Challenge Cup Round Five

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Pau v Gloucester
Stade du Hameau
Light Rain Shower, 6 Degrees, 5mph W Winds

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Pau

01. Julien Jacquot	09. Thierry Lacrampe
02. Thomas Bianchin	10. Brandon Fajardo
03. Chris King
04. Cameron Pierce	11. Mathieu Acebes
05. Claude Dry	12. Jale Vatubua
06. Loic Bernad	13. Julien Fumat
07. Josefa Ulago Domolailai	14. Marika Vunibaka
08. Brice Monzeglio	15. Romain Buros

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Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 17 Jérémy Hurou, 18 Euan Murray, 19 Giovanni Habel Kuffner, 20 Sean Dougall, 21 Samuel Marques, 22 Charly Malie, 23 Watisoni Votu.

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Gloucester
Manager: Anonmattyt

01. Nick Wood	09. TJ Perenara
02. Luke Cowan-Dickie	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Uini Atonio
04. Elliott Stooke	11. Taqele Naiyaravoro
05. Tomás Lavanini	12. Matt Scott
06. Pablo Matera	13. Juan De Jongh
07. Julian Salvi	14. Chris Walker
08. Sam Dickinson	15. Israel Dagg

16. Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira, 17. Adriaan Strauss, 18. Coenie Oosthuizen, 19. Tom Croft, 20. Jamie Heaslip, 21. Dan Robson, 22. Handre Pollard, 23. Jonny May 

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Newcastle Falcons v Cardiff Blues
Kingston Park
Sunny, 3 Degrees, 14mph NW Winds

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Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Nick Phipps
02. Dane Coles	10. Ian Madigan (k)
03. Matt Stevens
04. Dom Barrow	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Luke Jones	12. Stuart McCloskey
06. Jordi Murphy	13. Scott Williams
07. Chris Henry (c)	14. Tom Collins
08. Jack O'Donaghue	15. Rob Miller

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16.George McGuigan 17.Vincent Debaty 18. Charlie Faumuina 19. Ed Slater 20. David Ewers 21. Rhys Webb 22. Gareth Anscombe  23. Ben Smith

Carriers throughout the front 5 to get on the front foot, international halfbacks to get us in the right areas, and pace and power galore to finish off scores.

If struggling, internationals off the bench to bring us home, or get us the bonus

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Cardiff Blues

01. Gethin Jenkins (c)	09. Lloyd Williams
02. Kristian Dacey	10. Rhys Patchell
03. Taufa'ao Filise
04. Jarrad Hoeata	11. Tom James
05. James Down	12. Rey Lee-Lo
06. Josh Turnbull	13. Cory Allen
07. Josh Navidi	14. Alex Cuthbert
08. Manoa Vosawai	15. Dan Fish

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Replacements: 16 Ethan Lewis, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Macauley Cook, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Garyn Smith

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Worcester Warriors v Zebre Rugby
Sixways Stadium
Sunny, 5 Degrees, 11mph NW Winds

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Worcester Warriors
Manager – prop_lyd

01. Lucas Noguera Paz	09. Sam Harrison
02. Jack Walker	10. Owen Williams(k)
03. Luc Dulcalcon
04. Tom Savage (c)	11. Horatio Agulla
05. Devin Toner	12. Johnny Murray
06. Jordan Taufua	13. Cory Allen
07. George Smith	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Jackson Wray	15. Brice Dulin

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16. Ross Batty 17. Val Ruskin 18. Will Collier 19. Dean Mumm 20. Warren Whiteley 21. Rory Kockott 22. Jules Plisson 23. Jarrad Payne

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Zebre Rugby

01. Andrea Lovotti	09. Luke Burgess
02. Tommaso D'Apice	10. Carlo Canna
03. Dario Chistolini
04. Marco Bortolami	11. Kayle van Zyl
05. George Biagi (c)	12. Gonzalo Garcia
06. Jacopo Sarto	13. Ulrich Beyers
07. Johan Meyer	14. Dion Berryman
08. Andries Van Schalkwyk	15. Guglielmo Palazzani

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Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea De Marchi, 18 Guillermo Roan, 19 Valerio Bernabò, 20 Jean Cook, 21 Giulio Toniolatti, 22 Matteo Pratichetti, 23 Edoardo Padovani.

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Exeter Chiefs v Grenoble
Sandy Park
Sunny, 6 Degrees, 12mph NNW Winds

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Exeter Chiefs 
         
Manager – Fluxy

01. Nic Auterac	09. Chris Cook
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Toby Flood (k)
03. Jake Cooper-Wooley
04. Paul O'Connell (c)	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Kane Douglas	12. Jan Serfontein
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. Sam James
07. Luke Wallace	14. Jamie Elliott
08. Brad Shields	15. Maxime Medard

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16. Sean Cronin 17. Jefferson Poirot 18. Vincent Koch 19. Jake Ball 20. Sam Skinner 21. Nic White 22. Otere Black 23. Darren Cave

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Grenoble

01. Fabien Barcella	09. Charl Mcleod
02. Arnaud Heguy	10. Jonathan Wisniewski
03. Dayna Edwards
04. Benjamin Hand	11. Lucas Dupont
05. Hendrik Roodt	12. Nigel Hunt
06. Steven Miimetua Setephano	13. Chris Farrell
07. Fabien Alexandre	14. Maritino Marcus William Nemani
08. Rory Grice	15. Gio Aplon

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Replacements: 16 Loick Jammes, 17 Sona Taumalolo, 18 Peter Kimlin, 19 Mahamadou Diaby, 20 Lilian Saseras, 21 Gilles Bosch, 22 Xavier Mignot, 23 Pieter Rossouw De Klerk,

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Enisei v London Wasps
Avangard
Cloudy, -23 Degrees, 4mph NW Winds

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Enisei

01. Alexey Volkov	09. Jurijs Baranovs (c)
02. Nazir Gasanov	10. Iurii Kushnarev
03. Innokentiy Zykov
04. Uldis Saulite	11. David Kacharava
05. Viacheslav Krasylnyk	12. Denis Simplikevich
06. Andrey Temnov	13. Mikhail Babaev
07. Vitalii Orlov	14. Igor Kurashov
08. Anton Rudoi	15. Robert Malneek

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Replacements: 16. Stanislav Selskii, 17. Andrei Polivalov, 18. Evgenii Pronenko, 19. Mikhail Sidorov, 20. Plavel Butenko, 21. Alexey Shcherban, 22. Dmitriy Simonov, 23. Ramil Gaisin

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London Wasps
Manager: CJ

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Rhoddri Williams
02. Scott Spurling	10. Patricio Fernandez (k)
03. James Johnston
04. Sam Twomey	11. Sam Epsland-Robinson
05. Kearnan Myall	12. Tyler Morgan
06. Carl Fearns	13. Duncan Taylor
07. Sekou Macalau	14. Richard Lane
08.  Victor Vito (c)	15. Thomas Ramos

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16. Nathan Catt 17. Cory Flynn , 18. Oliver Tomaszcyk 19. Donnacha Ryan  , 20 Alexandre Lapandary , 21. Kahn Fotu'ali , 22. Russell Finn 23.  Rene Ranger

Tactics:

In the freezing cold will look to keep moving to stay warm in attack and defence - no excuses for anything less than huge workloads and we will play flat and with rapid recycling and moving the ball about.

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Nice one fella! Will try to get my team in but probably tomorrow morning due to work.
In uni fri-sat so unlikely to predict and may just be scores if I do.

All I can say is, CJ expect a cold one

Exeter Chiefs 
         
Manager – Fluxy

01. Nic Auterac	09. Chris Cook
02. Jack Yeandle	10. Toby Flood (k)
03. Jake Cooper-Wooley
04. Paul O'Connell (c)	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Kane Douglas	12. Jan Serfontein
06. Yannick Nyanga	13. Sam James
07. Luke Wallace	14. Jamie Elliott
08. Brad Shields	15. Maxime Medard

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16. Sean Cronin 17. Jefferson Poirot 18. Vincent Koch 19. Jake Ball 20. Sam Skinner 21. Nic White 22. Otere Black 23. Darren Cave

Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Nick Phipps
02. Dane Coles	10. Ian Madigan (k)
03. Matt Stevens
04. Dom Barrow	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Luke Jones	12. Stuart McCloskey
06. Jordi Murphy	13. Scott Williams
07. Chris Henry (c)	14. Tom Collins
08. Jack O'Donaghue	15. Rob Miller

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16.George McGuigan 17.Vincent Debaty 18. Charlie Faumuina 19. Ed Slater 20. David Ewers 21. Rhys Webb 22. Gareth Anscombe  23. Ben Smith

Carriers throughout the front 5 to get on the front foot, international halfbacks to get us in the right areas, and pace and power galore to finish off scores.

If struggling, internationals off the bench to bring us home, or get us the bonus

Always nice that you can fall back on to the AB's hooker, as your reserve hooker

Fluxy wrote:Always nice that you can fall back on to the AB's hooker, as your reserve hooker

Ha! Thought the pack needed a sprinkle of ball handling ability as well as grunt!!

London Wasps
Manager: CJ

01. David Kilcoyne	09. Rhoddri Williams
02. Scott Spurling	10. Patricio Fernandez (k)
03. James Johnston
04. Sam Twomey	11. Sam Epsland-Robinson
05. Kearnan Myall	12. Tyler Morgan
06. Carl Fearns	13. Duncan Taylor
07. Sekou Macalau	14. Richard Lane
08.  Victor Vito (c)	15. Thomas Ramos

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16. Nathan Catt 17. Cory Flynn , 18. Oliver Tomaszcyk 19. Donnacha Ryan  , 20 Alexandre Lapandary , 21. Kahn Fotu'ali , 22. Russell Finn 23.  Rene Ranger

Tactics:

In the freezing cold will look to keep moving to stay warm in attack and defence - no excuses for anything less than huge workloads and we will play flat and with rapid recycling and moving the ball about.

Worcester Warriors
Manager – prop_lyd

01. Lucas Noguera Paz	09. Sam Harrison
02. Jack Walker	10. Owen Williams(k)
03. Luc Dulcalcon
04. Tom Savage (c)	11. Horatio Agulla
05. Devin Toner	12. Johnny Murray
06. Jordan Taufua	13. Cory Allen
07. George Smith	14. Adam Thompstone
08. Jackson Wray	15. Brice Dulin

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16. Ross Batty 17. Val Ruskin 18. Will Collier 19. Dean Mumm 20. Warren Whiteley 21. Rory Kockott 22. Jules Plisson 23. Jarrad Payne

1 Wood
2 LCD
3 Antonio
4 Stooke
5 Lavanini
6 Matera
7 Salvi
8 Dickinson
9 Perenara
10 Cipriani
11 Naiyaralo
12 Scott
13 Juan de Jongh
14 Walker
15 Dagg
16 Beast
17 Strauss
18 Ousthuizen
19 Croft
20 Heaslip
21 Robson
22 Pollard
23 May

Won't be doing results tonight and will be travelling most of the day tomorrow so these can stay open till 6pm Monday for anyone who will be struggling to do them today.

Still may struggle sorry due to work and evening meetings

I would like to wait until I know if I won this week before selecting next week's team...

RESULTS:

Pau 15 (P:5)
Gloucester 36 (T:4 C:2 P:4)

Newcastle 32 (T:4 C:4 P:2)
Cardiff 22 (T:1 C:1 P:5)

Worcester 43 (T:6 C:5 DG:1)
Zebre 18 (P:6)

Exeter 41 (T:5 C:5 P:2)
Grenoble 17 (T:1 P:4)

Enisei 19 (T:1 C:1 P:4)
Wasps 34 (T:4 C:4 P:2)

Pau 20 - 35 Gloucester

Gloucester name strong XV and can get a big advanatge in the pack, especially with Matera and Salvi in tandem like tehy were once for Tigers. Very attacking backs outside this and the two lead to a big away win

Pau 16 - 33 Gloucester

Pau will put on a good show for a while, but far too much power and pace in the Glos starting lineup to not be ahead by 60 mins, at which point the bench will blow them away easily

Pau 9-35 Gloucester

Pau are a decent side but nowhere near Gloucester's level here. Enough in the Gloucester pack to take control and then bags of attacking talent given front foot ball, easy win.

Pau 12-30 Gloucester

Pau 18 - 22 Gloucester 
Good attacking options for the away side and despite it not being their first XV they have power out wide to win the game and forward battle.

Pau 15 - 45 Gloucester

Falcons 30 - 25 Cardiff

Cardiff picking a better pack than real life! Can trouble Falcons at the scrum but not enough to use as a weapon and Falcons ahead elsewhere in the pack. Good halfbacks for both sides but more international quality from Falcons, much closer in the other backs where the young Falcons side face some good players but easily enough home win

Newcastle 28-16 Cardiff

Decent game on paper and the pack battle will be pretty close with a small edge to Falcons. At home they'll come through well and have plenty in the backline to see a good win. 

Newcastle 30-18 Cardiff

Newcastle 25 - 22 Cardiff 
Not Falcons first team, but have great goal kicker and options off the bench as well to see them through. 

Newcastle 28 - 20 Cardiff

Newcastle Falcons v Cardiff Blues 32-31

Worcester 40 - 14 Zebre

For a Worcester second team, that's another very good pack, Smith will run riot at the breakdown and I see them winning the pack battle easily. Williams is class and controls the whole game from 10, with the Williams-Allen partnership one I think will go far as both players get more experienced. Add in the nous of Agulla and Dulin and Worcester beat Zebre with a lot to spare

Worcester 44 - 7 Zebre

Wuss gone with a solid pack with plenty of experience, will easily hold off the Zebre pack, and there's definitely enough talent in the backs to get some tries.

Worcester 48-12 Zebre

Good pack from Worcester and they'll get on top early on. Too much on the backline also and they'll post up a big score into the 2nd half. 

Worc 42-15 Zebre

Worcester Warriors 30 - 20 Zebre
Good mix of youth and experience, will be a very close pack battle but more quality in home team and the bench will see them through.

Worcester 35 - 17 Zebre

Worcester Warriors v Zebre Rugby. 40-39

Exeter 38 - 19 Grenoble

Grenoble are not walkovers, but the front 5 from Exeter are tough as nails and powerful in the set piece and contact and will get an edge over the French. A very breakdown heavy backrow and I predict quick ball all day for Exeter. Cook and Flood solid attacking pistons, and with a line up outside of attacking flair and vigour, easy Exeter win

Exeter 47 - 10 Grenoble

Exeter have a quality edge running through the spine of the side, and plenty of fireworks behind the scrum to take advantage. Easy win against a game Grenoble side

Exeter 39-15 Grenoble

Another game that can see the home side get on top early on. Hard to see where Grenoble can get into the game despite an odd sprinkling of top talent, routine win. 

Exeter 36-14 Grenoble

Chiefs 39 - 15 Grenoble
Like the look of the Chiefs team, could do with POC coming back from injury as would be a huge boost, the bench will really allow them to get a big score in final quarter. 

Exeter 34 - 16 Grenoble

Exeter Chiefs v Grenoble 28-27

Enisei 13 - 36 Wasps

Never predicted on a game with such great weather! Wasps will win with ease, but the weather probably limits the margin a bit, plenty of scores for the away side though

Enisei 15-25 Wasps

The home side looked surprisingly good against a depleted Falcons at at the weekend but I would expect Wasps to have a little but too much here. Think I'd prefer to see Morgan a 13 for Wasps moving forward but another decent win.

Enisei 16-30 Wasps

Enisei 14 - 22 Wasps
Playing in the cold is going to make this game so much closer than it should have been, as Wasps have got some very good players out, but over minus 20 degrees...

Enisei 23 - 39 Wasps

Enesei v London Wasps33-34