European Rugby Challenge Cup Round 5 teams

The starting teams and replacements as well as the match officials and kick off times for this weekend’s European Rugby Challenge Cup matches have been released.

Edinburgh Rugby v Agen

Friday, 15 January
Kick off: 19:30
BT Murrayfield Stadium
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales),
Assistant ref: Simon Rees (Wales),
Assistant ref: Rhys Thomas (Wales),
Citing Comissioner: Wade Dooley (England)

Edinburgh Rugby: Jack Cuthbert; Damien Hoyland, Michael Allen, Andries Strauss, William Helu; Greig Tonks, Sean Kennedy; Rory Sutherland, Stuart McInally (c), John Andress, Alex Toolis, Ben Toolis, Jamie Ritchie, Hamish Watson, Magnus Bradbury

Replacements: Neil Cochrane, Allan Dell, Simon Berghan, Anton Bresler, Mike Coman, Nathan Fowles, Chris Dean, Dougie Fife

Agen: Benoit Sicart; François Tardieu, Vincent Roux, Pierre Fouyssac, Filipo Nakosi; François Bouvier, Paul Abadie (c); Quentin Bethune, Marc Barthomeuf, Nicolas Chocou, Léo Bastien, Corentin Braendlin, Sione Tau, Denis Marchois, Marc Baget

Replacements: Florian Dufour, Viliamu Afatia, , Felicien Vergnon, Nicolas Gal, Baptiste Cadiou, Clement Darbo, Alban Conduche

Newport Gwent Dragons v Castres Olympique

Friday, 15 January
Kick off: 19:45
Rodney Parade
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Kieran Barry (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Ken Imbusch (Ireland),
TMO: Dermot Moloney (Ireland),
Citing Comissioner: Dave Guyan (England)

Newport Gwent Dragons: Carl Meyer; Ashton Hewitt, Adam Hughes, Adam Warren, Hallam Amos; Jason Tovey, Sarel Pretorius; Phil Price, Elliot Dee, Brok Harris, Cory Hill, Rynard Landman (c), Lewis Evans, Nic Cudd, Toby Faletau

Replacements: T Rhys Thomas, Boris Stankovich, Shaun Knight, Matthew Screech, Ed Jackson, Charlie Davies, Angus O’Brien, Nick Scott

Castres Olympique: Geoffrey Palis; Sitiveni Sivivatu, Thomas Combezou, Romain Cabannes (c), David Smith; Francois Fontaine, Julien Seron; Saimone Taumoepeau, Marc-Antoine Rallier, Lucas Martinez, Christophe Samson, Benjamin Desroche, Yannick Caballero, Ibrahim Diarra, Mathieu Babillot

Replacements: Julien Beziat, Karena Wihongi, Eric Sione, Alexandre Bias, Theo Hannoyer, Rudi Wulf, Remi Lamerat, Benjamin Urdapilleta

Pau v Sale Sharks

Friday, 15 January
Kick off: 19:45
Stade du Hameau
Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Leo Colgan (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Paul Haycock (Ireland),
Citing Comissioner: Eddie Walsh (Ireland)

Pau: Charly Malie; Marika Vunibaka, Julien Fumat (c), Pierre Dupouy, Mathieu Acebes; Brandon Fajardo, Samuel Marques; Geoffrey Moise, Thomas Bianchin, Giorgi Natsarashvili, Cameron Pierce, Claude Dry, Giovanni Habel Kuffner, Josefa Ulago Domolailai, Brice Monzeglio

Replacements: Mehdi Boundjema, Julien Jacquot, Juan Pablo Orlandi, Sean Dougall, Loic Bernad, Thierry Lacrampe, Watisoni Votu, Romain Buros

Sale Sharks: Michael Haley; Tom Arscott, Will Addison, Johnny Leota, Neville Edwards; Danny Cipriani, Chris Cusiter; Ross Harrison, Tommy Taylor, Vadim Cobilas, Bryn Evans, Andrei Ostrikov, Cameron Neild, Magnus Lund, Josh Beaumont (c)

Replacements: Neil Briggs, James Flynn, Ciaran Parker, Jon Mills, Mark Easter, james mitchell, Joe Ford, Mark Jennings

Enisei-STM v Newcastle Falcons

Saturday, 16 January
Kick off: 14:00
Yug Stadium
Referee: Tual Trainini (France),
Assistant ref: Vincent Blasco Baqué (France),
Assistant ref: Jonathan Gasnier (France),
Citing Comissioner: Iain Goodall (Scotland)

Enisei-STM: Ramil Gaisin; Jurijs Baranovs (c), David Kacharava, Mikhail Babaev, Denis Simplikevich; Iurii Kushnarev, Alexey Shcherban; Alexey Volkov, Nazir Gasanov, Innokentiy Zykov, Uldis Saulite, Viacheslav Krasylnyk, Vitalii Orlov, Andrey Temnov, Anton Rudoi

Replacements: Stanislav Selskii, Andrei Polivalov, Evgenii Pronenko, Mikhail Sidorov, Sergey Kuzmenko, Nikolay Serkov, Dmitriy Simonov, Plavel Butenko

Newcastle Falcons: Tom Penny; Zach Kibirige, Adam Powell, Juan Socino, Belisario Agulla; Tom Catterick, Jamie Booth; Alex Rogers, George McGuigan, Paddy Ryan, Calum Green, Will Witty, Richard Mayhew (c), Dan Temm, Callum Chick

Replacements: Rob Hawkins, Ben Harris, Andy Foster, Mouritz Botha, Kane Thompson, Ruaridh Dawson, Adam Redman, Dan Marshall

Rugby Calvisano v Montpellier

Saturday, 16 January
Kick off: 14:30
Peroni Stadium
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (Ireland),
Assistant ref: John Carvill (Ireland),
Citing Comissioner: Danny Rumble (England)

Rugby Calvisano: Ben De Jager; Giacomo De Santis, Alberto Chiesa, Tommy Castello (c), Daniele Di Giulio; Florin Vlaicu, Riccardo Raffaele; Sami Panico, Luhandre Luus, Salvatore Costanzo, Agustin Cavalieri, Davide Zanetti, Matteo Archetti, Renato Giammarioli, Jim Tuivaiti

Replacements: Lorenzo Giovanchelli, Luca Scarsini, Elia Violi, Michele Andreotti, Emilio Vezzoli, Pablo Canavosio, Filippo Buscema, Marco Susio

Montpellier: Jesse Mogg; Benjamin Fall, Anthony Tuitavke, Robert Ebersohn, Marvin O’Connor; Demetri Catrakilis, Nic White; Mikheil Nariashvili, Bismarck Du Plessis, Jannie Du Plessis, Robins Tchale Watchou, Thibaut Privat, Antoine Battut (c), Jacques Du Plessis, Akapusi Qera

Replacements: Charles Geli, Pat Cilliers, Nicolas Mas, Paul Willemse, Fulgence Ouedraogo, Cameron Wright, Yvan Reilhac, Julien Malzieu

Gloucester Rugby v La Rochelle

Saturday, 16 January
Kick off: 15:00
Kingsholm Stadium
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Barrie O’Connell (Ireland),
Citing Comissioner: Francesco Grillo (Italy)

Gloucester Rugby: Rob Cook; Charlie Sharples, Billy Twelvetrees, Mark Atkinson, David Halaifonua; Billy Burns, Greig Laidlaw (c); Yann Thomas, Darren Dawiduik, Nicky Thomas, Tom Savage, Mariano Galarza, Ross Moriarty, Jacob Rowan, Lewis Ludlow

Replacements: Tom Lindsay, Dan Murphy, Josh McNulty, Joe Latta, Elliot Stooke, Callum Braley, Stevie McColl, Matt Kvesic

La Rochelle : Benjamin Lapeyre; Elliot Roudil, Jean-Pascal Barraque, Pierre Aguillon, Alexander Northam; Fabien Fortassin, Julien Audy; Thomas Synaeghel, Hikairo Forbes, Uini Atonio, Damien Lagrange, Leo Cedaro, Zeno Kieft, Jason Eaton (c), Afa Amosa

Replacements: Maxime Gau, Jordan Seneca, Vincent Pelo, Romain Sazy, Kevin Gourdon, Jules Lebail, Zack Holmes, Gabriel Lacroix

Worcester Warriors v Zebre Rugby

Saturday, 16 January
Kick off: 15:00
Sixways Stadium
Referee: Thomas Charabas (France),
Assistant ref: Sebastien Minery (France),
Assistant ref: Vivien Praderie (France),
Citing Comissioner: Chris Morgan (Wales)

Worcester Warriors: Ben Howard; Andy Short, Alex Grove (c), Andy Symons, Dean Hammond; Tiff Eden, Luke Baldwin; Ryan Bower, Ben Sowrey, Gareth Milasinovich, Dan Sanderson , Darren O’Shea, Huw Taylor, Carl Kirwan, Marco Mama

Replacements: Daniel George, Mike Daniels, Nick Schonert, Tevita Cavubati , Matt Cox, Charlie Mulchrone, Ryan Mills, Perry Humphreys

Zebre Rugby: Ulrich Beyers; Dion Berryman, Giulio Bisegni, Matteo Pratichetti, Kayle Van Zyl; Kelly Haimona, Guglielmo Palazzani; Andrea de Marchi, Tommaso D’Apice , Dario Chistolini, Valerio Bernabo, Marco Bortolami (c), Jacopo Sarto, Johan Meyer, Dries van Schalkwyk

Replacements: Oliviero Fabiani, Bruno Postiglioni, Pietro Ceccarelli, Federico Ruzza, Jean Cook, Luke Burgess, Giiulio Toniolatti , Edoardo Padovani

London Irish v Grenoble

Saturday, 16 January
Kick off: 15:00
Madejski Stadium
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy),
Assistant ref: Matteo Liperini (Italy),
Assistant ref: Simone Boaretto (Italy),
Citing Comissioner: Tim Lowry (Ireland)

London Irish: Topsy Ojo; Alex Lewington, Fergus Mulchrone, Theo Brophy Clews, Tom Fowlie; Shane Geraghty, Scott Steele; Tom Smallbone, Tom Cruse, Halani Aulika, Ollie Curry, Jebb Sinclair, Tom Guest, Joe Trayfoot, Luke Narraway (c)

Replacements: Jimmy Stevens, Tom Court, Leo Halavatau, Conor Gilsenan, David Sisi, Darren Allinson, Johnny Wililams, Dom Waldouck

Grenoble: Gio Aplon; Lucas Dupont, Chris Farrell, Nigel Hunt, Armand Batlle; Jonathan Wisniewski, Charl McLeod; Sona Taumalolo, Arnaud Heguy, Dayna Edwards, Ben Hand (c), Peter Kimlin, Henry Vanderglas, Mahamadou Diaby, Rory Grice

Replacements: Loick Jammes, Denis Coulson, Walter Desmaison, Mathias Marie, Steven Setephano, Lilian Saseras, Clement Gelin, Daniel Kilioni

Brive v Connacht Rugby

Saturday, 16 January
Kick off: 20:45
Stade Amédée-Domenech
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England),
Assistant ref: Dean Richards (England),
Assistant ref: Paul Burton (England),
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England),
Citing Comissioner: Steve Savage (England)

Brive: Romain Sola; Guillaume Namy, Thomas Laranjeira, Christopher Tuatara, Benito Masilevu; Matthieu Ugalde, Jean-Baptiste Pejoine; Goderzi Shvelidze, Thomas Acquier, Kevin Buys, Victor Lebas, Arnaud Mela (c), William Whetton, Fabien Sanconnie, Sisa Koyamaibole

Replacements: Guillaume Ribes, Damien Lavergne, Yusuf Tuncer, Wilhelm Steenkamp, Poutasi Luafutu, Teddy Iribaren, Nicolas Bézy, Arnaud Mignardi

Connacht Rugby: Tiernan O’Halloran; Danie Poolman, Rory Parata, Bundee Aki, Matt Healy; AJ MacGinty, Ian Porter; Ronan Loughney, Jason Harris Wright, Rodney Ah You, Ultan Dillane, Aly Muldowney, Sean O’Brien, James Connolly, John Muldoon (c)

Replacements: Tom McCartney, Denis Buckley, Finlay Bealham, George Naoupu, Eoghan Masterson, Caolin Blade, Jack Carty, Peter Robb

Harlequins v Cardiff Blues

Sunday, 17 January
Kick off: 15:15
The Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Mark Patton (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Jonathan Peak (Ireland),
TMO: Jude Quinn (Ireland),
Citing Comissioner: Yann Le Dore (France)

Harlequins: Mike Brown; Marland Yarde, George Lowe, Jamie Roberts, Ross Chisholm; Nick Evans, Danny Care (c); Joe Marler, Rob Buchanan, Will Collier, George Merrick, Charlie Matthews, Chris Robshaw, Jack Clifford, Nick Easter

Replacements: Dave Ward, Mark Lambert, Kyle Sinckler, Mat Luamanu, Luke Wallace, Karl Dickson, Ben Botica, Charlie Walker

Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Alex Cuthbert, Cory Allen, Rey Lee-Lo, Tom James; Rhys Patchell, Lloyd Williams (c); Sam Hobbs, Kristian Dacey, Tau Filise, Macauley Cook, James Down, Josh Turnbull, Josh Navidi, Manoa Vosawai

Replacements: Ethan Lewis, Tom Davies, Dillon Lewis, Jarrad Hoeata, Ellis Jenkins, Tavis Knoyle, Gareth Anscombe, Gavin Evans