Challenge Cup teams: Holders Gloucester target quarter-final spot
Tuesday 19 January 2016 10:13, UK
Challenge Cup holders Gloucester can book their place in the knockout stages with victory over La Rochelle on Saturday.
The runaway Pool 4 leaders can guarantee quarter-final status by beating their Top 14 opponents, drawing with them or picking up two losing bonus points, as second-placed Zebre - who visit Worcester on Saturday - would then be unable to catch them.
Fellow Aviva Premiership sides Newcastle and London Irish are also in action while Pool 1 leaders Connacht visit Brive.
Enisei-STM v Newcastle Falcons (11am GMT)
Enisei-STM: 15 Ramil Gaisin, 14 Jurijs Baranovs (c), 13 David Kacharava, 12 Mikhail Babaev, 11 Denis Simplikevich, 10 Iurii Kushnarev, 9 Alexey Shcherban; 1 Alexey Volkov, 2 Nazir Gasanov, 3 Innokentiy Zykov, 4 Uldis Saulite, 5 Viacheslav Krasylnyk, 6 Vitalii Orlov, 7 Andrey Temnov, 8 Anton Rudoi.
Replacements: 16 Stanislav Selskii, 17 Andrei Polivalov, 18 Evgenii Pronenko, 19 Mikhail Sidorov, 20 Sergey Kuzmenko, 21 Nikolay Serkov, 22 Dmitriy Simonov, 23 Plavel Butenko.
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Tom Penny, 14 Zach Kibirige, 13 Adam Powell, 12 Juan Socino, 11 Belisario Agulla, 10 Tom Catterick, 9 Jamie Booth; 1 Alex Rogers, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Paddy Ryan, 4 Calum Green, 5 Will Witty, 6 Richard Mayhew (c), 7 Dan Temm, 8 Callum Chick.
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Ben Harris, 18 Andy Foster, 19 Mouritz Botha, 20 Kane Thompson, 21 Ruaridh Dawson, 22 Adam Redman, 23 Dan Marshall.
Rugby Calvisano v Montpellier (1.30pm GMT)
Rugby Calvisano: 15 Ben De Jager, 14 Giacomo De Santis, 13 Alberto Chiesa, 12 Tommy Castello (c), 11 Daniele Di Giulio, 10 Florin Vlaicu, 9 Riccardo Raffaele; 1 Sami Panico, 2 Luhandre Luus, 3 Salvatore Costanzo, 4 Agustin Cavalieri, 5 Davide Zanetti, 6 Matteo Archetti, 7 Renato Giammarioli, 8 Jim Tuivaiti.
Replacements: 16 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 17 Luca Scarsini, 18 Elia Violi, 19 Michele Andreotti, 20 Emilio Vezzoli, 21 Pablo Canavosio, 22 Filippo Buscema, 23 Marco Susio.
Montpellier: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Anthony Tuitavke, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Marvin O'Connor, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Nic White; 1 Mikheil Nariashvili, 2 Bismarck Du Plessis, 3 Jannie Du Plessis, 4 Robins Tchale Watchou, 5 Thibaut Privat, 6 Antoine Battut (c), 7 Jacques Du Plessis, 8 Akapusi Qera.
Replacements: 16 Charles Geli, 17 Pat Cilliers, 18 Nicolas Mas, 19 Paul Willemse, 20 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Yvan Reilhac, 23 Julien Malzieu.
Gloucester v La Rochelle (3pm)
Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Billy Twelvetrees, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 David Halaifonua, 10 Billy Burns, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c); 1 Yann Thomas, 2 Darren Dawiduik, 3 Nicky Thomas, 4 Tom Savage, 5 Mariano Galarza, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Jacob Rowan, 8 Lewis Ludlow.
Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Josh McNulty, 19 Joe Latta, 20 Elliot Stooke, 21 Callum Braley, 22 Stevie McColl, 23 Matt Kvesic.
La Rochelle: 15 Benjamin Lapeyre, 14 Elliot Roudil, 13 Jean-Pascal Barraque, 12 Pierre Aguillon, 11 Alexander Northam, 10 Fabien Fortassin, 9 Julien Audy; 1 Thomas Synaeghel, 2 Hikairo Forbes, 3 Uini Atonio, 4 Damien Lagrange, 5 Leo Cedaro, 6 Zeno Kieft, 7 Jason Eaton (c), 8 Afa Amosa.
Replacements: 16 Maxime Gau, 17 Jordan Seneca, 18 Vincent Pelo, 19 Romain Sazy, 20 Kevin Gourdon, 21 Jules Lebail, 22 Zack Holmes, 23 Gabriel Lacroix.
Worcester Warriors v Zebre (3pm)
Worcester Warriors: 15 Ben Howard, 14 Andy Short, 13 Alex Grove (c), 12 Andy Symons, 11 Dean Hammond, 10 Tiff Eden, 9 Luke Baldwin; 1 Ryan Bower, 2 Ben Sowrey, 3 Gareth Milasinovich, 4 Dan Sanderson, 5 Darren O'Shea, 6 Huw Taylor, 7 Carl Kirwan, 8 Marco Mama.
Replacements: 16 Daniel George, 17 Mike Daniels, 18 Nick Schonert, 19 Tevita Cavubati , 20 Matt Cox, 21 Charlie Mulchrone, 22 Ryan Mills, 23 Perry Humphreys.
Zebre: 15 Ulrich Beyers, 14 Dion Berryman, 13 Giulio Bisegni, 12 Matteo Pratichetti, 11 Kayle Van Zyl, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Guglielmo Palazzani; 1 Andrea de Marchi, 2 Tommaso D'Apice , 3 Dario Chistolini, 4 Valerio Bernabo, 5 Marco Bortolami (c), 6 Jacopo Sarto, 7 Johan Meyer, 8 Dries van Schalkwyk.
Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Bruno Postiglioni, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Jean Cook, 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Giiulio Toniolatti, 23 Edoardo Padovani.
London Irish v Grenoble (3pm)
London Irish: 15 Topsy Ojo, 14 Alex Lewington, 13 Fergus Mulchrone, 12 Theo Brophy Clews, 11 Tom Fowlie, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Scott Steele; 1 Tom Smallbone, 2 Tom Cruse, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 Ollie Curry, 5 Jebb Sinclair, 6 Tom Guest, 7 Joe Trayfoot, 8 Luke Narraway (c).
Replacements: 16 Jimmy Stevens, 17 Tom Court, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 Conor Gilsenan, 20 David Sisi, 21 Darren Allinson, 22 Johnny Wililams, 23 Dom Waldouck.
Grenoble: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Lucas Dupont, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Nigel Hunt, 11 Armand Batlle, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski, 9 Charl McLeod; 1 Sona Taumalolo, 2 Arnaud Heguy, 3 Dayna Edwards, 4 Ben Hand (c), 5 Peter Kimlin, 6 Henry Vanderglas, 7 Mahamadou Diaby, 8 Rory Grice.
Replacements: 16 Loick Jammes, 17 Denis Coulson, 18 Walter Desmaison, 19 Mathias Marie, 20 Steven Setephano, 21 Lilian Saseras, 22 Clement Gelin, 23 Daniel Kilioni.
Brive v Connacht (7.45pm GMT)
Brive: 15 Romain Sola, 14 Guillaume Namy, 13 Thomas Laranjeira, 12 Christopher Tuatara, 11 Benito Masilevu, 10 Matthieu Ugalde, 9 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine; 1 Goderzi Shvelidze, 2 Thomas Acquier, 3 Kevin Buys, 4 Victor Lebas, 5 Arnaud Mela (c), 6 William Whetton, 7 Fabien Sanconnie, 8 Sisa Koyamaibole.
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Ribes, 17 Damien Lavergne, 18 Yusuf Tuncer, 19 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 20 Poutasi Luafutu, 21 Teddy Iribaren, 22 Nicolas Bézy, 23 Arnaud Mignardi.
Connacht: 15 Tiernan O'Halloran, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Rory Parata, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Matt Healy, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Ian Porter; 1 Ronan Loughney, 2 Jason Harris-Wright, 3 Rodney Ah You, 4 Ultan Dillane, 5 Aly Muldowney, 6 Sean O'Brien, 7 James Connolly, 8 John Muldoon (c).
Replacements: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Denis Buckley, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 George Naoupu, 20 Eoghan Masterson, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Jack Carty, 23 Peter Robb.