Treviso v Perpignan: Teams
Perpignan still have a small chance of quarter-final qualification if they can score a maximum-point win against Treviso.
Last Updated: 23/01/09 4:21pm
Perpignan will travel to Italy needing a large slice of luck to have any hope of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup.
The Catalan club need a maximum-point win and a string of unlikely results elsewhere if they are to qualify for the last eight as one of the two best second placed teams.
They gave themselves hope with a home victory over Ospreys and are expected to secure a comfortable win against pointless Treviso.
There are three changes in the Perpignan backs as Gavin Hume takes his place back at centre, Jerome Porical returns at full-back and Farid Sid starts on the right wing. Dan Carter's absence continues.
Pool Three whipping boys Treviso are looking to gain their first point of the competition in front of a home crowd. They will field a full-strength side including Italian international Andrea Marcato at fly-half.
Treviso: 15 Brendan Williams, 14 Emiliano Mulieri, 13 Marius Goosen, 12 Marco Neethling, 11 Andrew Vilk, 10 Andrea Marcato, 9 Tobias Botes, 8 Dion Kingi, 7 Hottie Louw, 6 Mark Gilbride, 5 Cornelius Van Zyl, 4 Enrico Pavanello, 3 Pedro di Santo, 2 Enrico Ceccato, 1 Franco Sbaraglini.
Replacements:16 Diego Vidal, 17 Andrea Ceccato, 18 Marco Filippucci, 19 Robert Barbieri, 20 Silvio Orlando, 21 Alberto Sgarbi, 22 Alberto Lucchese.
Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Farid Sid, 13 Maxime Mermoz, 12 Gavin Hume, 11 Adrien Plante, 10 Steve Meyer, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Damien Chouly, 7 Jean-Pierre Perez, 6 Grégory Le Corvec, 5 Gerrie Britz, 4 Olivier Olibeau, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Jérôme Schuster.
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Sebastian Bozzi, 18 Guillaume Vilaceca, 19 Ovidiu Tonita, 20 Viliami Vaki, 21 David Mele, 22 Christophe Manas.
