Amlin Challenge Cup Round One

 
 

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Pool 1 - Oyonnax Rugby vs Worcester Warriors
Location - Stade Charles-Mathon

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US Oyonnax

01. Tichit	09. Cibray
02. Clark	10. Urdapilleta
03. Baiocco
04. Nemecek	11. Bousquet
05. Browne	12. Hansel-Pune
06. Diaby	13. Aguillon
07. Slade	14. Codjo
08. Ursache	15. Tian

Replacements: 16 Jenneker, 17 Du Preez, 18 Lagrange, 19 Maafu, 20 Figuerola, 21 Barnard, 22 Paea, 23 Iapteff

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Worcester Warriors

01. Nathan Catt	09. Michael Claasens
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Remi Tales(K)
03. BJ Botha
04. James Percival	11. Eli Walker
05. Dom Barrow	12. Tom Casson
06. David Denton	13. Sailosi Tagicakibau
07. Shane Jennings	14. Mark Cueto
08. Ashley Johnson	15. Ben Ransom

16. Dave Ward 17. Brett Sturgess 18. Oliver Tomaszcyk 19. Alun Wyn-Jones 20. Phil Dowson 21. Dimitri Yachvili 22. Olly Barkley 23. David Strettle

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Pool 2 - Bordeaux-Begles vs London Irish
Location - Stade André-Moga

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Union Bordeaux-Bègles

01. Jean Baptiste Poux	09. Heini Adams
02. Wayne Avei	10. Pierre Bernard
03. Salemane Sa
04. Jandre Marais	11. Blair Connor
05. Alikisio Fakate	12. Julien Rey
06. Louis Benoit Madaule	13. Felix Le Bourhis
07. Hugh Chalmers	14. Metuisela Talebulamaijaina
08. Matthew Clarkin	15. Bruce Reihana

Replacements: 16 Clement Maynadier, 17 Jefferson Poirot, 18 Cameron Treloar, 19 Taiasina Tuifua, 20 Gautier Gibouin, 21 Emmanuel Saubusse, 22 Charles Brousse, 23 Albert Toetu,

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London Irish

Manager - Prop Lyd

01. Tom Court	09. Jack Moates
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Shane Geraghty (K)
03. Antoine Guillamon
04. Stuart Hooper (c)	11. JSD
05. Matt Garvey	12. Luke McAlister
06. Scott Higginbotham	13. Max Evans
07. Thierry Dusatoir	14. Taku Ngwenya
08. Ed Jackson	15. Robbie Henshaw

16. Gerard Ellis 17. Matt Stevens 18. Jerome Schuster 19. Nick Kennedy 20. David Sisi 21. Neil De Kock 22. Nick Evans 23. Guy Armitage

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Pool 3 - Bucharest Wolves vs Exeter Chiefs
Location - Stadionul Naţional de Rugby

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Bucharesti Wolves 

01. Madalin Baraulea	09. Valentin Ivan
02. Eugen Capatana	10. Ionut Dimofte(k)
03. Flavius Dobre
04. Valentin Popirlan	11. Paula Kinikinilau
05. Cosmin Ratiu	12. Florian Fantanaru
06. Viorel Lucaci	13. Csaba Gal
07. Mihai Macovei	14. Jeff Makapelu(c)
08. Daniel Ianus	15. Florian Vlaicu

16. Andrew Radoi 17. Romulus Boar 18. Nicolae Nere 19. Marius Danilai 20. Adrian Ion 21. Florin Surugiu 22. Ionut Florea 23. Marian Apostol

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Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Yannick Forestier	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Rob Webber (c)	10. Stephen Myler (K)
03. Ben Afeaki
04. Bradley Davies	11. Andrew Trimble
05. Al Kellock	12. Bundee Aki
06. Kieran Low	13. Alex Dunbar
07. Sam Jones	14. Tom Varndell
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Matt Tait

16. Sean Cronin 17. Rhodri Jones 18. Will Collier 19. Mike Williams 20. Chris Robshaw 21. Freddie Michalak 22. Toby Flood 23. Maxime Medard

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Pool 4 - Viadana vs Bath Rugby  
Location - Stadio Luigi Zaffanella

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Rugby Viadana 

01. Luca Marchini	09. Giorgio Bronzini
02. Roberto Santamaria	10. Cipriani Giovanni(k)
03. Jack Gilding
04. Matteo Minari	11. Kaine Robertson
05. Adriaan Fondse	12. Gabriel Pizarro
06. Padrò Gonzalo	13. Giorgio Tizzi
07. Andrea Barbieri	14. Ricardo Pavan
08. Federico Manuini	15. Nicolas Amadasi

16.Mattea Cagna  17. Riccardo Cagna 18. Anton Gatti 19. Liviu Pascu 20. Pietro Moreschi 21. John Apperley  22. Nicolò Albano 23. Nicolas Sintich

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Bath Rugby

Manager – inthefastlane

01. Ricky Reeves	09. Morgen Parra
02. Chris Brooker	10. Dan Biggar
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Cory Jane
05. George Merrick	12. Ashley Beck
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Sam Hill
07. Rhys Ruddock	14. Miles Benjamin
08. Jordan Crane	15. Rob Miller

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16. Richard Hibbard 17. James Slipper 18. Carl Rimmer 19. Luke Romano 20. David Pocock 21.  Richard Wigglesworth 22.  Matt Hopper 23. Stuart Hogg

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Pool 5 - Saracens vs I Cavilieri Prato
Location - Allianz Park

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Saracens

Manager – Pooly
 

01. Fabien Barcella	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Tom Taylor
03. Hoani Tui
04. Rob Simmons	11. Tim Visser
05. Luke Charteris	12. Luther Burrell
06. Carl Fearns	13. Ryan Crotty
07. Andy Saull	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Dave Ewers	15. Gio Aplon

 
 
16. Darren Dawidiuk  17. Max Lahiff  18. Biyi Alo  19. Rob Simmons  20. Tom Guest  21. Luke Burgess  22. Gareth Steenson  23. Fergus McFadden
 

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I Cavalieri Prato

01. Alessandro Borsi	09. Pino Patelli
02. Lorenzo Giovanchelli	10. Riccardo Della Rossa (k)
03. Guillermo Roan
04. Agustin Cavalieri (c.)	11. Michele Sepe
05. Giacomo Bernini	12. Ross McCann
06. Alberto Saccardo	13. Denis Majstorovic
07. Luca Petillo	14. Filippo Vezzosi
08. Marco Pelizzari	15. Dion Berryman

16 Niccolo Cannone 17 Renzo Balboni 18 Alessandro Boscolo 19 Edoardo Ruffolo 20 Marco Frati 21 Billy Ngawini 22 Niccolo Tempestini 23 Cosma Garfagnoli

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly
 

01. Fabien Barcella	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Tom Taylor
03. Hoani Tui
04. Rob Simmons	11. Tim Visser
05. Luke Charteris	12. Luther Burrell
06. Carl Fearns	13. Ryan Crotty
07. Andy Saull	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Dave Ewers	15. Gio Aplon

 
 
16. Darren Dawidiuk  17. Max Lahiff  18. Biyi Alo  19. Rob Simmons  20. Tom Guest  21. Luke Burgess  22. Gareth Steenson  23. Fergus McFadden
 
Tactics:

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Ricky Reeves	09. Morgen Parra
02. Chris Brooker	10. Dan Biggar
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Cory Jane
05. George Merrick	12. Ashley Beck
06. Jerome Kaino	13. Sam Hill
07. Rhys Ruddock	14. Miles Benjamin
08. Jordan Crane	15. Rob Miller

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16. Richard Hibbard 17. James Slipper 18. Carl Rimmer 19. Luke Romano 20. David Pocock 21. Richard Wigglesworth 22. Matt Hopper 23. Stuart Hogg

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Yannick Forestier	09. Haydn Thomas
02. Rob Webber (c)	10. Stephen Myler (K)
03. Ben Afeaki
04. Bradley Davies	11. Andrew Trimble
05. Al Kellock	12. Bundee Aki
06. Kieran Low	13. Alex Dunbar
07. Sam Jones	14. Tom Varndell
08. Semisi Taulava	15. Matt Tait

16. Sean Cronin 17. Rhodri Jones 18. Will Collier 19. Mike Williams 20. Chris Robshaw 21. Freddie Michalak 22. Toby Flood 23. Maxime Medard

Worcester Warriors
Manager - stnick88

1 Nathan Catt
2 Richardt Strauss
3 BJ Botha
4 James Percival
5 Dom Barrow
6 Phil Dowson
7 Shane Jennings
8 Ashley Johnson
9 Michael Classens
10 Remi Tales
11 Eli Walker
12 Tom Casson
13 Sailosi Tagicakibau
14 Mark Cueto
15 Ben Ransom

16 Brett Sturgess
17 Dave Ward
18 Oliver Tomaszcyk
19 Alun Wyn-Jones
20 Thomas Waldrom
21 Dimitri Yachvili
22 Olly Barkley
23 David Strettle

01. Tom Court	09. Jack Moates
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Shane Geraghty (K)
03. Antoine Guillamon
04. Stuart Hooper (c)	11. JSD
05. Matt Garvey	12. Luke McAlister
06. Scott Higginbotham	13. Max Evans
07. Thierry Dusatoir	14. Taku Ngwenya
08. Ed Jackson	15. Robbie Henshaw

16. Gerard Ellis 17. Matt Stevens 18. Jerome Schuster 19. Nick Kennedy 20. David Sisi 21. Neil De Kock 22. Nick Evans 23. Guy Armitage

Trying to work out who the seventh EQ for Warriors is. I'm not sure if someone like Claasens is considered EQ!

Claassens is definitely not EQ, he has South African caps.

That is what I thought. Can't see who the seventh guy would be  

sorted!

Oyonnax Rugby 8-28 Worcester Warriors
Unfamiliar back line stops Worc from running riot.

Bordeaux-Begles 14-22 London Irish
Bordeaux going well this year but Irish have the quality to win in France. Don't see a bonus point forthcoming though.

Bucharest Wolves 6-38 Exeter Chiefs
Strong front 5 from Chiefs sets the tone. Could have been looking at a strong score here if more enterprise were shown behind the scrum.

Viadana 15-20 Bath Rugby
Bit of a mix and match from Bath with some players lacking form and not alot of balance to the side. Makes this a much tougher affair then it should have been.

Saracens 38-6 I Cavilieri Prato
Sarries starting to settle now and pick up a comfortable win.

Oyonnax 15-27 Warriors
Oyonnax doing well in Top 14 as underdogs but think Warriors have a bit more killing edge.

Bucharest 7-35 Chiefs
Good mix of youth and experience here for Chiefs, won't be a run away but will be comfortable.

Viadana 12-25 Bath
Bath's backline and bench takes this game.

Sarries 44-6 Prato
Easy victory for Sarries here.

Oyonnax 22-27 Warriors
Oyonnax have been beating the top French teams recently, so this is a tough game for Warriors, but they have that bit more class and can put chances away.

Bordeaux 12 - 31 London Irish
Irish can get on top with the ball carriers and turn over the French team with relative ease here.

Bucharest 3-64 Chiefs
Huge win, look at Chiefs backthree there are 2-3 tries for each of them in this one.

Viadana 3-53 Bath
A smash job again - Viadana not good at all and way too much class for Bath here.

Sarries 84-5 Prato
Could have put out 12 players and still won by 40+, let alone a good team with nice balance throughout. Easy.

Oyonnax 8-35 Warriors
Bordeaux 15-25 London Irish
Bucharest 0-48 Chiefs
Viadana 6-42 Bath

All pretty routine, hard to predict on some of these sides as they're dire. Just no contest in all bar the Irish game.

Oyonaxx 13-32 Warriors
Bordeaux 9-17 Irish
Wolves 3-56 Exeter
Sarries 62-3 Prato

Oyonnax Rugby 12 Worcester Warriors 16

Bordeaux-Begles 10 London Irish 29

Bucharest Wolves 6 Exeter Chiefs 45

Viadana 13 Bath Rugby 60

Saracens 45 I Cavilieri Prato 10

Oyonnax 15 - 22 Worcester

Bordeaux-Begles 12 - 26 Irish

Bucharest 9 - 37 Chiefs

Viadana 13 - 43 Bath

Saracens 41 - 12 I Cavilieri

Oyannax 22 - 24 Worcester
Bordeux 10 -18 Irish
Bucharest 23 - 45 Exeter
Viadana 9 - 35 Bath
Saracens 45 - 20 Calvielri

RESULTS:

Oyonnax Rugby 14 (T2 C:2)
Worcester Warriors 30 (T:4 C:2 P:2)

Bordeaux-Begles 12 (P:4)
London Irish 28(T:3 C:2 P:3)

Bucharest Wolves 7 (T1 C:1)
Exeter Chiefs 50 (T:6 C:4 P:4)

Viadana 10 (T:1 C:1 P:1)
Bath Rugby 43 (T:5 C:3 P:4)

Saracens 55 (T:6 C:5 P:3 DG:2)
I Cavilieri Prato 9 (P:3)

BONUSES:

Full: Prop, Pete, Chris, SJE, Pooly
Scores/Incomplete: CJB, Steve, Luke, Nick
Excused: Matt
Fined: Fluxy & Driver