Challenge Cup teams: Saturday

All the team news ahead of Saturday's Challenge Cup matches, including London Irish v Agen and Gloucester v Zebre.

It's the opening weekend of the Challenge Cup as the teams battle it out in the second tier of Europe.

Enisei-STM v Connacht (8am)

Enisei-STM: 15 Iurii Kushnarev, 14 Mikhail Babaev, 13 David Kacharava, 12 Dmitrii Gerasimov, 11 Denis Simplikevich, 10 Ramil Gaisin, 9 Jurijs Baranovs (c), 1 Aleksandr Bezverkhov, 2 Stanislav Selskii, 3 Innokentiy Zykov, 4 Uldis Saulite, 5 Viacheslav Krasylnyk, 6 Vitalii Orlov, 7 Andrey Temnov, 8 Dmitrii Krotov.

Replacements: 16 Nazir Gasanov, 17 Andrei Polivalov, 18 Evgenii Pronenko, 19 Evgeny Elgin, 20 Sergey Kuzmenko, 21 Alexey Shcherban, 22 Dmitriy Simonov, 23 Anton Rudoi.

Connacht: 15 Darragh Leader, 14 Rory Parata, 13 Bundee Aki, 12 Peter Robb, 11 Niyi Adeolokun, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Ian Porter, 1 Denis Buckley, 2 Shane Delahunt, 3 Finlay Bealham, 4 Ultan Dillane, 5 Aly Muldowney, 6 John Muldoon (c), 7 James Connolly, 8 George Naoupu.

Replacements: 16 David Heffernan, 17 Ronan Loughney, 18 Conan O'Donnell, 19 Danny Qualter, 20 Sean O'Brien, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Jack Carty, 23 Craig Ronaldson.

Rugby Cavisano v Cardiff Blues (2pm)

Rugby Calvisano: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Ben De Jager, 13 Alberto Chiesa, 12 Tommy Castello (c), 11 Marco Susio, 10 Filippo Buscema, 9 Riccardo Raffaele, 1 Sami Panico, 2 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 3 Salvatore Costanzo, 4 Agustin Cavalieri, 5 Davide Zanetti, 6 Matteo Archetti, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 8 Jim Tuivaiti.

Replacements: 16 Luhandre Luus, 17 Gabriele Morelli, 18 Rudy Biancotti, 19 Michele Andreotti, 20 Luca Beccaris, 21 Renato Giammarioli, 22 Giacomo De Santis, 23 Daniele Di Giulio.

Cardiff Blues: 15 Dan Fish, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Tom James, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Lloyd Williams, 1 Gethin Jenkins (c), 2 Kristian Dacey, 3 Dillon Lewis, 4 Jarrad Hoeata, 5 James Down, 6 Ellis Jenkins, 7 Sam Warburton, 8 Josh Turnbull.

Replacements: 16 Matthew Rees, 17 Tom Davies, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Lou Reed, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Blaine Scully.

Worcester Warriors v La Rochele (3pm)

Worcester Warriors: 15 Ben Howard, 14 Tom Biggs, 13 Max Stelling, 12 Ravai Fatiaki, 11 Dean Hammond, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 Charlie Mulchrone (c), 1 Ryan Bower, 2 Ben Sowrey, 3 Joe Rees, 4 Tevita Cavubati 5, Darren O'Shea, 6 Sam Betty, 7 Carl Kirwan, 8 Matt Cox.

Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Gareth Milasinovich, 18 Mike Daniels, 19 Dan Sanderson, 20 Nial Annett, 21 JB Bruzulier, 22 Ryan Mills, 23 Perry Humphreys.

La Rochelle: 15 Benjamin Lapeyre, 14 Alexander Northam, 13 Elliot Roudil, 12 Jean-Pascal Barraque, 11 Martin Carre, 10 Charles Bouldoire, 9 Ricky Januarie, 1 Thomas Synaeghel, 2 Maxime Gau, 3 Vincent Pelo, 4 Damien Lagrange, 5 Leo Cedaro, 6 Romana Graham, 7 Benoit Guyot, 8 Zeno Kieft (c).

Replacements: 16 Benjamin Geledan, 17 Mike Corbel, 18 Gagi Bazadze, 19 Jone Qovu Nailiko, 20 Romain Sazy, 21 Jules Lebail, 22 Fabien Fortassin, 23 Malietoa Hingano.

London Irish v Agen (3pm)

London Irish: 15 Sean Maitland, 14 Alex Lewington, 13 Aseli Tikoirotuma, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Topsy Ojo, 10 Chris Noakes, 9 Darren Allinson, 1 Tom Court, 2 Gerard Ellis, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 Eoin Sheriff, 5 Matt Symons (C), 6 Rob McCusker, 7 Joe Trayfoot, 8 Tom Guest.

Replacements: 16 Tom Cruse, 17 Tom Smallbone, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 David Sisi, 20 Luke Narraway, 21 Connor Murphy, 22 Theo Brophy Clews, 23 Dom Waldouck.

Agen: 15 François Tardieu, 14 Filipo Nakosi, 13 Julien Heriteau, 12 Vincent Roux, 11 Jason Deschamps, 10 Bautista Guemes, 9 Paul Abadie (c), 1 Quentin Bethune, 2 Marc Barthomeuf, 3 Nicolas Chocou, 4 Jean-Baptiste Roidot, 5 Denis Marchois, 6 Antoine Miquel, 7 Nicolas Gal, 8 Marc Baget.

Replacements: 16 Charly Morlay, 17 Viliamu Afatia, 18 Dave Ryan, 19 Léo Bastien, 20 Felicien Vergnon, 21 Clement Darbo, 22 François Bouvier, 23 Benoit Sicart.

Gloucester v Zebre (3.15pm)

Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Stevie McColl, 13 Bill Meakes, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Henry Purdy, 10 Billy Burns, 9 Callum Braley, 1 Yann Thomas, 2 Tom Lindsay, 3 Paul Doran-Jones, 4 Elliot Stooke, 5 Jeremy Thrush, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Jacob Rowan (c), 8 Lewis Ludlow.

Replacements: 16 Darren Dawiduik, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Nicky Thomas, 19 Tom Hicks, 20 Daniel Thomas, 21 Greig Laidlaw, 22 Henry Trinder, 23 Ollie Thorley.

Zebre: 15 Guglielmo Palazzani, 14 Dion Berryman, 13 Giulio Bisegni, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Edoardo Padovani, 9 Marcello Violi, 1 Andrea Lovotti, 2 Tommaso D'Apice, 3 Dario Chistolini, 4 Valerio Bernabo, 5 Marco Bortolami (c), 6 Jacopo Sarto, 7 Johan Meyer, 8 Filippo Ferrarini.

Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea de Marchi, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 George Biagi, 20 Emiliano Caffini, 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Giiulio Toniolatti, 23 Carlo Canna.

Pau v Castres Olympique (7.45pm)

Pau: 15 Charly Malie, 14 Sereli Bobo, 13 Julien Fumat (c), 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Elijah Niko, 10 Damien Traille, 9 Thibault Daubagna, 1 Chris King, 2 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 3 Giorgi Natsarashvili, 4 Claude Dry, 5 Daniel Ramsay, 6 Loic Bernad, 7 Josefa Ulago Domolailai, 8 James Coughlan

Replacements: 16 Thomas Bianchin, 17Jérémy Hurou, 18 Sylvain Charlet, 19 Brice Monzeglio, 20 Cameron Pierce, 21 Samuel Marques, 22 Watisoni Votu, 23 Marika Vunibaka.

Castres Olympique: 15 Julien Dumora, 14 Romain Martial, 13 Florian Vialelle, 12 Romain Cabannes (c), 11 Remi Grosso, 10 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 9 Antoine Dupont, 1 Saimone Taumoepeau, 2 Marc-Antoine Rallier, 3 Lucas Martinez, 4 Christophe Samson, 5 Victor Moreaux, 6 Piula Faasalele, 7 Mathieu Babillot, 8 Johnnie Beattie.

Replacements: 16 Mathieu Bonello, 17 Eric Sione, 18 Mihaita Lazar, 19 Anthony Jelonch, 20 Theo Hannoyer, 21 Thomas Combezou, 22 Louis Decrop, 23 Julien Seron.