Champions Cup - Round Six

Home teams to be named by 23:59 hours on Tuesday
Away teams to be named by 23:59 hours on Wednesday
Tactics by 23:59 hours on Thursday 
Predictions to be PM’d to Flux by 23:59 hours on Sunday

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Saracens vs Glasgow Warriors

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Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Morgan Parra
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Tom Taylor
03. Tom Francis
04. Patrick Tuipultou	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Geoff Parling	12. Ollie Devoto
06. Guy Thompson	13. Robbie Fruen
07. Sam Underhill	14. Telusa Veainu
08. Nathan Hughes	15. Delon Armitage

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16. Scott Spurling 17. Simon McIntyre 18. Paul Hill 19. Bradley Davies 20. Thierry Dusatoir 21. Lee Dickson 22. Lionel Mapoe 23. Nathan Earle

Tactics:

Defensive:

Blitz Defence - Get in the face of the opposition and allow them very little time on the ball.

Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty

Attacking:

Territorial Kicking: Looking to pin back sides and kick for open spaces or touch

Offloading in the tackle: Moving the point of attack preventing a defence to set and keeping play fluid

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Glasgow Warriors

01. Gordon Reid	09. Ali Price
02. Corey Flynn	10. FInn Russel
03. Zander Fergerson
04. Tim Swinson	11. Lee Jones
05. Jonny Grey	12. Alex Dunbar
06. Rob Harley	13. Mark Bennett
07. Ryan Wilson	14. Tommy Seymour
08. Josh Strauss	15. Stuart Hogg

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Replacements: 16.Pat MacArthur, 17.Alex Allan, 18.D'arcy Rae  19.Matt Fagerson, 20.Chris Fusaro, 21.Grayson Hart, 22.Nick Grigg, 23.Peter Murchie

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Zebre Rugby vs Northampton Saints

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Zebre Rugby

01. Andrea Lovotti	09. Guglielmo Palazzani
02. Oliviero Fabiani	10. Carlo Canna
03. Pietro Ceccarelli
04. Joshua Furno	11. Giovanbattista Venditti
05. George Biagi (c)	12. Tommaso Castello
06. Maxime Mbandà	13. Giulio Bisegni
07. Johan Meyer	14. Kayle Van Zyl
08. Andries Van Schalkwyk	15. Edoardo Padovani

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Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Bruno Postiglioni, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Marcello Violi, 22 Tommaso Boni, 23 Lloyd Greeff

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Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

1. Logi Mulipola
2. Ashley Johnson
3. Zander Fagerson
4. Joe Launchbury (c)
5. Jonny Gray
6. Luke Wallace
7. Brendon O'Connor  
8. Billy Vunipola
9. Conor Murray
10. George Ford (k)
11. Manuel Montero
12. Harry Mallinder
13. Rieko Ioane
14. Adam Ashley Cooper  
15. Ben Foden

Replacements
16. Schalk Brits 17. Mako Vunipola 18. Jake Cooper-Wooley 19. Scott Cummings 20. Facunda Isa 21. Joe Simpson 22. Manu Tuilagi 23. Jamie Shillcock

Attributes:
Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
First phase attack/strike moves: Will look to break the defence, with either a bust through or a clever move to create a gap.

Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it
Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty.

Tactics
Freshened up the pack and backline as we want to create a really open, face paced game where there will be plenty of opportunities for scoring tries. Will use Murray's box kick as an attacking weapon to get at the Italian defence, with a big physical backline picked.

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Sale Sharks vs RC Toulon

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Sale Sharks
Manager – SJE

01. Scott Sio	09. Faf De Klerk
02. Tommy Taylor	10. Bernard Foley
03. Martin Moore
04. Dave Attwood	11. Ruan Combrinck
05. Iain Henderson	12. Charlie Ngatai
06. Sean McMahon	13. Joe Marchant
07. Matt Kvesic	14. Semesa Rokoduguni
08. CJ Stander	15. Nick Abendanon

Subs:
16. Malcolm Marx 17. Ross Harrison 18. Davit Zirakishvilli 19. Matt Garvey 20. Steven Luatua 21. Kieran Marmion 22. Quade Cooper 23. Seta Taiminavula

Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises.
Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown.

Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it.
Breakdown - Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set.  

Attack: We will be playing a high intensity phased attacking game. Look to use a rugby league shape with runners on the gain line and out the back door to force the opposition into making defensive decisions. Numerous playmakers across the back line allows us to constantly change the point of attack and restructure our attacking phases. De Klerk to keep the fringe defence honest with his snipping runs.

Breakdown: Quick ball is the aim on attack. Mobile pack and physical back line to clear out rucks and ensure we get it. We will look to get over the gain line off all carries to give a target to hit. Defensively when the initial contact is won we will look to commit numbers and get over the ball turning it over or at least slowing opposition ball up. Otherwise we will strengthen the line.

Defence: Straight line blitz defence focused on winning the gain line collisions and driving the ball carrier back. Line speed is crucial. De Klerk will sweep behind the line to cover chips and grubbers. Combrinck & Bendy to cover the background dropping deep to cut off the green grass available to kick into.

Scrum: Strong scrummaging unit in the front row with the support of a powerful 4-8 will look to get the better of the opposition and build a strong attacking platform. We will look to put a slight wheel on where possible to take the opposition backrow out of play and then attack the space available and look for one on ones in the backline.

Lineout: Five mobile, athletic jumpers allows us to genuinely mix it up on attacking ball. Primarily looking to get the backs on the ball in space.

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RC Toulon

01. Laurent DelBoulbes	09. Sebastien Tillous-Borde
02. Guilhem Guirado	10. Pierre Bernard
03. Marcel van der Merwe
04. Jocelino Suta	11. Jimmy Yobo
05. Samu Manoa	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Liam Gill	13. Mathieu Bastareaud
07. JMF Lobbe	14. James O'Connor
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Leigh Halfpenny

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Replacements: 17.Florian Fresia, 18.Levan Chilachava, 19.Juan Smith, 20.Matt Giteau, 21.Josua Tuisova, 22.Jonathan Pelissie, 23.Mamuka Gorgodze

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Wasps vs Scarlets

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Wasps
Manager - Pullthestrings

01. Ben Moon	09. Sebastian Tillous Borde
02. Harry Thacker	10. Rhys Priestland(k)
03. Dave Wilson
04. Jim Hamilton	11. Josh Charnley
05. Dom Barrow	12. Luther Burrell
06. Blake Gibson	13. Semu Kerevi
07. Fulgence Quedraogo	14. Max Malins
08. Nazeem Carr	15. Tim Nani Williams

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16. Tatafu Polota Nau, 17. Marcos Ayerza, 18. Milco Louw, 19. Andrew Kitchener, 20. Tom Wood, 21. Will Homer, 22. Paul Jordaan, 23. Marland Yarde

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Tactics
Attack:
- Good athleticism in the pack. Looking for them to be mobile and get around the park, ensuring good numbers at every breakdown to give clean ball
- Mix up forward runners off 9 and 10 to give go forward and tie in defence. When space opens up, go wide and utilise pace of back three.
Defence:
- Ensure guards and body guards at every breakdown, no gaps in midfield.
- Good line speed to put pressure on their handling and ability to go round our blitz defence

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Scarlets

15Liam Williams, FB
14Johnny McNicholl, W
13Hadleigh Parkes, C
12Scott Williams, C T
11Steffan Evans, W
10Dan Jones, FH 5
9Aled Davies, SH
1Rob Evans, P
2Ken Owens, H
3Samson Lee, P
4Jake Ball, L
5Tadhg Beirne, L
6Aaron Shingler, F
7James Davies, F
8John Barclay, N8

REPLACEMENTS
16Ryan Elias, R
17Wyn Jones, R
18Werner Kruger, R
19Tom Price, R
20Will Boyde, R
21Jonathan Evans, R
22Aled Thomas, R
23Jonathan Davies, R

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Montpelier vs Newcastle Falcons

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MONTPELLIER

15Joffrey Michel, FB
14Timoci Nagusa, W
13Vincent Martin, C
12Joseph Tomane, C
11Nemani Nadolo, W
10Francois Steyn, FH 
9Nic White, SH
1Mikheil Nariashvili, P
2Shalva Mamukashvili, H
3Jannie du Plessis, P
4Paul Willemse, L
5Konstantin Mikautadze, L
6Fulgence Ouedraogo, F
7Akapusi Qera, F
8Pierre Spies, N8

REPLACEMENTS
16Charles Geli, R
17Yvan Watremez, R
18Davit Kubriashvili, R
19Antoine Battut, R
20Kelian Galletier, R
21Tomas O'Leary, R
22Henry Immelman, R
23Jesse Mogg, R

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Newcastle Falcons
Manager – Bambam

01. Alec Hepburn	09. Will Chudley
02. Camille Chat	10. Owen Farrell
03. Charlie Faumuina
04. Guido Petti	11. Charles Piutau
05. Matt Symons	12. Jan Serfontein
06. Elliot Dixon	13. Sam James
07. Callum Clark	14. David Strettle
08. Jordi Murphy (c)	15. Rob Miller

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16.George McGuigan 17.Matt Mullan 18. Davit Kubriashvili 19. Lood De Jager 20. Kieran Read 21. Rhys Webb 22. Paddy Jackson 23. Ben Smith

Attributes
Counter Attacking: Receiving the ball down field, your players will look to attack with ball in hand, thriving in the broken field and open spaces.
Phase Attack: Attacks build momentum until an opportunity arises.
Breakdown: Slowing up ball: The defenders can get over the ball to slow it up and prevent the attack from building momentum and allowing your defence to set.
Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it

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ASM Clermont Auvergne vs Harlequins

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Clermont

15Isaia Toeava, FB
14Noa Nakaitaci, W
13Remi Lamerat, C
12Wesley Fofana, C
11Adrien Plante, W
10Camille Lopez, FH 3
9Morgan Parra, SH
1Raphael Chaume, P
2John Ulugia, H
3Davit Zirakashvili, P
4Paul Jedrasiak, L
5Sebastien Vahaamahina, L
6Damien Chouly, F
7Viktor Kolelishvili, F
8Fritz Lee, N8

REPLACEMENTS
16Benjamin Kayser, R
17Vincent Debaty, R
18Aaron Jarvis, R
19Flip van der Merwe, R
20Alexandre Lapandry, R
21Ludovic Radosavljevic, R
22Benson Stanley, R
23Scott Spedding, R

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QUins

1. Richard Barrington
2. Scott Baldwin
3. Kieran Brookes
4. Pieter Steph Du Toit
5. George Kruis
6. Jaco Kriel
7. Michael Hooper (c)
8. Jack Clifford
9. Ben Youngs
10. Juan Martin Hernandez
11. Jack Nowell
12. Bundee Aki
13. Jonathan Joseph
14. Alex Lewington
15. Damien McKenzie (k)

16. Rob Webber 17. Ethan Waller 18. John Afoa 19. Ultan Dillane 20. Jean Luc Du Preez 21. Ruan Pienaar 22. Ihaia West 23. James O'Connor

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Northampton Saints
Manager: Dammit Chris

1. Logi Mulipola
2. Ashley Johnson
3. Zander Fagerson
4. Joe Launchbury (c)
5. Jonny Gray
6. Luke Wallace
7. Brendon O'Connor  
8. Billy Vunipola
9. Conor Murray
10. George Ford (k)
11. Manuel Montero
12. Harry Mallinder
13. Rieko Ioane
14. Adam Ashley Cooper  
15. Ben Foden

Replacements
16. Schalk Brits 17. Mako Vunipola 18. Jake Cooper-Wooley 19. Scott Cummings 20. Facunda Isa 21. Joe Simpson 22. Manu Tuilagi 23. Jamie Shillcock

Attributes:
Breakdown - Clearing: Ensuring the possession is clean and quick with quick support to the breakdown
First phase attack/strike moves: Will look to break the defence, with either a bust through or a clever move to create a gap.

Blitz Defence: Your side is known for Blitz and excels at it
Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty.

Tactics
Freshened up the pack and backline as we want to create a really open, face paced game where there will be plenty of opportunities for scoring tries. Will use Murray's box kick as an attacking weapon to get at the Italian defence, with a big physical backline picked.

QUins

1. Richard Barrington
2. Scott Baldwin
3. Kieran Brookes
4. Pieter Steph Du Toit
5. George Kruis
6. Jaco Kriel
7. Michael Hooper (c)
8. Jack Clifford
9. Ben Youngs
10. Juan Martin Hernandez
11. Jack Nowell
12. Bundee Aki
13. Jonathan Joseph
14. Alex Lewington
15. Damien McKenzie (k)

16. Rob Webber 17. Ethan Waller 18. John Afoa 19. Ultan Dillane 20. Jean Luc Du Preez 21. Ruan Pienaar 22. Ihaia West 23. James O'Connor

Glasgow Warriors

01. Gordon Reid	09. Ali Price
02. Corey Flynn	10. FInn Russel
03. Zander Fergerson
04. Tim Swinson	11. Lee Jones
05. Jonny Grey	12. Alex Dunbar
06. Rob Harley	13. Mark Bennett
07. Ryan Wilson	14. Tommy Seymour
08. Josh Strauss	15. Stuart Hogg

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Replacements: 16.Pat MacArthur, 17.Alex Allan, 18.D'arcy Rae 19.Matt Fagerson, 20.Chris Fusaro, 21.Grayson Hart, 22.Nick Grigg, 23.Peter Murchie

Zebre Rugby

01. Andrea Lovotti	09. Guglielmo Palazzani
02. Oliviero Fabiani	10. Carlo Canna
03. Pietro Ceccarelli
04. Joshua Furno	11. Giovanbattista Venditti
05. George Biagi (c)	12. Tommaso Castello
06. Maxime Mbandà	13. Giulio Bisegni
07. Johan Meyer	14. Kayle Van Zyl
08. Andries Van Schalkwyk	15. Edoardo Padovani

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Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Bruno Postiglioni, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Marcello Violi, 22 Tommaso Boni, 23 Lloyd Greeff

RC Toulon

01. Laurent DelBoulbes	09. Sebastien Tillous-Borde
02. Guilhem Guirado	10. Pierre Bernard
03. Marcel van der Merwe
04. Jocelino Suta	11. Jimmy Yobo
05. Samu Manoa	12. Ma'a Nonu
06. Liam Gill	13. Mathieu Bastareaud
07. JMF Lobbe	14. James O'Connor
08. Duane Vermeulen	15. Leigh Halfpenny

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Replacements: 17.Florian Fresia, 18.Levan Chilachava, 19.Juan Smith, 20.Matt Giteau, 21.Josua Tuisova, 22.Jonathan Pelissie, 23.Mamuka Gorgodze

Scarlets

15Liam Williams, FB
14Johnny McNicholl, W
13Hadleigh Parkes, C
12Scott Williams, C T
11Steffan Evans, W
10Dan Jones, FH 5
9Aled Davies, SH
1Rob Evans, P
2Ken Owens, H
3Samson Lee, P
4Jake Ball, L
5Tadhg Beirne, L
6Aaron Shingler, F
7James Davies, F
8John Barclay, N8

REPLACEMENTS
16Ryan Elias, R
17Wyn Jones, R
18Werner Kruger, R
19Tom Price, R
20Will Boyde, R
21Jonathan Evans, R
22Aled Thomas, R
23Jonathan Davies, R

Clermont

15Isaia Toeava, FB
14Noa Nakaitaci, W
13Remi Lamerat, C
12Wesley Fofana, C
11Adrien Plante, W
10Camille Lopez, FH 3
9Morgan Parra, SH
1Raphael Chaume, P
2John Ulugia, H
3Davit Zirakashvili, P
4Paul Jedrasiak, L
5Sebastien Vahaamahina, L
6Damien Chouly, F
7Viktor Kolelishvili, F
8Fritz Lee, N8

REPLACEMENTS
16Benjamin Kayser, R
17Vincent Debaty, R
18Aaron Jarvis, R
19Flip van der Merwe, R
20Alexandre Lapandry, R
21Ludovic Radosavljevic, R
22Benson Stanley, R
23Scott Spedding, R

MONTPELLIER

15Joffrey Michel, FB
14Timoci Nagusa, W
13Vincent Martin, C
12Joseph Tomane, C
11Nemani Nadolo, W
10Francois Steyn, FH 
9Nic White, SH
1Mikheil Nariashvili, P
2Shalva Mamukashvili, H
3Jannie du Plessis, P
4Paul Willemse, L
5Konstantin Mikautadze, L
6Fulgence Ouedraogo, F
7Akapusi Qera, F
8Pierre Spies, N8

REPLACEMENTS
16Charles Geli, R
17Yvan Watremez, R
18Davit Kubriashvili, R
19Antoine Battut, R
20Kelian Galletier, R
21Tomas O'Leary, R
22Henry Immelman, R
23Jesse Mogg, R

Saracens
Manager – Pooly

01. Alex Waller	09. Morgan Parra
02. Richard Hibbard	10. Tom Taylor
03. Tom Francis
04. Patrick Tuipultou	11. Teddy Thomas
05. Geoff Parling	12. Ollie Devoto
06. Guy Thompson	13. Robbie Fruen
07. Sam Underhill	14. Telusa Veainu
08. Nathan Hughes	15. Delon Armitage

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16. Scott Spurling 17. Simon McIntyre 18. Paul Hill 19. Bradley Davies 20. Thierry Dusatoir 21. Lee Dickson 22. Lionel Mapoe 23. Nathan Earle

Tactics:

Defensive:

Blitz Defence - Get in the face of the opposition and allow them very little time on the ball.

Breakdown - Turnover possession: Your side is recognised to pick off turnovers at the breakdown, by getting the ball and gaining the penalty

Attacking:

Territorial Kicking: Looking to pin back sides and kick for open spaces or touch

Offloading in the tackle: Moving the point of attack preventing a defence to set and keeping play fluid

Predictions open. PMs to Fluxy please

Just to say, I definitely sent you scores, Fluxy

Forward to me mate, I didn't have any and will update asap.