Wasps have enough to grind out the win.

Bath 35 - 15 Wolves

3rd string Bath players in some positions. Not one-sided but Bath do get 5 points.

Stade 22 - 26 London Welsh

Best game of the round as it should be a great contest and give Welsh a real test. They take the win, but it is a close one with a Stade side which I like,

Worcester 60-10 Gernika
Pack sets the tempo for a young Warriors backline to run riot


Dragons 18-26 Wasps
Wasps with good impact to pull away late on


Bath 47-12 Wolves
Backs misfire a bit but bench and pack ensure a big win


Stade 17 - 20 London Welsh
Tough trip to France for Welsh but they have enough to see out a tight affair
(2 Bezys on show in this match)

Ah my bad SJE, hadn't realised he was in the Stade side. Will amend my team when on proper computer.

Actually, in the interest of fairness, as has happened with others who've played ineligible players this season, Bezy is removed and I am a man short on the bench!

Sale 52 Bordeaux 6

Bordeaux one of the worst sides i'v ever seen at this level.

Worcester 103 Gernika 3

Big win for the men from Wuss against part timers.

Newport 12 - 20 London Wasps

Wasps have more star dust and are rock solid as a defense.

Bath 45 Wolves 9

Bath stronger through out.


Stade 18 London Welsh 26

Welsh a better side than a Stade team who seem stuck in a rut over the last few years.

No-one think I'd get the TBP?

Sale 45 Bordeaux 6

Bordeaux spoilers. Sale
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Class

Worcester 98 Gernika 7

Basque amateurs struggle.

Newport 12 - 20 London Wasps

Wasps have more stars. Dragons plucky and dogged but lack nous

Bath 102 Wolves 9

Romanians cannot play this level. Some unknown bath players but enough to romp


Stade 18 London Welsh 20

miserable weather and untried combos hinder welsh bit they win away against worst stade team in years.

Sale 42-8 Bordeaux
Wasps are just too good all over the park for me.

Worcester 73-3 Gernika
Gernika just are not good enough

Dragons 15-23 Wasps
Tough game with Dragons at home but Wasps have enough.

Stade 15-19 Welsh
Stade are not as good as they used to be and they struggle against Welsh