Challenge Cup: Josh Beaumont and Danny Cipriani start for Sale

England hopeful Josh Beaumont skippers Sale against point-less Pau while the Dragons welcome back Hallam Amos for the visit of Castres.

Pau v Sale Sharks (6.45pm GMT)

Pau: 15 Charly Malie, 14 Marika Vunibaka, 13 Julien Fumat (c), 12 Pierre Dupouy, 11 Mathieu Acebes, 10 Brandon Fajardo, 9 Samuel Marques; 1 Geoffrey Moise, 2 Thomas Bianchin, 3 Giorgi Natsarashvili, 4 Cameron Pierce, 5 Claude Dry, 6 Giovanni Habel Kuffner, 7 Josefa Ulago Domolailai, 8 Brice Monzeglio.

Replacements: 16 Mehdi Boundjema, 17 Julien Jacquot, 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 19 Sean Dougall, 20 Loic Bernad, 21 Thierry Lacrampe, 22 Watisoni Votu, 23 Romain Buros.

Sale Sharks: 15 Michael Haley, 14 Tom Arscott, 13 Will Addison, 12 Johnny Leota, 11 Neville Edwards, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Chris Cusiter; 1 Ross Harrison, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Cameron Neild, 7 Magnus Lund, 8 Josh Beaumont (c).

Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 James Flynn, 18 Ciaran Parker, 19 Jon Mills, 20 Mark Easter, 21 James Mitchell, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Mark Jennings.

Edinburgh v Agen (7.30pm)

Edinburgh: 15 Jack Cuthbert, 14 Damien Hoyland, 13 Michael Allen, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 William Helu, 10 Greig Tonks, 9 Sean Kennedy; 1 Rory Sutherland, 2 Stuart McInally (c), 3 John Andress, 4 Alex Toolis, 5 Ben Toolis, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Magnus Bradbury.

Replacements: 16 Neil Cochrane, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Anton Bresler, 20 Mike Coman, 21 Nathan Fowles, 22 Chris Dean, 23 Dougie Fife.

Agen: 15 Benoit Sicart, 14 François Tardieu, 13 Vincent Roux, 12 Pierre Fouyssac, 11 Filipo Nakosi, 10 François Bouvier, 9 Paul Abadie (c); 1 Quentin Bethune, 2 Marc Barthomeuf, 3 Nicolas Chocou, 4 Léo Bastien, 5 Corentin Braendlin, 6 Sione Tau, 7 Denis Marchois, 8 Marc Baget.

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

Newport Gwent Dragons v Castres Olympique (7.45pm)

Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Ashton Hewitt, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Sarel Pretorius; 1 Phil Price, 2 Elliot Dee, 3 Brok Harris, 4 Cory Hill, 5 Rynard Landman (c), 6 Lewis Evans, 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: 16 T Rhys Thomas, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Ed Jackson, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Nick Scott.

Castres Olympique: 15 Geoffrey Palis, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 13 Thomas Combezou, 12 Romain Cabannes (c), 11 David Smith, 10 Francois Fontaine, 9 Julien Seron; 1 Saimone Taumoepeau, 2 Marc-Antoine Rallier, 3 Lucas Martinez, 4 Christophe Samson, 5 Benjamin Desroche, 6 Yannick Caballero, 7 Ibrahim Diarra, 8 Mathieu Babillot.

Replacements: 16 Julien Beziat, 17 Karena Wihongi, 18 Eric Sione, 19 Alexandre Bias, 20 Theo Hannoyer, 21 Rudi Wulf, 22 Remi Lamerat, 23 Benjamin Urdapilleta.

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