Leeds v Stade Français: Teams

Leeds have made nine changes for the Amlin Challenge Cup clash with Stade Français at Headingley Carnegie.

Michael Stephenson, James Tincknell, Luther Burrell, Warren Fury, Gareth Hardy and Tom Denton are retained from the side that beat Bucuresti last time out.

However England internationals Steve Thompson and Hendre Fourie and skipper Marco Wentzel all return to face the Parisians.

Lachlan MacKay also makes his long-awaited comeback after being sidelined since the opening week of the season.

Stade Francais have rotated their squad for the trip to Headingley - however Tom Palmer is included.

England lock Palmer played for Leeds before subsequent moves to Wasps and then Paris.

Fellow England international James Haskell is named on a star-studded bench alongside the likes of Mauro Bergamasco, Lionel Beauxis and Mathieu Bastareaud.

South African Noël Oelschig starts at fly-half with Pumas points machine Martin Rodriguez at full-back and Pierre Rabadan taking over the captaincy.

Leeds: 15 Michael Stephenson, 14 Semi Tadulala, 13 James Tincknell, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 Lee Blackett, 10 Lachlan Mackay, 9 Warren Fury, 8 Rhys Oakley, 7 Hendre Fourie, 6 Jon Pendlebury, 5 Marco Wentzel (capt), 4 Tom Denton, 3 Juan Gomez, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Gareth Hardy.
Replacements:16 Andy Titterrell, 17 Gareth Denman, 18 Miguel Alonso, 19 Kearnan Myall, 20 Daniel Browne, 21 Scott Mathie, 22 Ceiron Thomas, 23 Henry Faafili.

Stade Français : 15 Martin Rodriguez, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Guillaume Bousses, 12 Jules Plisson, 11 Ollie Phillips, 10 Noel Oelschig, 9 Benjamin Tardy, 8 Hugues Briatte, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 Antoine Burban, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Arnaud Marchois, 3 Arthur Joly, 2 Laurent Sempere, 1 Damien Weber.
Replacements:16 Remi Bonfils, 17 Mohamed Boughanmi, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Pascal Pape, 20 James Haskell, 21 Mauro Bergamasco, 22 Lionel Beauxis, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.