London Irish v Brive: Teams
England full-back Delon Armitage is set to make his return to action on Saturday for London Irish against Brive on Saturday.
Last Updated: 18/12/09 1:43pm
England full-back Delon Armitage is set to make his return to action on Saturday for London Irish against Brive on Saturday.
Armitage has made a full recovery after being sidelined since September and will take his place on the bench.
Faan Rautenbach and George Stowers are also named among the replacements after proving their fitness, however Paul Hodgson has been ruled out.
As a result Argentinean scrum-half Alfredo Lalanne will wear the No.9 shirt.
Brive will be without French international Alexis Pallison and England fly-half Andy Goode, however imports Ronnie Cooke, Jamie Noon and Lachlan Mackay are all available.
Hooker Guillaume Ribes and lock Arnaud Méla are both suspended following the 36-3 loss to the Exiles in the reverse fixture.
London Irish:15 Peter Hewat, 14 Tom Homer, 13 Elvis Seveali'i, 12 Seilala Mapusua, 11 John Rudd, 10 Chris Malone, 9 Alfredo Lalanne, 8 Chris Hala'Ufia 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Richard Thorpe, 5 Bob Casey (captain), 4 Nick Kennedy, 3 Paulica Ion 2 David Paice, 1 Clarke Dermody.
Replacements: 16 Danie Coetzee, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Faan Rautenbach, 19 Kieran Roche, 20 George Stowers, 21 Delon Armitage, 22 Jamie Lennard, 23 Ryan Lamb
Brive: 15 Nicolas Jeanjean, 14 Ronnie Cooke, 13 Jamie Noon, 12 Lachlan Mackay, 11 Guillaume Namy, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine, 8 Fabien Domingo, 7 Simon Azoulai, 6 Vincent Forgues, 5 Damien Browne, 4 Retief Uys, 3 Scott Zimmermann, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Davit Kinchagishvili.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Bonrepaux, 17 Pablo Henn, 18 Thibault Dubarry, 19 Antoine Claassen, 20 Shaun Perry, 21 Horacio Agulla, 22 Scott Spedding, 23 Pat Barnard.
