Amlin Challenge Cup Round Three

 
 

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Pool 1 - Worcester Warriors vs Biarritz Olympique
Location - Sixways Stadium
Light Clouds, 6 degrees, 8mph South Westerly Winds

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Worcester Warriors
Manager - stnick88

01. Nathan Catt	09. Tawera Kerr-Barlow
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Remi Tales
03. Halani Aulika
04. James Percival	11. David Strettle
05. Mouritz Botha	12. Tom Casson
06. Ashley Johnson	13. Casey Laulala
07. Shane Jennings	14. Mark Cueto
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Sean Maitland

16. Tendai Mtawrira 17. Dave Ward 18. BJ Botha 19. James Hudson 20. Johnnie Beattie 21. Michael Classens 22. Olly Barkley 23. Eli Walker

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Biarritz Olympique 

01. Alexandre Menini	09. Dimitri Yachvili
02. Jonnah Dabti	10. Dan Waenga
03. Francisco Gomez Kodela
04. Pelu Taele	11. Aled Brew
05. Erik Lund	12. Damien Traille (c)
06. Benoit Guyot	13. Charles Gimenez
07. Josh Furno	14. Taku Ngwenya
08. Seremaia Burotu	15. Joe Pietersen

 Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Fabien Barcella, 18 Eugene Van Staden, 19 Addison Lockley, 20 Tanguy Molcard, 21 Yann Lesgourgues, 22 Julien Peyrelongue, 23 Geoffrey Sella.

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Pool 2  - Rugby Mogliano vs London Irish
Location - Stadio Maurizio Quaggia Winds
Sunny, 8 degrees, 1mph South Westerly

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Rugby Mogliano

01. Agustin Costa Repetto	09. Alberto Lucchese
02. Ornel Gega	10. Matt Cornwell
03. Massimiliano Ravalle
04. Jacopo Bocchi	11. Nicolo' Fadalti
05. Enrico Pavanello	12. Enrico Bacchin
06. Meyer Swanepoel	13. Tommaso Boni
07. Edoardo Candiago (c)	14. Alessandro Onori
08. Thorleif Halvorsen	15. Ezio Galon

Replacements: 16 Ivan Gianesini, 17 Davide Meggetto, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Marco Lazzaroni, 20 Andrea Ceccato, 21 Antonio Giabardo, 22 Edoardo Padovani, 23 Giovanni Benvenuti.

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London Irish

01.Tom Smallbone	09.Ruan Pienaar
02.Tom Lindsay	10. Shane Geraghty (K)
03.Matt Stevens
04.Stuart Hooper (c)	11. Nick Cummins
05.Mike McCarthy	12.Sereli Naqaveluki
06. Matt Garvey	13.Henry Trinder
07.Thierry Dusatoir	14.Taku Ngwenya
08.Ed Jackson	15.Robbie Henshaw

16.Christopher Tolofua 17. Jerome Schuster 18. Antoine Guillamon 19. Nick Kennedy 20. David Sisi 21. Neil De Kock 22. Owen Williams 23. JP Pieterson

International quality throughout
Hard fast running rugby
Use centre to make the breaks and look for offloads
Impact bench to play for a big score

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Pool 3 -  Exeter Chiefs vs Cammi Rugby Calvisano
Location - Sandy Park
Light Cloud, 7 degrees, 7mph South Westerly Winds

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Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Charlie Beech	09. Hadyn Thomas
02. Sean Cronin	10. Stephen Myler (k)
03. Will Collier
04. Bradley Davies (c)	11. Tom Varndell
05. Al Kellock	12. Francis Saili
06. Sam Jones	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Johnny Barclay	14. Maxime Medard
08. Jackson Wray	15. Mathew Tait

16. Jack Yeandle 17. Yannick Forestier 18. Mike Ross 19. Geoff Parling 20. Semisi Taulava 21. Freddie Michalak 22. Toby Flood  23. Marcelo Bosch

Key Points

• Mobile pack picked to dominate the set-pieces and breakdown.
  
• Use the strong forward bench to maintain forward pressure late on and control of the game.
  
• Strong spine in decision making positions of the team. Basic territorial game in conditions. Utilise good territory for attacking opportunities.
  
• Myler will kick all points available, he can kick from within their half.
  
• Home territory - At home Sandy Park is a fortress, and at home we make a fight out of the game and rarely lose.
  
• Keep ball alive in the conditions and get the backs involved where possible.
  

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Cammi Rugby Calvisano

01. Andrea Lovotti	09. Paul Griffen (c)
02. Sami Panico	10. Kelly Haimona
03. Salvatore Costanzo
04. Agustin Cavalieri	11. Michele Visentin
05. Luca Beccaris	12. Alberto Chiesa
06. Nicola Belardo	13. Andy Vilk
07. Stefano Scanferla	14. Pablo Canavosio
08. Braam Steyn	15. Ben De Jager

Replacements: 16 Luigi Ferraro, 17 Andrea Gavazzi, 18 Lorenzo Romano, 19 Michele Andreotti, 20 Paino Hehea, 21 Maxime Mbanda, 22 Marcello Violi, 23 Marco Susio.

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Pool 4 - Grenoble vs Bath Rugby
Location - Stade Lesdiguieres
Light Cloud, 0 degrees, 8mph North Easterly Winds

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Grenoble

01. Romain David	09. Nicolas Bezy
02. Vincent Campo (c)	10. Olly Barkley
03. Richard Choirat
04. Thibault Rey	11. Daniel Kilioni
05. Alten Hulme	12. Geoffroy Messina
06. Cedric Beal	13. Rida Jaouher
07. Fabien Alexandre	14. Ratu Alipate Ratini
08. Florian Faure	15. Jordan Michallet

Replacements: 16 Florian Lescadieu, 17 Kenan Mutapcic, 18 Kevin Goze, 19 Geoffrey Nouhaillaguet, 20 James Hart, 21 Matthieu Nicolas, 22 Shane O'Leary, 23 Henri Vanderglas.

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Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Carl Rimmer	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Chris Brooker	10. Paddy Jackson
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. George Merrick	11. Nopolini Nalaga
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sam Hill
06. Will Skuse	13. Darren Cave
07. David Pocock	14. Jake Arnott
08. Jordan Crane	15. Rob Miller

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16. Agustin Creevey 17. Cian Healy 18. Charlie Faumuania 19. Sam Whitelock 20. James Haskell 21.  Morgen Parra 22. Anthony Allen 23. George North

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Pool 6 - Saracens vs Stade Francais
Location - Allianz Park
Light Cloud, 5 degrees, 9mph South Westerly Winds

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Max Lahiff	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Tom Taylor
03. Clement Ric
04. Julian Pierre(c)	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Tim Swinson	12. Ryan Crotty
06. Brad Shields	13. George Lowe
07. Andy Saull	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Chris Masoe	15. Gio Aplon

16. Max Crumpton   17. Fabien Barcella  18. Biyi Alo  19. Rob Simmons  20. Alessandro Zanni  21. Thomas Chapman  22. Josh Sharpe  23. Nick Tompkins

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Stade Francais

01. Zak Taulafo	09. Clement Daguin
02. Laurent Sempere	10. Vincent Mallet
03. Rabah Slimani
04. Anton van Zyl	11. Julien Arias
05. Pascal Pape (c)	12. Herman Meyer Bosman
06. Antoine Burban	13. Jonathan Danty
07. Nicolas Garrault	14. Adrea Cocagi
08. David Lyons	15. Jerome Porical

Replacements: 16 Remi Bonfils, 17 Romain Frou, 18 David Attoub, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Scott Lavalla, 21 Richard Kingi, 22 Peter Lydon, 23 Geoffrey Doumayrou.

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I think you've missed Sarries out Flux

Updated, again will do opposing sides later.

01.Tom Smallbone	09.Ruan Pienaar
02.Tom Lindsay	10. Shane Geraghty (K)
03.Matt Stevens
04.Stuart Hooper (c)	11. Nick Cummins
05.Mike McCarthy	12.Sereli Naqaveluki
06. Matt Garvey	13.Henry Trinder
07.Thierry Dusatoir	14.Taku Ngwenya
08.Ed Jackson	15.Robbie Henshaw

16.Christopher Tolofua 17. Jerome Schuster 18. Antoine Guillamon 19. Nick Kennedy 20. David Sisi 21. Neil De Kock 22. Owen Williams 23. JP Pieterson

International quality throughout
Hard fast running rugby
Use centre to make the breaks and look for offloads
Impact bench to play for a big score

Cheers fella.

I'll have to do side tomorrow if ok, not got format on phone.

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. Carl Rimmer	09. Fourie Du Preez
02. Chris Brooker	10. Paddy Jackson
03. Davit Kubrashvilli
04. George Merrick	11. Nopolini Nalaga
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sam Hill
06. Will Skuse	13. Darren Cave
07. David Pocock	14. Jake Arnott
08. Jordan Crane	15. Rob Miller

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16. Agustin Creevey 17. Cian Healy 18. Charlie Faumuania 19. Sam Whitelock 20. James Haskell 21.  Morgen Parra 22. Anthony Allen 23. George North

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Max Lahiff	09. Chris Cook
02. Chris Whitehead	10. Tom Taylor
03. Clement Ric
04. Julian Pierre(c)	11. Miles Benjamin
05. Tim Swinson	12. Ryan Crotty
06. Brad Shields	13. George Lowe
07. Andy Saull	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Chris Masoe	15. Gio Aplon

16. Max Crumpton   17. Fabien Barcella  18. Biyi Alo  19. Rob Simmons  20. Alessandro Zanni  21. Thomas Chapman  22. Josh Sharpe  23. Nick Tompkins

Worcester Warriors
Manager - stnick88

01. Nathan Catt	09. Tawera Kerr-Barlow
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Remi Tales
03. Halani Aulika
04. James Percival	11. David Strettle
05. Mouritz Botha	12. Tom Casson
06. Ashley Johnson	13. Casey Laulala
07. Shane Jennings	14. Mark Cueto
08. Thomas Waldrom	15. Sean Maitland

16. Tendai Mtawrira 17. Dave Ward 18. BJ Botha 19. James Hudson 20. Johnnie Beattie 21. Michael Classens 22. Olly Barkley 23. Eli Walker

Pooly you've only got six EQ starters?

Cheers mate

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Charlie Beech	09. Hadyn Thomas
02. Sean Cronin	10. Stephen Myler (k)
03. Will Collier
04. Bradley Davies (c)	11. Tom Varndell
05. Al Kellock	12. Francis Saili
06. Sam Jones	13. Aurelien Rougerie
07. Johnny Barclay	14. Maxime Medard
08. Jackson Wray	15. Mathew Tait

16. Jack Yeandle 17. Yannick Forestier 18. Mike Ross 19. Geoff Parling 20. Semisi Taulava 21. Freddie Michalak 22. Toby Flood  23. Marcelo Bosch

Key Points

• Mobile pack picked to dominate the set-pieces and breakdown.
  
• Use the strong forward bench to maintain forward pressure late on and control of the game.
  
• Strong spine in decision making positions of the team. Basic territorial game in conditions. Utilise good territory for attacking opportunities.
  
• Myler will kick all points available, he can kick from within their half.
  
• Home territory - At home Sandy Park is a fortress, and at home we make a fight out of the game and rarely lose.
  
• Keep ball alive in the conditions and get the backs involved where possible. 
  

Predos Open.

Worc 26-15 Biarritz
Biarritz been pish poor this year and quality on Worc bench can pull away here.


Rugby Mogliano 9-30 London Irish
Irish a step up everywhere!


Exeter Chiefs 41-10 Cammi Rugby Calvisano
Same as Irish above.


Grenoble 15-28 Bath Rugby
Bath hbs can really pull the strings here.


Saracens 25-15 Stade Francais
Bit of a 2nd string from the french who don't travel well anyway. Sarries need a little more spark in the backs to turn this into a bonus point.

Worcester 22-15 Biarritz
Worcester stronger across the board here, routine win

Rugby 6-25 Irish
Easy win

Exeter 39-3 Cammi
Too easy

Grenoble 13-27 Bath
Tougher game but routine

Worcester 25-12 Biarritz
Warriors too strong at half back and on the bench.

Exeter 38-0 Cammi
Too much international quality.

Grenoble 12-28 Bath
Bath too strong, backrow will have a field day.

Sarries 24-14 Stade
Not the strongest side from either team but Sarries have enough tot ake a home victory.

Worcester Warriors 27 Biarritz Olympique 19
Rugby Mogliano 6 London Irish 40
Exeter Chiefs 55 Calvisano 3
Grenoble 19 Bath Rugby 23
Saracens 24 Stade Francais 20

Rugby Mogliano 6 London Irish 32
Exeter Chiefs 37 Calvisano 3
Grenoble 15 Bath Rugby 26
Saracens 27 Stade Francois 17

Worcester Warriors 30 - 22 Biarritz
Rugby Mogliano 9 - 53 London Irish 40
Exeter Chiefs 65 - 3 Calvisano
Grenoble 22 - 31 Bath Rugby
Saracens 23 - 20 Stade Francais

All good wins for the AP clubs, don't think there is a need for an explanation at all with them!

Worcester 18 - 15 Biarritz
Rugby Mogliano 10 - 45 Irish
Exeter 39 - 6 Calvisano
Grenoble 28 - 45 Bath
Saracens 22 - 17 Stade

Worcester 23 - 18 Biarritz

Rugby Mogliano 19 - 37 Irish

Exeter 39 - 12 Calvisano

Grenoble 20 - 39 Bath

Saracens 26 - 18 Stade

Worcester 23 - 18 Biarritz

Rugby Mogliano 9 - 50Irish

Exeter 44 - 12 Calvisano

Grenoble 20 - 45 Bath

Saracens 24- 15 Stade

Worcester 24-16 Biarritz
Mogliano 13-36 Irish
Exeter 40-9 Calvisiano
Sarries 23-16 Stade

Will get to these results later tonight   

RESULTS:

Worcester Warriors 29 (T:3 C:1 P:3 DG:1)
Biarritz Olympique 16 (T:1 C:1 P:3)

Rugby Mogliano 9 (P:3)
London Irish 44 (T:5 C:5 P:3)

Exeter Chiefs 49 (T:7 C:7)
Cammi Rugby Calvisano 6 (P:2)

Grenoble 18 (T:2 C:1 P:2)
Bath Rugby 37 (T:4 C:4 P:3)

Saracens 29 (T:3 C:1 P:3 DG:1)
Stade Francais 17 (T:2 C:2 P:1)

BONUSES:

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

Ah almost the half ton!