Challenge Cup Round Six

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Gloucester v Newport Gwent Dragons
Kingsholm Stadium
Light Cloud, 10 degrees, 11mph South South Westerly

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Gloucester
Manager: Anonmattyt

01. Nick Wood	09. TJ Perenara
02. Luke Cowan-Dickie	10. Danny Cipriani
03. Uini Atonio
04. Elliot 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

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Newport Gwent Dragons

01. Phil Price	09. Sarel Pretorius
02. Elliot Dee	10. Jason Tovey
03. Brok Harris
04. Cory Hill	11. Hallam Amos
05. Rynard Landman (c)	12. Adam Warren
06. Lewis Evans	13. Adam Hughes
07. Nic Cudd	14. Ashton Hewitt
08. Taulupe Faletau	15. Carl Meyer

Replacements: 16 Thomas Rhys Thomas, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Ed Jackson, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Angus O’Brien, 23 Nick Scott

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Montpellier v Newcastle Falcons
Altrad Stadium
Light Cloud, 11 degrees, 6mph North North Eatserly

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Montpellier

01. Mikheil Nariashvili	09. Nic White
02. Bismarck Du Plessis	10. Demetri Catrakilis
03. Jannie Du Plessis
04. Robins Tchale Watchou	11. Marvin O'Connor
05. Thibaut Privat	12. Robert Ebersohn
06. Antoine Battut	13. Anthony Tuitavke
07. Jacques du Plessis	14. Benjamin Fall
08. Akapusi Qera	15. Jesse Mogg

Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Pat Cilliers, 18 Nicolas Mas, 19 Paul Willemse, 20 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Yvan Reilhac, 23 Julien Malzieu.

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Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Matt Mullan	09. Greig Laidlaw
02. Jamie George	10. Ian Madigan (k)
03. Davit Zirakashvili
04. Dom Barrow	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Flip Van Der Merwe	12. Jean De Villiers
06. Callum Clark	13. Scott Williams
07. Chris Henry (c)	14. David Strettle
08. David Ewers	15. Gareth Anscombe

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16.George McGuigan 17.Vincent Debaty 18. Charlie Faumuina 19. Ed Slater 20. Rhys Ruddock 21. Rhys Webb 22. Owen Farrell  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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La Rochelle v Worcester Warriors
Stade Marcel-Deflandre 
Thick Cloud, 11 degrees, 9mph South Easterly

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La Rochelle

01. Thomas Synaeghel	09. Julien Audy
02. Hikairo Forbes	10. Fabien Fortassin
03. Uini Atonio
04. Damien Lagrange	11. Alexander Northam
05. Leo Cedaro	12. Pierre Aguillon
06. Zeno Kieft	13. Jean-Pascal Barraque
07. Jason Eaton	14. Elliot Roudil
08. Afa Amosa	15. Benjamin Lapeyre

Replacements: 16 Maxime Gau, 17 Jordan Seneca, 18 Vincent Pelo, 19 Romain Sazy, 20 Kevin Gourdon, 21 Jules Lebail, 22 Zack Holmes, 23 Gabriel Lacroix.

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Worcester Warriors
Manager – prop_lyd

01. Lucas Noguera Paz	09. Sam Harrison
02. Codie Taylor	10. Owen Williams(k)
03. Henry Thomas
04. Tom Savage (c)	11. Venriki Goneva
05. Devin Toner	12. Alapati Leuia
06. Mike Williams	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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Agen v Exeter Chiefs
Stade Armandie
Light Rain, 13 degrees, 8mph South Easterly

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Agen

01. Quentin Bethune	09. Paul Abadie
02. Marc Barthomeuf	10. François Bouvier
03. Nicolas Chocou
04. Léo Bastien	11. Filipo Nakosi
05. Corentin Braendlin	12. Pierre Fouyssac
06. Sione Tau	13. Vincent Roux
07. Denis Marchois	14. François Tardieu
08. Marc Baget	15. Benoit Sicart

Replacements: 16 Florian Dufour, 17 Viliamu Afatia, 18 , 19 Felicien Vergnon, 20 Nicolas Gal, 21 Baptiste Cadiou, 22 Clement Darbo, 23 Alban Conduche

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Exeter Chiefs
         
Manager – Fluxy

01. Nic Auterac	09. Chris Cook
02. Camille Chat	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. Darren Cave
07. Luke Wallace	14. Jamie Elliott
08. Brad Shields	15. Maxime Medard

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16. Jack Yeandle 17. Jefferson Poirot 18. Vincent Koch 19. Jake Ball 20. Sam Skinner 21. Nic White 22. Otere Black 23. Sam James

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Wasps v Brive
Ricoh Arena
Light Cloud, 9 degrees, 11mph South South Westerly

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London Wasps
Manager: CJ

01. Nathan Catt	09. Kahn Fotu'ali
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Charlie Hodgson (k)
03. Tom West
04. George Merrick	11. Josh Watkins
05. Grant Gilchrist	12. Duncan Taylor
06. Josh Buggea	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Alexandre Lapandry (c)	14. Rieko Ioane
08.  Tom Guest	15. Jordan Williams

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16. Eddy Ben Arous 17. Scott Spurling , 18. Sekope Kepu 19. Jordan Ononaife  , 20 Chris Robshaw , 21. Oliver Claxton , 22. Quade Cooper 23.  Ross Neall

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Brive

01. Goderzi Shvelidze	09. Jean-Baptiste Pejoine
02. Thomas Acquier	10. Matthieu Ugalde
03. Kevin Buys
04. Victor Lebas	11. Benito Masilevu
05. Arnaud Mela	12. Christopher Tuatara,
06. William Whetton	13. Thomas Laranjeira
07. Fabien Sanconnie	14. Guillaume Namy
08. Sisa Koyamaibole	15. Romain Sola

Replacements: 16 Guillaume Ribes, 17 Damien Lavergne, 18 Yusuf Tuncer, 19 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 20 Poutasi Luafutu, 21 Teddy Iribaren, 22 Nicolas Bézy, 23 Arnaud Mignardi.

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Conditions updated

Exeter Chiefs
         
Manager – Fluxy

01. Nic Auterac	09. Chris Cook
02. Camille Chat	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. Darren Cave
07. Luke Wallace	14. Jamie Elliott
08. Brad Shields	15. Maxime Medard

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16. Jack Yeandle 17. Jefferson Poirot 18. Vincent Koch 19. Jake Ball 20. Sam Skinner 21. Nic White 22. Otere Black 23. Sam James

London Wasps
Manager: CJ

01. Nathan Catt	09. Kahn Fotu'ali
02. Richardt Strauss	10. Charlie Hodgson (k)
03. Tom West
04. George Merrick	11. Josh Watkins
05. Grant Gilchrist	12. Duncan Taylor
06. Josh Buggea	13. Nick Tompkins
07. Alexandre Lapandry (c)	14. Rieko Ioane
08. Tom Guest	15. Jordan Williams

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16. Eddy Ben Arous 17. Scott Spurling , 18. Sekope Kepu 19. Jordan Ononaife , 20 Chris Robshaw , 21. Oliver Claxton , 22. Quade Cooper 23. Ross Neall

Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Matt Mullan	09. Greig Laidlaw
02. Jamie George	10. Ian Madigan (k)
03. Davit Zirakashvili
04. Dom Barrow	11. Charlie Sharples
05. Flip Van Der Merwe	12. Jean De Villiers
06. Callum Clark	13. Scott Williams
07. Chris Henry (c)	14. David Strettle
08. David Ewers	15. Gareth Anscombe

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16.George McGuigan 17.Vincent Debaty 18. Charlie Faumuina 19. Ed Slater 20. Rhys Ruddock 21. Rhys Webb 22. Owen Farrell  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

Worcester Warriors
Manager – prop_lyd

01. Lucas Noguera Paz	09. Sam Harrison
02. Codie Taylor	10. Owen Williams(k)
03. Henry Thomas
04. Tom Savage (c)	11. Venriki Goneva
05. Devin Toner	12. Alapati Leuia
06. Mike Williams	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

Waiting on a side from Matt

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

Predictions open, to SJE by 1800 on Sunday

RESULTS:

Gloucester 40 (T:5 C:3 P:3)
Dragons 19 (T:1 C:1 P:4)

Montpeiller 24 (T:2 C:1 P:4)
Newcastle Falcons 28 (T:3 C:2 P:3)

La Rochelle 19 (T:1 C:1 P:4)
Worcester Warriors 35 (T:5 C:5)

Agen 18 (P:6)
Exeter Chiefs 36 (T:5 C:4 P:1)

London Wasps 37 (T:5 C:3 P:2)
Brive 23 (T:2 C:2 P:3)

Glos 32-18 Dragons
Dragons backline isn't too bad but not a match for Glos, the Glos bench will get them a good bonus point win.

Gloucester 32 - 31 Dragons

Gloucester 40 -15 Dragons

Gloucester stronger man for man across the pack bar 8, also with good work in loose as well as main tight roles, giving good platform. Add in much better halfbacks and Gloucester play all the rugby in the right areas and have the attacking players to rout Dragons 

Gloucester 42-16 Dragons

Way too strong for Gloucester. Their line out may creek a little there's too much past there for a good side.

Gloucester 34 - 18 Newport Gwent Dragons

Glaws 38-20 Dragons

Fair few regulars in the 23 for Glaws and they just have too much strength for the Dragons

Gloucester 35 - 20 Dragons

Gloucester 33 - 17 Dragons

Glos got a fair few first choice players out there, and Dragons just aren't good enough to compete in that scenario. Comfortable win

Montpellier 22-23 Falcons
Falcons are going to find it tough with Montpellier looking strong at home. Think they should match them/stick close to them until Falcons unload their bench and their internationals will help them nick it. JDV-Williams combo is hard to rate.

Montpellier 23 - 23 Newcastle

Montpelier 25 - 26 Falcons

Montpelier can edge Newcastle at the scrum, more experience against good Falcons players. At the lineout and breakdown and backrow a well gelled, hardworking Newcastle unit comes out on top. Falvons centres lack subtlety but the 9,10,15 control the game and the wingers finish chances and they just win in France 

Montpellier 20-25 Falcons

A good contest and Falcons won't have it all their own way. I like the 9-13 set-up and they'll get a decent platform to get a good win.

Montpellier 26 - 28 Newcastle Falcons

Montpellier v Newcastle Falcons 21-20

Montpeiller 20-25 Falcons

Decent Montpeiller side but they may have their eyes looking elsewhere for this one

Montpellier 27 - 28 Falcons

La Rochelle 32 - 33 Worcester

La Rochelle 13 - 32 Worcester

Worcester are a step up across the forwards, with a strong scrum and lineout and breakdown unit, and lots of graft. Worcester have good control from Williams, well balanced centres and lots of attacking pace in the back 3 and it's an easy away win

Rochelle 12-23 Worcester

Routine win for Worcester, I can't see an area where Rochelle get on top.

La Rochelle 15 - 29 Worcester Warriors

La Rochelle v Worcester Warriors 32-33

La Rochelle 15-28 Worcester

La Rochelle 17 - 30 Worcester Warriors

La Rochelle 19 - 37 Worcester

May be tight early doors, but after that would expect Wuss to run away with this one, backs look very well balanced and should score plenty of tries

Agen 15-36 Chiefs
Chiefs too strong, 2nd rows and backline will get a good win.

Agen 23 - 24 Exeter

Agen 11 - 30 Exeter

Chiefs' front row is young, raw but powerful and I think will cause some real damage to Agen with some power behind them too. Then the locks are very experienced and great in te air. I think Exeter will cause lots of trouble on Agen ball in the air and the scrum. The backrow is very quick and dynamic in defence and will also win the breakdown, they then have solidity at 9-10 and 12-13 which will slowly craft opportunities for a back 3 with finishing ability but the real damage will be done by Exeter pack and penalties

Agen 9-20 Exeter

Another game where I just can't see how the home side can get into the game. Good centre combo for Exeter.

Agen 21 - 42 Exeter Chiefs

Agen v Exeter Chiefs. 32-33

Agen 18-35 Exeter

Agen 18 - 34 Exeter

Another game, another easy away win for our sides in the ERCC, glad this is over so the games can get a bit more competitive! Flux has plenty of international quality to get this put away early

Wasps 30-20 Brive
Wasps have too much and will get a moral boosting win, too strong in the backs for Brive to cope.

Wasps 32 - 31 Brive

Wasps 35-22 Brive

Slightly tougher game for Wasps with Brive having a strong pack. Can see Wasps getting on top in the 2nd half and putting a good score on.

Wasps 36 - 12 Brive

London Wasps v Brive. 45-44

Wasps 32-20 Brive

Wasps 24 - 20 Brive

Wasps 31 - 16 Brive

Back from their Russian exploits, I'd anticipate Wasps enjoying themselves and running a few tries in at home against a limited Brive side