Stade Français v Bath: Teams
Stade Francais will look to secure their place in the knockout stage of the Heineken Cup with victory over Bath on Saturday.
Last Updated: 16/01/10 3:27pm
Stade Francais will look to secure their place in the knockout stage of the Heineken Cup with victory over Bath at the Stade Jean Bouin on Saturday.
Stade currently top Pool Four by four points, but with Edinburgh and Ulster hot on their heels, they need a victory over Bath.
The Parisians have named a powerful pack with the likes of Rodrigo Roncero, Sylvain Marconnet, Tom Palmer, Dimitri Szarzewski and James Haskell.
In the backs, coach Jacques Delmas has turned to Argentinean fly-half Ignacio Mieres with Lionel Beauxis named at full-back and Mark Gasnier having to settle for a place on the bench.
Bath have endured a miserable Heineken Cup campaign and things won't get any easier in Paris.
Full-back Nick Abendanon is missing for the trip so Michael Stephenson comes in on the wing to allow Joe Maddock to cover in the No.15 jersey.
Stade Français: 15 Lionel Beauxis, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffroy Messina, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Hugo Southwell, 8 Juan Leguizamon, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 James Haskell, 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Tom Palmer, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Pedro Ledesma, 19 Pierre Vigouroux, 20 Antoine Burban, 21 Aristide Barraud, 22 Guillaume Bousses, 23 Mark Gasnier.
Bath: 15 Joe Maddock, 14 Michael Stephenson, 13 Matt Carraro, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 Nicky Little, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Luke Watson, 7 Jules Salvi, 6 Andrew Beattie, 5 Peter Short, 4 Danny Grewcock, 3 David Wilson, 2 Lee Mears, 1 David Flatman.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 David Barnes, 18 Duncan Bell, 19 Stuart Hooper, 20 Ben Skirving, 21 Scott Bemand, 22 Ryan Davis, 23 Jack Cuthbert.
