European Challenge Cup Round 4

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Saracens v La Rochelle
Location - Allianz Park
Light Rain, 5 Degrees, 16mph WSW Winds

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Nic Auterac	09. Henry Taylor
02. Jack Walker	10. Morne Steyn
03. Matius Diaz
04. Julian Pierre	11. Nathan Earle
05. Louis Deacon	12. Tom Taylor
06. Joe Batley	13. Maxime Mermoz
07. Matt Hankin	14. Aaron Morris
08. Brad Shields	15. Simon Hammersley

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16. Sam James 17. Fabien Barcella 18. Biyi Alo 19. Tom Jubb 20. Sam Underhill 21. Josh Sharpe 22. George Perkins 23. Charlie Kingsman

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La Rochelle

15 Jean-Pascal Barraque, 14 Levani Botia, 13 Alofa Alofa, 12 Kini Murimurivalu, 11 Damien Cler, 10 Jules Lebail, 9 Julien Audy, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Nicolas Djebaili (c), 6 Benoit Guyot, 5 Leandro Cedaro, 4 Jacobus Grobler, 3 Benoit Bourrust, 2 Benjamin Geledan, 1 Jordan Seneca

Replacements: 16 Rassie van Vuuren, 17 Vincent Pelo, 18 Lekso Kaulashvili, 19 Albain Meron, 20 Jone Qovu, 21 Kevin Gourdon, 22 Fabien Fortassin, 23 Hamish Gard

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London Irish v Cardiff Blues
Location - Madjeski Stadium
Light Rain Shower, 6 Degrees, 13mph WSW Winds

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London Irish
Manager – Prop

01. Tom Court	09. Neil De Kock
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Jules Plisson
03. Will Collier
04. Tom Savage	11. Bjorn Basson
05. Stuart Hooper (c)	12. Jaimie Roberts
06. Jackson Wray	13. Conrad Smith
07. George Smith	14. Harry Robinson
08. David Sisi	15. Brice Dulin

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16. Marc Jones 17. Tom Smallbone 18. Rhodri Jones 19. Devin Toner 20. Ben Morgan 21. Rory Kockott 22. Owen Williams 23. JP Pietersen

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Cardiff Blues

15 Adam Thomas, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Cory Allen, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Richard Smith, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Josh Navidi, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Macauley Cook, 5 Josh Turnbull, 4 Filo Paulo, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees (c), 1 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Rory Watts-Jones, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Gareth Davies, 23 Dan Fish

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London Welsh v Edinburgh
Location - Kassem Stadium
Light Cloud, 5 Degrees, 14mph WSW Winds

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 London Welsh
Manager – CJ

01. Nathan Catt	09. Ben Spencer
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Remi Tales(k)
03. Sekope Kepu
04. George Skivington	11. Napoliono Nadolo
05. Sitaleki Timani	12. Kyle Godwin
06. James Haskell c.	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Alexandre Lapandry	14. Rob Horne
08. Victor Vito	15. Chris Pennell

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16. Dave Ward 17. David Kilcoyne 18. BJ Botha   19. Mouritz Botha    20. Ross Rennie  21. Michael Claasens  22. Clement Poitrenaud 23. Mark Cueto

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Edinburgh

15 Nick McLennan, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Grayson Hart, 8 Mike Coman (c) 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Tomas Leonardi, 5 Ben Toolis, 4 Ollie Atkins, 3 WP Nel, 2 James Hilterbrand, 1 Rory Sutherland

Replacements: 16 Neil Cochrane, 17 Grant Shiells, 18 John Andress, 19 Anton Bresler, 20 Stuart McInally, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Greig Tonks, 23 Sam Beard

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Zebre v Exeter Chiefs 
Location - Stadio XXV Aprile
Thick Cloud, 5 Degrees, 2mph NNE Winds

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Zebre

15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Giambattista Venditti, 13 Mirco Bergamasco, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Michele Visentin, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Gullo Palazzani, 8 Dries van Schalkwyk 7 Filippo Cristiano, 6 Jacopo Sarto, 5 Marco Bortolami (c), 4 George Biagi, 3 Dario Chistolini, 2 Andrea Manici

Replacements:1 Andrea Lovotti, 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea de Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Romano, 19 Samu Vunisa, 20 Valerio Bernabo, 21 Brendon Leonard, 22 David Odiete, 23 Kelly Haimona

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Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

BENCH MAN SHORT. FEARNS NAMED TWICE.

01. Ryan Grant	09. Nic White
02. Sean Cronin	10. Camille Lopez
03. Phil Swainston
04. Mike McCarthy	11. Tom Varndell
05. Michael Paterson	12. Ian Madigan
06. Carl Fearns	13. George Lowe
07. Jacob Rowan	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Toby Faletau	15. Jean Marcel Buttin

16. Dimitri Szarzewski 17. Wyatt Crockett 18. Mike Ross 19. Tomas Lavanini 20. 21. Chris Cook 22. Toby Flood 23. Richard Kahui

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Stade Francais v Bath
Location - Stade Jean-Bouin
Heavy Rain, 10 Degrees, 19mph SW Winds

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Stade Français

15 Paul Williams, 14 Jérémy Sinzelle, 13 Herman Meyer Bosman, 12 Krisnan Inu, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Julien Tomas, 1 Santiago Botta, 2 Aled De Malmanche, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 5 Gerhard Mostert, 6 Nicolas Garrault, 7 Pierre Rabadan (c), 8 Jono Ross

Replacements: 16 Zurabi Zhvania, 17 Romain Frou, 18 Adrien Oleon, 19 Julien Nibert, 20 Matthieu Ugena, 21 Jerome Fillol, 22 Vincent Mallet, 23 Benjamin Dumas

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Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. James Slipper	09. Maxine Machenaud
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Jake Cooper Woolley
04. Graham Kitchener	11. Jamie Elliot
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sam Hill
06. Sean O'Brien	13. Damien De Allende
07. Will Welch	14. Nopolini Nalaga
08. Edwin Maka	15. Kurtley Beale

16. Richard Hibbard 17. Cian Healy 18. Charlie Faumaunia 19. Luke Romano  20. Luke Wallace 21. Fourie Du Preez 22. Michele Campagnaro 23. Alex Goode

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La Rochelle:

15 Jean-Pascal Barraque, 14 Levani Botia, 13 Alofa Alofa, 12 Kini Murimurivalu, 11 Damien Cler, 10 Jules Lebail, 9 Julien Audy, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Nicolas Djebaili (c), 6 Benoit Guyot, 5 Leandro Cedaro, 4 Jacobus Grobler, 3 Benoit Bourrust, 2 Benjamin Geledan, 1 Jordan Seneca

Replacements: 16 Rassie van Vuuren, 17 Vincent Pelo, 18 Lekso Kaulashvili, 19 Albain Meron, 20 Jone Qovu, 21 Kevin Gourdon, 22 Fabien Fortassin, 23 Hamish Gard

Edinburgh:

15 Nick McLennan, 14 Dougie Fife, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Grayson Hart, 8 Mike Coman (c) 7 Roddy Grant, 6 Tomas Leonardi, 5 Ben Toolis, 4 Ollie Atkins, 3 WP Nel, 2 James Hilterbrand, 1 Rory Sutherland

Replacements: 16 Neil Cochrane, 17 Grant Shiells, 18 John Andress, 19 Anton Bresler, 20 Stuart McInally, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Greig Tonks, 23 Sam Beard

Zebre:

15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Giambattista Venditti, 13 Mirco Bergamasco, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Michele Visentin, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Gullo Palazzani, 8 Dries van Schalkwyk 7 Filippo Cristiano, 6 Jacopo Sarto, 5 Marco Bortolami (c), 4 George Biagi, 3 Dario Chistolini, 2 Andrea Manici

Replacements:1 Andrea Lovotti, 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea de Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Romano, 19 Samu Vunisa, 20 Valerio Bernabo, 21 Brendon Leonard, 22 David Odiete, 23 Kelly Haimona

Stade Français:

15 Paul Williams, 14 Jérémy Sinzelle, 13 Herman Meyer Bosman, 12 Krisnan Inu, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Julien Tomas, 1 Santiago Botta, 2 Aled De Malmanche, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 5 Gerhard Mostert, 6 Nicolas Garrault, 7 Pierre Rabadan (c), 8 Jono Ross

Replacements: 16 Zurabi Zhvania, 17 Romain Frou, 18 Adrien Oleon, 19 Julien Nibert, 20 Matthieu Ugena, 21 Jerome Fillol, 22 Vincent Mallet, 23 Benjamin Dumas

Cardiff Blues:

15 Adam Thomas, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Cory Allen, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Richard Smith, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Josh Navidi, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Macauley Cook, 5 Josh Turnbull, 4 Filo Paulo, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees (c), 1 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements: 16 Kristian Dacey, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Rory Watts-Jones, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Lewis Jones, 22 Gareth Davies, 23 Dan Fish

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Nic Auterac	09. Henry Taylor
02. Jack Walker	10. Morne Steyn
03. Matius Diaz
04. Julian Pierre	11. Nathan Earle
05. Louis Deacon	12. Tom Taylor
06. Joe Batley	13. Maxime Mermoz
07. Matt Hankin	14. Aaron Morris
08. Brad Shields	15. Simon Hammersley

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16. Sam James 17. Fabien Barcella 18. Biyi Alo 19. Tom Jubb 20. Sam Underhill 21. Josh Sharpe 22. George Perkins 23. Charlie Kingsman

Team subject to change


 London Welsh
Manager – CJ

01. Nathan Catt	09. Ben Spencer
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Remi Tales(k)
03. Sekope Kepu
04. George Skivington	11. Napoliono Nadolo
05. Sitaleki Timani	12. Kyle Godwin
06. James Haskell c.	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Alexandre Lapandry	14. Rob Horne
08. Victor Vito	15. Chris Pennell

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16. Dave Ward 17. David Kilcoyne 18. BJ Botha   19. Mouritz Botha    20. Ross Rennie 21. Michael Claasens  22. Clement Poitrenaud 23. Mark Cueto

London Irish
Manager – Prop

01. Tom Court	09. Neil De Kock
02. Tom Lindsay	10. Jules Plisson
03. Will Collier
04. Tom Savage	11. Bjorn Basson
05. Stuart Hooper (c)	12. Jaimie Roberts
06. Jackson Wray	13. Conrad Smith
07. George Smith	14. Harry Robinson
08. David Sisi	15. Brice Dulin

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16. Marc Jones 17. Tom Smallbone 18. Rhodri Jones 19. Devin Toner 20. Ben Morgan 21. Rory Kockott 22. Owen Williams 23. JP Pietersen

Exeter Chiefs 

Manager – Fluxy

01. Ryan Grant	09. Nic White
02. Sean Cronin	10. Camille Lopez
03. Phil Swainston
04. Mike McCarthy	11. Tom Varndell
05. Michael Paterson	12. Ian Madigan
06. Carl Fearns	13. George Lowe
07. Jacob Rowan	14. Andrew Trimble
08. Toby Faletau	15. Jean Marcel Buttin

16. Dimitri Szarzewski 17. Wyatt Crockett 18. Mike Ross 19. Tomas Lavanini 20. Carl Fearns 21. Chris Cook 22. Toby Flood 23. Richard Kahui

Bath Rugby
Manager – inthefastlane

01. James Slipper	09. Maxine Machenaud
02. Mikey Haywood	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Jake Cooper Woolley
04. Graham Kitchener	11. Jamie Elliot
05. Andries Bekker	12. Sam Hill
06. Sean O'Brien	13. Damien De Allende
07. Will Welch	14. Nopolini Nalaga
08. Edwin Maka	15. Kurtley Beale

16. Richard Hibbard 17. Cian Healy 18. Charlie Faumaunia 19. Luke Romano  20. Luke Wallace 21. Fourie Du Preez 22. Michele Campagnaro 23. Alex Goode

Saracens 30-9 La Rochelle
More creative spark at 10/12 and Sarries could have been looking at a rout.


Irish 28-12 Cardiff
See a messy affair in the pack but some real class in the Irish backs to take the win.


London Welsh 30-18 Edinburgh
Edinburgh poor last week against the real life Welsh and see them struggling against CJs back row. 


Zebre 17-32 Exeter
Touch of class to the Exeter backs and should win well in Italy. Bench aman down though with Fearns named twice.


Stade 16-18 Bath
Some form issues for the Bath pack and see them struggling a bit here until the late emptying of the bench.

Saracens 24 - 20 La Rochelle

Enough to win but not enough for a BP.

London Irish 29 - 23 Cardiff

Irish are well set out but Cardiff have enough to deny the TBP.

London Welsh 34 - 18 Edinburgh

At their strongest Edinburgh can cause real problems but they just aren't at that level today and at home Welsh get the job done.

Zebre 20 - 26 Exeter

Tough away trip where the Chiefs are denied a TBP. That Zebre midfield is packed with class.

Stade 24 - 28 Bath

Toughest trip of the lot but Bath have enough to win it.

Saracens 46 - 9 La Rochelle
Irish 30 - 25 Blues
Zebre 10 - 49 Chiefs
Stade 19 - 34 Bath

London Irish 32 - 15 Cardiff
Irish stronger most areas against poor Cardiff side.

London Welsh 27 - 19 Edinburgh
Edinburgh not firing, routine win.

Zebre 6 - 28 Exeter
Zebre awful, easy win.

Stade 22 - 28 Bath
Hardest game, Stade have great squad but Bath bit too much.

Saracens 27 - 19 La Rochelle
Sarries will have some issues with the two young flankers, as French packs always very physical and aggressive, but apart from that Sarries have a great young team with enough experience to win.

London Irish 30 - 17 Cardiff
Love the Irish centre combination, is world class and can see them causing the Cardiff defence all sorts of issues and the pack will have just enough to edge the opposition and give the backline the space to attack.

London Welsh 38 - 19 Edinburgh
Bonus point win all day long, pack will cause the Scottish team all sorts of problems. Pretty easy win.

Zebre 16 - 28 Exeter
Seems like Zebre have put an extra man on the bench and start with only 14 players...Exeter's trip a little harder in that they have a man short on the bench but still win.

Stade 19 - 25 Bath
Hard place to go away to, but Stade (like a lot of French clubs) don't overly take this competition seriously - Bath have a strong enough team to win by a couple of scores.

Sarries 38-12 La Rochelle
Sarries have enough experience in key areas today.

Welsh 26-15 Edinburgh
Welsh to take advantage of backrow battle.

Zebre 14-30 Chiefs
Chiefs too strong up front for Zebre.

Stade 18-24 Bath
Baths bench wins game for them.

Sarries 33-21 La Rochelle
Irish 28-13 Cardiff
Welsh 32-18 Edinburgh
Zebre 16-24 Exeter

Irish 28-13 Cardiff if irish win parity of ball they have more class in the backs to convert this to points 
Welsh 32-20Edinburgh Welsh have better players and Edinburgh in rotten form.
Routine 
Zebre 11-28Exeter Zebre not a great team. Exeter better in key positions 


Stade 17-24 Bath at home stade will be competitive but the have also shown their disregard for the tournament. Bath have the class for a great victory 

Saracens 39-16 La Rochelle

As last week, don't know much about La Rochelle, but Sarries team looks strong enough in key jerseys to win comfortably

Irish 27-19 Blues
Irish look stronger throughout the pack, and that centre combination could be a great thing to watch when they gel. Plenty off the bench to seal it

London Welsh 31-20 Edinburgh

Like the look of LW pack, plenty of power and technical ability. Halfbacks are solid and Nadolo will probably get a hatful!

Zebre 7-44 Chiefs

Just a vast gap in every area of the field, Exeter can score when they please

Stade 22-26 Bath

This'll be a good test for a young Bath side and I fancy them to come through it. Plenty of quality off the bench to see them home too

RESULTS:

Saracens 39 (T:5 C:4 P:2)
La Rochelle 16 (T:1 C:1 P:3)

London Irish 33 (T:4 C:2 P:3)
Cardiff Blues 17 (T:1 P:4)

London Welsh 35 (T:5 C:2 P:2)
Edinburgh 19 (T:1 C:1 P:4)

Zebre 13 (T:1 C:1 P:2)
Exeter Chiefs 37 (T:5 C:3 P:2)

Stade Francais 19 (T:1 C:1 P:4)
Bath 31 (T:4 C:4 P:1)