Challenge Cup team news: Jamie Roberts debuts for Harlequins
Friday 18 December 2015 16:19, UK
Jamie Roberts will make his Harlequins debut against Calvisano on Saturday while Conrad Smith is on the bench for Pau.
Sale Sharks v Castres Olympique (2.30pm)
Sale Sharks: 15 Tom Arscott, 14 Tom Brady, 13 Johnny Leota, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Charlie Ingall, 10 Joe Ford, 9 James Mitchell; 1 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Jon Mills, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Mark Easter, 7 David Seymour, 8 Vili Fihaki.
Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 Ross Harrison, 18 James Flynn, 19 Josh Beaumont, 20 Cameron Neild, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Michael Haley.
Castres Olympique: 15 Geoffrey Palis, 14 David Smith, 13 Florian Vialelle, 12 Remi Lamerat, 11 Romain Martial, 10 Julien Dumora, 9 Antoine Dupont; 1 Antoine Tichit, 2 Marc-Antoine Rallier, 3 Karena Wihongi, 4 Christophe Samson, 5 Victor Moreaux, 6 Ibrahim Diarra, 7 Alexandre Bias, 8 Johnnie Beattie.
Replacements: 16 Julien Beziat, 17 Saimone Taumoepeau, 18 Yohan Montes, 19 Benjamin Desroche, 20 Alex Tulou, 21 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 22 Thomas Combezou, 23 Julien Seron.
Harlequins v Rugby Calvisano (3pm)
Harlequins: 15 Tim Swiel, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Winston Stanley, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 James Chisholm, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Tito Tebaldi; 1 Owen Evans, 2 Rob Buchanan, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 George Merrick, 5 Charlie Matthews, 6 Archie White, 7 Dave Ward, 8 Jack Clifford.
Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Seb Adeniran-Olule, 18 Adam Jones, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Harry Sloan, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Matt Hopper, 23 Charlie Walker.
Rugby Calvisano: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Giacomo De Santis, 13 Pablo Canavosio, 12 Alberto Chiesa, 11 Marco Susio, 10 Florin Vlaicu, 9 Riccardo Raffaele; 1 Sami Panico, 2 Lorenzo Giovanchelli, 3 Rudy Biancotti, 4 Michele Andreotti, 5 Davide Zanetti, 6 Nicola Belardo, 7 Alessio Zdrilich, 8 Renato Giammarioli.
Replacements: 16 Gabriele Morelli, 17 Elia Violi, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Luca Beccaris, 20 Matteo Archetti, 21 Maxime Mbanda, 22 Filippo Buscema, 23 Daniele Di Giulio.
Pau v Newport Gwent Dragons (7.45pm GMT)
Pau: 15 Damien Traille, 14 Sireli Bobo, 13 Julien Fumat, 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Mosese Ratuvou, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Thierry Lacrampe; 1 Jérémy Hurou, 2 Mehdi Boundjema, 3 Sylvain Charlet, 4 Daniel Ramsay, 5 Julien Pierre, 6 Josefa Ulago Domolailai, 7 Paddy Butler, 8 Brice Monzeglio.
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, 17 Julien Jacquot, 18 Euan Murray, 19 James Coughlan, 20 Sean Dougall, 21 Thibault Daubagna, 22 Conrad Smith, 23 Watisoni Votu.
Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Nick Scott, 13 Adam Hughes, 12 Adam Warren, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Jason Tovey, 9 Sarel Pretorius; 1 Phil Price, 2 Elliot Dee, 3 Lloyd Fairbrother, 4 Cory Hill, 5 Rynard Landman, 6 Nick Crosswell, 7 Nic Cudd, 8 Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Shaun Knight, 19 Matthew Screech, 20 Ollie Griffiths, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Dorian Jones, 23 Ross Wardle.
Zebre Rugby v La Rochelle (2pm GMT)
Zebre Rugby: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Dion Berryman, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Edoardo Padovani, 9 Luke Burgess; 1 Andrea Lovotti, 2 Tommaso D'Apice , 3 Pietro Ceccarelli, 4 Marco Bortolami, 5 George Biagi, 6 Jacopo Sarto, 7 Johan Meyer, 8 Paul Derbyshire.
Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Andrea de Marchi, 18 Guillermo Roan, 19 Valerio Bernabo, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Giulio Bisegni, 23 Carlo Canna.
La Rochelle: 15 Kini Murimurivalu, 14 Gabriel Lacroix, 13 Pierre Aguillon, 12 Malietoa Hingano, 11 Benjamin Lapeyre, 10 Charles Bouldoire, 9 Ricky Januarie; 1 Vincent Pelo, 2 Maxime Gau, 3 Gagi Bazadze, 4 Jason Eaton, 5 Leo Cedaro, 6 Romain Sazy, 7 Zeno Kieft, 8 Jone Qovu Nailiko.
Replacements: 16 David Roumieu, 17 Thomas Synaeghel, 18 Lekso Kaulashvili, 19 Damien Lagrange, 20 Kevin Gourdon, 21 Jules Lebail, 22 Elliot Roudil, 23 Kamilieni Raivono.
Brive v Enisei-STM (2pm GMT)
Brive: 15 Romain Sola, 14 Alfifeleti Mafi, 13 Atila Septar, 12 Thomas Laranjeira, 11 Benito Masilevu, 10 Matthieu Ugalde, 9 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine; 1 Damien Lavergne, 2 Thomas Acquier, 3 Kevin Buys, 4 Victor Lebas, 5 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 6 Hugues Briatte, 7 Poutasi Luafutu, 8 Sisa Koyamaibole.
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Ribes, 17 Goderzi Shvelidze, 18 Damien Jourdain, 19 Peet Marais, 20 Fabien Sanconnie, 21 William Whetton, 22 Nicolas Bézy, 23 Arnaud Mignardi.
Enisei-STM: 15 Robert Malneek, 14 Igor Kurashov, 13 Denis Simplikevich, 12 Mikhail Babaev, 11 David Kacharava, 10 Iurii Kushnarev, 9 Jurijs Baranovs; 1 Alexey Volkov, 2 Nazir Gasanov, 3 Innokentiy Zykov, 4 Uldis Saulite, 5 Viacheslav Krasylnyk, 6 Andrey Temnov, 7 Vitalii Orlov, 8 Anton Rudoi.
Replacements: 16 Stanislav Selskii, 17 Andrei Polivalov, 18 Evgenii Pronenko, 19 Mikhail Sidorov, 20 Plavel Butenko, 21 Alexey Shcherban, 22 Dmitriy Simonov, 23 Ramil Gaisin.
