Leeds v Bourgoin: Teams
A strong-looking Leeds will face Bourgoin on Sunday at Headingley Carnegie in a 'winners takes all' Challenge Cup match.
Last Updated: 22/01/10 2:50pm
A strong-looking Leeds will face Bourgoin this Sunday at Headingley Carnegie in a 'winners takes all' Amlin Challenge Cup Pool One match.
Both teams are tied in Pool One with 19 points and the winner will progress to the quarter-final and could book a home tie in the final eight.
The Leeds side shows just four changes from the side who ran in five tries against Overmach Parma last weekend.
All the changes come in the forwards with props Mike MacDonald and Juan Gomez returning in place of Gareth Hardy and Pete Bucknall. In the second row, Erik Lund takes over from Phil Murphy and finally Kearnan Myall is at six instead of Tom Denton, who is amongst the replacements.
Bourgoin have newly-reinstated French international fly-half Benjamin Boyet orchestrating their attack and as idiosyncratic a front row trio of names as you could wish for: Tchougong, Kopelani, Wihongi!
But there is little question the Berjalliens are at full strength and will be all out to win this game and progress in a tournament they were within an ace of winning last year
Leeds: 15 Jon Goodridge, 14 Jonny Hepworth, 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Henry Paul, 11 Lee Blackett, 10 Ceiron Thomas, 9 Scott Mathie, 8 Rhys Oakley, 7 Calum Clark, 6 Kearnan Myall, 5 Marco Wentzel (c), 4 Erik Lund, 3 Juan Gomez, 2 Vili Ma'asi, 1 Mike MacDonald.
Replacements: 16 Rob Rawlinson, 17 Gareth Hardy, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Jon Pendlebury, 20 Tom Denton, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Jason Strange, 23 Scott Armstrong.
Bourgoin: 15 Anthony Forest, 14 Albert VuliVuli, 13 Matias Viazzo, 12 David Janin, 11 Rudi Coetzee, 10 Benjamin Boyet, 9 Mickaël Forest, 8 Yann Labrit, 7 Sylvain Nicolas, 6 Julien Frier, 5 Coenraad Basson, 4 Wessel Jooste, 3 Karena Wihongi, 2 Tone Alefa Kopelani, 1 Arnaud Tchougong.
Replacements: 16 Jean-Philippe Genevois, 17 Vincent Pelo, 18 Olivier Milloud, 19 Timothy Cowley, 20 Bogdan Leonte, 21 John Senio, 22 Alberto Di Bernardo, 23 Camille Levast.