European Rugby Challenge Cup Round 6 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.

Castres Olympique v Pau

Friday, 22 January
Kick off: 19:00
Stade Pierre Antoine
Referee: Ian Tempest (England),
Assistant ref: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England),
Assistant ref: Kevin Stewart (England),
Citing Commissioner: Buster White (England)

Castres Olympique: Julien Caminati; Sitiveni Sivivatu, Thomas Combezou, Remi Lamerat, Florian Vialelle; Benjamin Urdapilleta, Julien Seron; Saimone Taumoepeau, Marc-Antoine Rallier, Eric Sione, Christophe Samson, Benjamin Desroche, Yannick Caballero, Mathieu Babillot, Johnnie Beattie (c)

Replacements: Julien Beziat, Antoine Tichit, Karena Wihongi, Ibrahim Diarra, Theo Hannoyer, Francois Fontaine, Romain Cabannes, Valentin Mouysset

Pau: Damien Traille; Sireli Bobo, Julien Fumat, Jale Vatubua, Mosese Ratuvou; Colin Slade, Thibault Daubagna; Julien Jacquot, Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes, Chris King, Julien Pierre (c), Daniel Ramsay, Sean Dougall, Paddy Butler, James Coughlan

Replacements: Thomas Bianchin, Geoffrey Moise, Juan Pablo Orlandi, Claude Dry, Brice Monzeglio, Samuel Marques, Brandon Fajardo, Watisoni Votu

La Rochelle v Worcester Warriors

Friday, 22 January
Kick off: 19:30
Stade Marcel Deflandre
Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy),
Assistant ref: Filippo Bertelli (Italy),
Assistant ref: Stefano Roscini (Italy),
Citing Commissioner: Dennis Jones (Wales)

La Rochelle : Kini Murimurivalu; Gabriel Lacroix, Jean-Pascal Barraque, Malietoa Hingano, Elliot Roudil; Zack Holmes, Julien Audy; Jordan Seneca, Hikairo Forbes, Uini Atonio (c), Damien Lagrange, Leo Cedaro, Romain Sazy, Romana Graham, Jone Qovu Nailiko

Replacements: Maxime Gau, Thomas Synaeghel, Gagi Bazadze, Zeno Kieft, Benoit Guyot, Ricky Januarie, Pierre Aguillon, Benjamin Lapeyre

Worcester Warriors: Ben Howard; Andy Short, Andy Symons, Ryan Mills, Dean Hammond; Tiff Eden, Luke Baldwin; Val Rapava Ruskin , Daniel George, Nick Schonert, Donncha O’Callaghan, Dan Sanderson , Marco Mama, Carl Kirwan, GJ van Velze (c)

Replacements: Ryan Bower, Ben Sowrey, Mike Daniels, Huw Taylor, Matt Cox, Charlie Mulchrone, Max Stelling, Perry Humphreys

Cardiff Blues v Rugby Calvisano

Friday, 22 January
Kick off: 19:45
BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park
Referee: Thomas Charabas (France),
Assistant ref: Arnaud Blondel (France),
Assistant ref: Luc Ramos (France),
Citing Commissioner: Andy Blyth (England)

Cardiff Blues: Dan Fish; Alex Cuthbert, Cory Allen, Gavin Evans, Tom James; Gareth Anscombe, Tavis Knoyle; Gethin Jenkins (c), Ethan Lewis, Dillon Lewis, Jarrad Hoeata, Lou Reed, Cam Dolan, Sam Warburton, Josh Navidi

Replacements: Matthew Rees, Tom Davies, Scott Andrews, Macauley Cook, Ellis Jenkins, Lloyd Williams, Rhys Patchell, Aled Summerhill

Rugby Calvisano: Ben De Jager; Giacomo De Santis, Alberto Chiesa, Tommy Castello (c), Marco Susio; Florin Vlaicu, Pablo Canavosio; Luca Scarsini, Lorenzo Giovanchelli, Rudy Biancotti, Michele Andreotti, Davide Zanetti, Matteo Archetti, Renato Giammarioli, Jim Tuivaiti

Replacements: Gabriele Morelli, Sami Panico, Marco Riccioni, Agustin Cavalieri, Emilio Vezzoli, Nicola Belardo, Riccardo Raffaele, Filippo Buscema

Montpellier v Harlequins

Friday, 22 January
Kick off: 20:45
Altrad Stadium
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales),
Assistant ref: Sean Brickell (Wales),
Assistant ref: Jon Hardy (Wales),
TMO: Jonathan Mason (Wales),
Citing Commissioner: Ray Wilton (Wales)

Montpellier: Jesse Mogg; Benjamin Fall, Anthony Tuitavke, Robert Ebersohn, Marvin O’Connor; Demetri Catrakilis, Benoit Paillaugue; Mikheil Nariashvili, Bismarck Du Plessis, Jannie Du Plessis, Robins Tchale Watchou, Paul Willemse, Fulgence Ouedraogo (c), Wiaan Liebenberg, Akapusi Qera

Replacements: Charles Geli, Davit Kubriashvili, Pat Cilliers, Jacques Du Plessis, Antoine Battut, Nic White, Francois Trinh-Duc, Yvan Reilhac

Harlequins: Ross Chisholm; Marland Yarde, Matt Hopper, Harry Sloan, Charlie Walker; Ben Botica, Karl Dickson; Mark Lambert, Joe Gray, Will Collier, George Merrick, Charlie Matthews, Chris Robshaw, Luke Wallace, Jack Clifford (c)

Replacements: Rob Buchanan, Owen Evans, Adam Jones, Kieran Treadwell, Mat Luamanu, Danny Care, Tim Swiel, Winston Stanley .

Zebre Rugby v Gloucester Rugby

Saturday, 23 January
Kick off: 15:00
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland),
Assistant ref: Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (Ireland),
Assistant ref: John Carvill (Ireland),
Citing Commissioner: Tim Lowry (Ireland)

Zebre Rugby: Kayle Van Zyl; Dion Berryman, Tommaso Boni, Matteo Pratichetti, Leonardo Sarto; Edoardo Padovani, Guglielmo Palazzani; Andrea de Marchi, Oliviero Fabiani, Pietro Ceccarelli, Valerio Bernabo, Marco Bortolami (c), Jacopo Sarto, Jean Cook, Dries van Schalkwyk

Replacements: Victor Emiliano Coria Marchetti, Bruno Postiglioni, Guillermo Roan, Gideon Koegelenberg, Federico Ruzza, Luke Burgess, Ulrich Beyers, Kelly Haimona

Gloucester Rugby: Rob Cook; David Halaifonua, Bill Meakes, Mark Atkinson, Stevie McColl; Billy Burns, Willi Heinz; Yann Thomas, Tom Lindsay, Paul Doran-Jones, Joe Latta, Mariano Galarza, Lewis Ludlow, Jacob Rowan (c), Ben Morgan

Replacements: Darren Dawiduik, Nick Wood, Josh McNulty, Tom Hicks, Elliot Stooke, Callum Braley, Charlie Sharples, Gareth Evans

Newcastle Falcons v Brive

Saturday, 23 January
Kick off: 15:00
Kingston Park
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales),
Assistant ref: Simon Rees (Wales),
Assistant ref: Greg Morgan (Wales),
Citing Commissioner: Paul Minto (Scotland)

Newcastle Falcons: Simon Hammersley; Alex Tait, Chris Harris, Juan Socino, Zach Kibirige; Craig Willis, Micky Young; Alex Rogers, Scott Lawson, Andy Foster, Mouritz Botha, Kane Thompson, Mark Wilson, Will Welch (c), Callum Chick

Replacements: George McGuigan, Ben Harris, Paddy Ryan, Calum Green, Richard Mayhew, Ruaridh Dawson, Adam Powell, Dan Marshall

Brive: Romain Sola; Guillaume Namy, Thomas Laranjeira, Christopher Tuatara, Benito Masilevu; Nicolas Bézy, Jean-Baptiste Pejoine (c); Damien Lavergne, Francois Da Ros, Damien Jourdain, Victor Lebas, Wilhelm Steenkamp, Fabien Sanconnie, Poutasi Luafutu, Petrus Hauman

Replacements: Guillaume Ribes, Lucas Pointud, Yusuf Tuncer, Sisa Koyamaibole, William Whetton, Teddy Iribaren, Benjamin Petre, Alfifeleti Mafi

Connacht Rugby v Enisei-STM

Saturday, 23 January
Kick off: 15:00
The Sportsground
Referee: Tom Foley (England),
Assistant ref: Greg Macdonald (England),
Assistant ref: Roger Baileff (England),
Citing Commissioner: Jean-Claude Legendre (France)

Connacht Rugby: Tiernan O’Halloran; Danie Poolman, Robbie Henshaw, Bundee Aki, Matt Healy; AJ MacGinty, Kieran Marmion; Denis Buckley, David Heffernan, Nathan White, Ultan Dillane, Aly Muldowney, John Muldoon (c), James Connolly, Eoghan Masterson

Replacements: Tom McCartney, Finlay Bealham, Rodney Ah You, George Naoupu, Sean O’Brien, Caolin Blade, Jack Carty, Rory Parata

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, Igor Kurashov, Dmitriy Simonov, Nikolay Serkov, Plavel Butenko

Agen v London Irish

Saturday, 23 January
Kick off: 20:45
Stade Armandie
Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland),
Assistant ref: Cammy Rudkin (Scotland),
Assistant ref: Bob Nevins (Scotland),
Citing Commissioner: Alberto Recaldini (Italy)

Agen: Benoit Sicart; François Tardieu, Vincent Roux, Julien Heriteau, Filipo Nakosi; François Bouvier, Paul Abadie (c); Giorgi Tetrashvili, Marc Barthomeuf, Arthur Joly, Apisai Naikatini, Jean-Baptiste Roidot, Denis Marchois, Léo Bastien, Antoine Miquel

Replacements: Jalil Narjissi, Quentin Bethune, Dave Ryan, Corentin Braendlin, Nicolas Gal, Clement Darbo, Pierre Fouyssac, Tamaz Mchedlidze

London Irish: Theo Brophy Clews; Topsy Ojo (c), Fergus Mulchrone, Dom Waldouck, Tom Fowlie; Shane Geraghty, Scott Steele; Tom Smallbone, Tom Cruse, Leo Halavatau, Ollie Curry, David Sisi, Luke Narraway, Conor Gilsenan, Tom Guest

Replacements: Gerard Ellis, Johnny Harris, Halani Aulika, Rob McCusker, Matt Symons, Darren Allinson, Connor Murphy, Alex Lewington

Grenoble v Edinburgh Rugby

Saturday, 23 January
Kick off: 20:45
Stade des Alpes
Referee: Greg Garner (England),
Assistant ref: Andrew Small (England),
Assistant ref: Roy Maybank (England),
TMO: Geoff Warren (England),
Citing Commissioner: Chris Catling (England)

Grenoble: Gio Aplon; Xavier Mignot, Chris Farrell, Nigel Hunt, Daniel Kilioni; Jonathan Wisniewski, Charl McLeod; Fabien Barcella, Arnaud Heguy, Dayna Edwards, Ben Hand (c), Peter Kimlin, Henry Vanderglas, Mahamadou Diaby, Rory Grice

Replacements: Loick Jammes, Sona Taumalolo, Rossouw de Klerk, James Percival, Fabien Alexandre, Christophe Loustalot, Gilles Bosch, Fabien Gengenbacher

Edinburgh Rugby: Greig Tonks; Damien Hoyland, Michael Allen, Matt Scott, William Helu; Phil Burleigh, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne; Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford, WP Nel, Anton Bresler, Ben Toolis, Mike Coman (c), John Hardie, Cornell Du Preez

Replacements: Neil Cochrane, Allan Dell, Simon Berghan, Alex Toolis, Hamish Watson, Nathan Fowles, Andries Strauss, Dougie Fife