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Four fixtures take place on Sunday in Round One of the Champions Cup, starting with Gloucester hosting Castres and Lyon facing Cardiff Blues.

Gloucester v Castres

Ben Morgan will skipper Gloucester while Tom Savage and Tom Marshall make their first competitive appearances of the season as the club kicks off their Heineken Champions Cup campaign at home to Castres.

Both players have been sidelined with injury so far this season, and make a timely return with a number of their team-mates unavailable for Sunday’s game.

Also returning to the starting line-up are full-back Jason Woodward and scrum-half Callum Braley, who were replacements against Wasps at the Ricoh Arena last weekend.

In the pack, Savage starts in the second-row in place of Ed Slater, while Freddie Clarke comes into the back-row in place of the suspended Lewis Ludlow.

Castres, meanwhile, opt for Ludovic Radosavljevic ahead of Rory Kockott at scrum-half, with Julien Dumora wearing 10 in a backline that includes Canada international Taylor Paris.

Up front, Jody Jenneker is named at hooker while Baptiste Delaporte and Alex Tulou join captain Mathieu Babillot in the back-row.

The teams:

Gloucester: 15 Jason Woodward, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Billy Twelvetrees, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Tom Marshall, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Callum Braley, 8 Ben Morgan (c), 7 Jake Polledri, 6 Freddie Clarke, 5 Gerbrandt Grobler, 4 Tom Savage, 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Franco Marais, 1 Josh Hohneck
Replacements: 16 Henry Walker, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Todd Gleave, 20 Matt Banahan, 21 Ben Vellacott, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Tom Hudson

Castres: 15 Armand Batlle, 14 Martin Laveau, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Florian Vialelle, 11 Taylor Paris, 10 Julien Dumora, 9 Ludovic Radosavljevic, 8 Alex Tulou, 7 Baptiste Delaporte, 6 Mathieu Babillot (c), 5 Loic Jacquet, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Paea Fa’anunu, 2 Jody Jenneker, 1 Tudor Stroe
Replacements: 16 Paul Sauzaret, 17 Tapu Falatea, 18 Wilfrid Hounkpatin, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Yannick Caballero, 21 Yohan Le Bourhis, 22 David Smith, 23 Rory Kockott

Venue: Kingsholm
Kick-off: 13:00 BST (12:00 GMT)
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Assistant referees: Manuel Bottino (Italy), Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Television match official: Stefano Pennè (Italy)

Lyon v Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues have made seven changes for their opening Heineken Champions Cup encounter at Lyon on Sunday.

Wales’ Capital Region, who won the European Challenge Cup last season, return to the top tier for first time since 2014, and go into competition on the back of three consecutive wins.

Head coach John Mulvihill has largely opted for the same squad that claimed the Welsh derby spoils against the Dragons last week but has reshuffled his starting XV.

Up front, props Rhys Gill and Dillon Lewis pack down either side of Kristian Dacey, with Brad Thyer and Dmitri Arhip dropping to the bench. Macauley Cook comes in for George Earle, while Olly Robinson, Ellis Jenkins and Josh Navidi form a dynamic back-row.

In the backs, Tomos Williams and Jarrod Evans get the nod at half-back, with Gareth Anscombe switching to full-back, and Garyn Smith makes his first start of the season.

Hosts Lyon name Charlie Ngatai at full-back while fellow New Zealander Rudi Wulf wears 13 and is joined in the midfield by Thibaut Regard.

Jean-Marc Doussain and Lionel Beauxis form a vastly experienced half-back pairing as Lyon look to kick-off their European campaign on a positive note.

The teams:

Lyon: 15 Charlie Ngatai, 14 Toby Arnold, 13 Rudi Wulf, 12 Thibaut Regard, 11 Noa Nakaitaci, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Jean-Marc Doussain, 8 Loann Goujon, 7 Patrick Sobela, 6 Julien Puricelli (c), 5 Hendrik Roodt, 4 Felix Lambey, 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Mickael Ivaldi, 1 Alexandre Menini
Replacements: 16 Jeremie Maurouard, 17 Raphael Chaume, 18 Clément Ric, 19 Manuel Carizza, 20 Carl Fearns, 21 Dylan Cretin, 22 Quentin Delord, 23 Pierre-Louis Barassi

Cardiff Blues: 15 Gareth Anscombe, 14 Owen Lane, 13 Garyn Smith, 12 Willis Halaholo, 11 Jason Harries, 10 Jarrod Evans, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Josh Navidi, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Olly Robinson, 5 Josh Turnbull, 4 Macauley Cook, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Rhys Gill
Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Brad Thyer, 18 Dmitri Arhip, 19 Rory Thornon, 20 Samu Manoa, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Rey Lee-Lo, 23 Aled Summerhill

Venue: Matmut Stadium de Gerland
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 BST, 12:00 GMT)
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant referees: Ian Tempest (England), Wayne Falla (England)
Television match official: David Grashoff (England)

Toulon v Newcastle Falcons

Toulon will look to put their poor domestic form to one side when they kick off their Champions Cup campaign at home to Newcastle Falcons.

In team news Josua Tuisova and Julian Savea are their wings, with Anthony Belleau at inside centre and Francois Trinh-Duc wearing number 10.

Their pack includes Guilhem Guirado at hooker and Romain Taofifenua in the second-row.

Meanwhile, French prop Sami Mavinga starts for Newcastle Falcons on Sunday as they return to his homeland for this game.

Mavinga joins a freshened-up front-row as Newcastle play their first Champions Cup game for 14 seasons, joining Kyle Cooper and David Wilson in the starting spots as part of a side containing 10 changes from their last outing at Sale Sharks.

A number of those are enforced, captain Will Welch suffering an ankle injury which is expected to sideline him for the next couple of months, fly-half Toby Flood missing out due to a shoulder injury and Vereniki Goneva being sidelined following a head knock.

Alex Tait comes in at full-back and Tom Arscott replaces Goneva on the wing, Tom Penny slotting in at outside centre after impressing from the bench in recent weeks while Joel Hodgson takes the 10 shirt. Will Witty and Glen Young start in the second-row, the only other change coming in the back-row where Fiji number eight Nemani Nagusa is handed a first team debut.

The teams:

Toulon: 15 Daniel Ikpefan, 14 Josua Tuisova, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Anthony Belleau, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Eric Escande, 8 Raphael Lakafia (c), 7 Stephane Onambele Mbarga, 6 Jean Monribot, 5 Romain Taofifenua, 4 Swan Rebbadj, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Jean Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Anthony Etrillard, 17 Xavier Chiocci, 18 Sébastien Taofifenua, 19 Jacques Potgieter, 20 Malakai Fekitoa, 21 Hugo Bonneval, 22 Anthony Meric, 23 Florent Vanverberghe

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Alex Tait, 14 Tom Arscott, 13 Tom Penny, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Joel Hodgson, 9 Michael Young, 8 Nemani Nagusa, 7 Gary Graham, 6 Mark Wilson (c), 5 Glen Young, 4 Will Witty, 3 David Wilson, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Sami Mavinga
Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Logovi’i Mulipola, 19 Ryan Burrows, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Sonatane Takulua, 22 Brett Connon, 23 Pedro Bettencourt

Venue: Stade Felix Mayol
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 BST, 14:15 GMT)
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Wayne Davies (Wales)
Television match official: Neil Patterson (Scotland)

Glasgow Warriors v Saracens

Callum Gibbins and Ryan Wilson both return to the Glasgow Warriors starting XV for their Heineken Champions Cup opener against Saracens.

Neither co-captain featured in last weekend’s 36-8 victory over Zebre and return refreshed for the visit of the reigning Premiership champions.

Matt Fagerson retains his spot at number eight and Rob Harley also comes back into the starting line-up, joining Jonny Gray in the second-row. Oli Kebble and D’Arcy Rae pack down either side of Fraser Brown completing the pack.

Ali Price partners Adam Hastings at half-back while Huw Jones is once again partnered with Alex Dunbar in midfield.

DTH van der Merwe will be looking to add to his 50 Glasgow Warriors tries as he is brought back into the starting XV. Lee Jones and Ruaridh Jackson join him in the back-three.

Meanwhile, Saracens have made five changes for their first Champions Cup pool match of the season.

Captain Brad Barritt is fit to play following an operation on a facial injury sustained in Premiership action a fortnight ago.

It forced the 32-year-old to miss Sarries’ win at Harlequins where Maro Itoje came off the bench for his 100th appearance for the Men in Black. He slots in on the flank for the trip to Scotland.

Former Glasgow winger Sean Maitland is promoted to the starting XV while tighthead prop Vincent Koch returns from Springbok duty to take the number three jersey.

Scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth is the only other alteration.

The teams:

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Ruaridh Jackson, 14 Lee Jones, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 DTH van der Merwe, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ali Price, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Callum Gibbins (cc), 6 Ryan Wilson (cc), 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Rob Harley, 3 D’Arcy Rae, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Oli Kebble
Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Alex Allan, 18 Petrus du Plessis, 19 Greg Peterson, 20 Chris Fusaro, 21 George Horne, 22 Pete Horne, 23 Rory Hughes

Saracens: 15 Alex Goode, 14 David Strettle, 13 Alex Lozowski, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Mike Rhodes, 6 Maro Itoje, 5 George Kruis, 4 Will Skelton, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Jamie George, 1 Mako Vunipola
Replacements: 16 Christopher Tolofua, 17 Richard Barrington, 18 Titi Lamositele, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Jackson Wray, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Nick Tompkins, 23 Liam Williams

Venue: Scotstoun
Kick-off: 15:15 BST (14:15 GMT)
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant referees: Alexandre Ruiz (France), Thomas Charabas (France)
Television match official: Philippe Bonhoure (France)

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Wasps and England have suffered a double blow as Joe Launchbury and Dan Robson are set for up to 12 weeks out due to respective injuries.

England international second-row Launchbury has had knee surgery while fellow international, scrum-half Robson, will have an ankle operation.

The news was confirmed by the Premiership outfit on the day of their Champions Cup opener, against holders Leinster at the RDS in Dublin.

It is believed that Launchbury suffered the injury against Leicester Tigers last month, as he has been absent from Wasps action ever since.

England will take on South Africa, New Zealand, Japan and Australia during their November internationals, with all the games at Twickenham.

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Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said his side will not get carried away after they claimed an emphatic 52-3 win over Wasps in Friday’s Champions Cup opener in Dublin.

The defending champions were in superb form and outscored the Premiership outfit by eight tries none, after holding a 14-3 lead at half-time.

But despite turning on the style in the second half, which they won 38-0, Cullen is not reading too much into his side’s performance.

“We just need to be careful that we’re not getting too far ahead of ourselves,” he said after the match.

“We’ve played one game and no one else has played yet in Europe. There’s a lot of very good teams in Europe at the moment.

“Sometimes in Europe, you only need to be a little bit off and you come unstuck. Sometimes then the score can get out of control.

“We know that ourselves because we got beaten by Wasps 51-10 in the Ricoh a number of years ago and we got pretty heavily beaten here as well. It can be a little bit misleading at times.”

Cullen praised his charges for their clinical performance but feels there were some crucial moments in the match which helped their cause.

“We talked a lot in the past about every point counting,” he said.

“It was good to keep playing until the very end. Big moments obviously just on half-time, when they lose a player (Lima Sopoaga) to the bin and we go on to score just before half-time (Luke McGrath’s first try).

“Then score two minutes into the second half (through James Lowe).

“We managed to hold onto the ball a bit better than we probably did last week against Munster.

“We coughed up a lot of ball (against Munster) and had very little possession. It was nice to be on the other side of the possession stats.”

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Leinster began the defence of their Champions Cup title with an outstanding display after they thrashed Wasps 52-3 at the RDS Arena.

The Irish province had to remain patient in the first-half but they did manage to go 14-3 up at the break through Sean Cronin and Luke McGrath tries.

Lima Sopoaga provided the Premiership team’s response from the tee, but they were outclassed for the whole 80 minutes and conceded six more times via James Lowe (twice), McGrath, Jordan Larmour, Robbie Henshaw and Jack McGrath.

Following their triumph last season, this was a hugely impressive way to start the new European season and they look well set to challenge in 2018/19.

It was always going to be difficult for the injury-stricken visitors, who were without several key players, and they lacked the quality to compete with the defending champions.

As is Leinster’s wont, they took the ball through the phases and, although the English outfit held firm early on, Cronin spotted a gaping hole in the opposition rearguard.

Although Wasps had a case for a penalty, with only one of the hooker’s feet behind the ball, it wasn’t given by referee Romain Poite and the Ireland international showed superb pace to finish.

Dai Young’s men responded via Sopoaga’s penalty but they were creating little and it was the Irishmen who were doing all of the attacking.

Robbie Henshaw and Lowe both caused problems for the visitors but, despite making several incursions, Wasps’ goal-line defence was holding out.

They had reached the 40-minute mark having limited the hosts to just one try but that was to change following a yellow card for Sopoaga for a deliberate knock-on.

With their opponents down to 14 men, Leinster scored two tries either side of the interval. The first came from the forwards’ hard work, who barrelled their way towards the whitewash, but it was scrum-half McGrath that finished it off from close range.

After the break, matters worsened for Young’s charges when Johnny Sexton’s inside ball found Lowe and the flyer brilliantly weaved his way past two would-be tacklers to touch down.

Even at that point, the match was effectively won and, as a result, they went in search of the bonus-point. They had played some excellent rugby all evening and the hosts produced the move of the contest to claim the full five.

When the Irish province had spotted space on the outside, tighthead prop Tadhg Furlong showed his adept skills to take an outside break and offload to Lowe. The wing then had the simple job of finding McGrath on the inside and the scrum-half did the rest.

Leo Cullen’s men were rampant and they added to the scoreboard as Sexton’s Carlos Spencer-esque through-the-legs pass found Henshaw and the centre fed Lowe to score.

It had been an outstanding performance by Leinster and they rounded off a superb outing by going over three more times through Larmour, Henshaw and prop McGrath.

The scorers:

For Leinster:
Tries: Cronin, L McGrath 2, Lowe 2, Larmour, Henshaw, J McGrath
Cons: Sexton 5, Byrne

For Wasps:
Pen: Sopoaga
Yellow Card: Sopoaga

Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Jordan Larmour, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Johnny Sexton (c), 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 5 James Ryan, 4 Devin Toner, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Seán Cronin, 1 Cian Healy
Replacements: 16 James Tracy, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Scott Fardy, 20 Seán O’Brien, 21 Nick McCarthy, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Joe Tomane

Wasps: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Michael Le Bourgeois, 11 Elliot Daly (c), 10 Lima Sopoaga, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Thomas Young, 6 Brad Shields, 5 James Gaskell, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Kieran Brookes, 2 Tommy Taylor, 1 Zurabi Zhvania
Replacements: 16 Tom Cruse, 17 Ben Harris, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Kearnan Myall, 20 Ashley Johnson, 21 Craig Hampson, 22 Billy Searle, 23 Rob Miller

Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Cyril Lafon (France), Stéphane Boyer (France)
TMO: Denis Grenouillet (France)

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Wasps director of rugby Dai Young was left dismayed by his side’s performance in the 52-3 thumping at the hands of Leinster on Friday night.

Young’s side were put to the sword by the defending champions – who enjoyed 71 percent possession and 75 percent territory in the Champions Cup opener played at RDS Arena.

The Wasps mentor lamented his side’s inability to keep possession of the ball as well as their performance in the last twenty minutes.

“I was disappointed with the way we fell away in the last 20 minutes but I can understand why we did,” said Young.

“Our biggest issue tonight was obviously possession, when we had opportunities to keep hold of the ball, we just kept on turning it over.

“You play against a team like Leinster, you keep turning the ball over, you keep giving them opportunities to attack you, at some point, you’re going to run out of juice.

“They’re too good a team to think you can defend against them for long periods.

“At some point, the dam was going to burst and certainly in the last 20 minutes proved to be the case.

“The sin bin obviously cost us dearly, they scored just before halftime and pretty much just after halftime which got them away from us. From then, it was a case of damage limitation in the last 20-25 minutes.”

However, Young was realistic in his reflection, admitting that he felt not many teams would have been able to come away with anything from a trip to face a side he summed up as ‘pretty much the Irish team.’

“You spend a lot of time analysing and looking for weaknesses and there’s not too many, pretty much.

“It’s pretty much the Irish team isn’t it really? And they haven’t done too bad of late have they really? You know it’s a hard day at the office and if you’re anything less than perfect, this is the type of team that can cause you problems,” said Young.

“They were good tonight, no different to what we expected but I’m a little bit disappointed with how we were with the ball because people talk about our attack being really good but we really feel that our attack at the minute is causing our defence so much problems by not keeping hold of the ball, ball retention is shocking.”

Young will be looking for a much improved performance from his charges when they host Bath at the Ricoh Arena next Saturday in the second of their Champions Cup Pool 1 encounters.

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Golden Lions made sure of their place in the Currie Cup semi-finals following a 33-21 bonus-point triumph over the Pumas in Nelspruit.

In an entertaining opening period, the away team took a 21-14 lead into the interval after tries from Lionel Mapoe, Corne Fourie and Courtnall Skosan.

Jimmy Stonehouse’s side kept themselves in contention via Devon Williams and Francois Kleinhans before Skosan and Fourie both touched down for the second time to confirm their play-off place.

The Johannesburg outfit’s defeat in their previous game opened the door for the hosts going into this encounter, but Ivan van Rooyen’s men duly slammed it shut.

They scored first after Mapoe latched onto Stefan Ungerer’s errant pass and touched down unopposed for a 7-0 advantage.

It was a bright start from the visitors but they were stunned moments later when the Pumas levelled matters as Morne Joubert broke the gainline and off-loaded to Williams, who did the rest.

Van Rooyen’s charges remained in control, however, and deservedly regained their lead when hooker Fourie went over from close range before James Venter had a try disallowed for a double-movement.

The Lions initially struggled to benefit from their territorial dominance and they were made to pay as a Howard Mnisi yellow card was followed by Kleinhans’ score.

Down to 14 men, the away side could have folded but they simply upped the intensity and were once again ahead by the interval through Skosan, who was on hand to support Mapoe’s superb break.

Conditions worsened in the second period, with lightning delaying the resumption by 10 minutes, but it did not alter the course of the contest. Mistakes were more prevalent but the visitors still created chances and one such opportunity was well taken by Skosan.

It gave them the bonus-point and effectively secured their passage into the last four, but they were not done there. The Lions left wing was causing all sorts of problems and another surge got them on the front foot.

Although that move eventually broke down, Van Rooyen’s men continued to pressurise the opposition and Fourie rewarded their excellence by crossing the whitewash for the second time.

That ended the game as a contest and confirmed their place in the semi-finals, despite Ryan Nell’s consolation score.

The scorers:

For Pumas:
Tries: Williams, Kleinhans, Nell
Cons: Smith, Marais 2
Yellow Card: Kleinhans

For Golden Lions:
Tries: Mapoe, Fourie 2, Skosan 2
Cons: Jantjies 4
Yellow Card: Mnisi

Pumas: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Morné Joubert, 13 Neil Maritz, 12 Ryan Nell (c), 11 Ruwellyn Isbel, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Francois Kleinhans, 7 Willie Engelbrecht, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Cameron Lindsay, 4 Le Roux Roets, 3 Marné Coetzee, 2 Marko Janse van Rensburg, 1 Morgan Naudé
Replacements: 16 Simon Westraadt, 17 Andrew Beerwinkel, 18 Stefan Willemse, 19 Jeandré Rudolph, 20 Abri Griesel, 21 Kobus Marais, 22 Henco Marais

Golden Lions: 15 Sylvian Mahuza, 14 Wandisile Simelane, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Nic Groom (c), 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 James Venter, 6 Hanko de Villiers, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Rhyno Herbst, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Corne Fourie, 1 Sti Sithole
Replacements: 16 Pieter Jansen, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Chergine Fillies, 19 Driaan Bester, 20 Len Massyn, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Shaun Reynolds

Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
Assistant referees: Stephan Geldenhuys, Johre Botha
TMO: Marius Jonker

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Five matches are on the Champions Cup schedule on Saturday and the action kicks off with Bath hosting Toulouse at the Recreation Ground.

Bath v Toulouse

Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder has named a strong matchday squad to face the French giants this weekend.

Rhys Priestland captains the side at fly-half and will feature alongside Chris Cook in the half-back pairing. Jamie Roberts returns to action at inside centre, with the 31-year-old partnering Jackson Willison in the midfield.

Fresh from agreeing a new contract with the club, Semesa Rokoduguni starts on the right wing, with Darren Atkins on the other flank. Freddie Burns continues at full-back, as Bath face Toulouse for the first time since 2014.

Nathan Catt, Tom Dunn and Henry Thomas form an experienced front-row, with Dave Attwood and Luke Charteris in the second-row.

Tom Ellis switches from openside to blindside, whilst Francois Louw returns from international duty to wear the number seven jersey. Zach Mercer starts at number eight to complete the pack.

Meanwhile, Toulouse head coach Ugo Mola has made five changes, including a positional switch, to his run-on side after last weekend’s victory over Agen.

In the backline, Cheslin Kolbe returns from Springbok duty and slots in on the right wing, where he replaces Yoann Huget, while Maxime Médard moves from full-back to the left wing in place of Arthur Bonneval with Thomas Ramos wearing the number 15 jersey.

In the forwards, Joe Tekori comes in for Richie Gray at lock while Leonardo Ghiraldini and Lucas Pointud are preferred to Julien Marchand and Clement Castets at hooker and loosehead prop respectively.

The teams:

Bath: 15 Freddie Burns, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Jackson Willison, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Darren Atkins, 10 Rhys Priestland (c), 9 Chris Cook, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Tom Ellis, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Nathan Catt
Replacements: 16 Jack Walker, 17 Jacques van Rooyen, 18 Anthony Perenise, 19 Elliott Stooke, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Max Green, 22 Max Wright, 23 Tom Homer

Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Sofiane Guitoune, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Maxime Médard, 10 Zack Holmes, 9 Sébastien Bézy, 8 Jerome Kaino, 7 Rynhardt Elstadt, 6 Francois Cros (c), 5 Joe Tekori, 4 Florian Verhaeghe, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Lucas Pointud
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Clément Castets, 18 Maks Van Dyk, 19 Pierre Gayraud, 20 Selevasio Tolofua, 21 Louis Madaule, 22 Antoine Dupont, 23 Romain Ntamack

Venue: Recreation Ground
Kick-off: 13:00 BST (12:00 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: John Lacey (Ireland), Eddie Hogan-O’Connell (Ireland)
Television match official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Montpellier v Edinburgh

Ruan Pienaar lines up for Montpellier at fly-half for their game against Edinburgh on Saturday at the GGL Stadium.

The French outfit have suffered a crisis in the pivot position, with Aaron Cruden and Johan Goosen currently out of action. Former South African international Pienaar therefore shifts across, with Enzo Sanga taking his place at scrum-half.

Vern Cotter is also without star player Nemani Nadolo, which means Gabriel Ngandebe and Benjamin Fall start on the wings, and Henry Immelman is at full-back.

In the pack, the Du Plessis brothers, Jannie and Bismarck, are in the front-row, while Louis Picamoles captains the side from number eight.

Meanwhile, Scotland star Matt Scott has been named in the Edinburgh backline for his side’s first Heineken Champions Cup fixture in four years.

Edinburgh face former Scotland coach Cotter’s Montpellier side in their first Pool 5 encounter.

The Edinburgh team selection sees three changes – two of those in the back division – with Scott named in midfield and Dougie Fife selected on the wing in the place of the injured Duhan van der Merwe.

Head coach Richard Cockerill makes just one alteration to the pack as Allan Dell – making his 50th appearance for the club – is selected at loosehead prop.

The teams:

Montpellier: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Vincent Martin, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Gabriel Ngandebe, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Enzo Sanga, 8 Louis Picamoles (c), 7 Wiaan Liebenberg, 6 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 5 Paul Willemse, 4 Nico Janse van Rensburg, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili
Replacements: 16 Vincent Giudicelli, 17 Grégory Fichten, 18 Antoine Guillamon, 19 Kevin Kornath, 20 Kelian Galletier, 21 Julien Tomas, 22 Yvan Reilhac, 23 Alexandre Dumoulin

Edinburgh: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 James Johnstone, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Dougie Fife, 10 Simon Hickey, 9 Henry Pyrgos, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Magnus Bradbury, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Ben Toolis, 3 WP Nel, 2 Stuart McInally (c), 1 Allan Dell
Replacements: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Luke Hamilton, 20 Jamie Ritchie, 21 Sean Kennedy, 22 Jaco van der Walt, 23 Chris Dean

Venue: GGL Stadium
Kick-off: 16:15 local (15:15 BST, 14:15 GMT)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Matthew O’Grady (England), Paul Dix (England)
Television match official: Rowan Kitt (England)

Exeter Chiefs v Munster

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter has kept changes to a minimum after their triumph over Bath at the Reacreation Ground last weekend.

The sole change sees Ian Whitten promoted from the bench to partner Henry Slade in the centre. Sam Hill comes in on the bench to provide midfield back-up. The back three comprises Phil Dollman at full-back while Jack Nowell and Santiago Cordero line up on the wings.

In midfield, Henry Slade starts at outside centre with Ian Whitten inside him while Gareth Steenson and Stuart Townsend are the half-back pairing. In the pack, Matt Kvesic starts at number eight with Don Armand and Dave Ewers the two flankers while Sam Skinner and Dave Dennis pack down in the second-row.

Luke Cowan-Dickie starts at hooker while Ben Moon and Harry Williams are the two props.

Meanwhile, Munster head coach Johann van Grann has made several changes to the side that were edged out by Leinster in the PRO14 at the Aviva Stadium last weekend.

Mike Haley starts at full-back with Andrew Conway moving to the right wing and Keith Earls retaining his place on the left flank to make his 155th appearance for the province.

Rory Scannell comes into the back-line at inside centre to partner Dan Goggin in midfield who makes his Champions Cup debut.

The half-back pairing sees Duncan Williams start at scrum-half alongside Joey Carbery who maintains his place at fly-half.

There is an unchanged front-row with Dave Kilcoyne, Niall Scannell and Stephen Archer packing down.

Jean Kleyn and Tadhg Beirne continue their partnership in the second-row.

Chris Cloete is the only change to the pack with captain Peter O’Mahony and CJ Stander making up the back-row.

Neil Cronin is in line to make his return from injury off the replacements bench, which includes Rhys Marshall, James Cronin, John Ryan, Billy Holland, Tommy O’Donnell, JJ Hanrahan and Sammy Arnold.

The teams:

Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Gareth Steenson (c), 9 Stuart Townsend, 8 Matt Kvesic, 7 Don Armand, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Sam Skinner, 4 Dave Dennis, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ben Moon
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Ollie Atkins, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Jack Maunder, 22 Joe Simmonds, 23 Sam Hill

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Dan Goggin, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Duncan Williams, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Chris Cloete, 6 Peter O’Mahony (c), 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacements: 16 Rhys Marshall, 17 James Cronin, 18 John Ryan, 19 Billy Holland, 20 Tommy O’Donnell, 21 Neil Cronin, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Sammy Arnold

Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 15:15 BST (14:15 GMT)
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Ludovic Cayre (France), Jonathan Dufort (France)
Television match official: Éric Briquet-Campin (France)

Scarlets v Racing 92

Angus O’Brien will start for the Scarlets against Racing 92 on Saturday after Rhys Patchell was ruled out of the tie.

Patchell, who starred in last season’s competition, suffered delayed concussion symptoms following the knock he took versus the Ospreys in the PRO14. O’Brien is chosen ahead of Dan Jones, who is among the replacements.

There is positive news for the Welsh region, however, with Jonathan Davies making a welcome return to the team after and the Wales star partners fellow international Hadleigh Parkes in midfield.

Elsewhere, the pack remains unchanged but Rob Evans comes back into the squad after recovering from a shoulder injury.

For Racing, Simon Zebo and Finn Russell are set to make their Champions Cup debuts for the French club on Saturday.

They have both been in impressive form in the Top 14 since moving from Munster and Glasgow Warriors respectively and will look to make a similar impact in Europe.

Olivier Klemenczak is preferred to Virimi Vakatawa at centre, while up front, Leone Nakarawa and Donnacha Ryan form an imposing second-row pairing.

At the back of the scrum, Wenceslas Lauret and Baptiste Chouzenoux are at flanker with Antonie Claassen taking the number eight slot.

The teams:

Scarlets: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Angus O’Brien, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Will Boyde, 6 Ed Kennedy, 5 David Bulbring, 4 Jake Ball, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens (c), 1 Wyn Jones
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Werner Kruger, 19 Tom Price, 20 Joshua Macleod, 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 22 Dan Jones, 23 Paul Asquith

Racing 92: 15 Simon Zebo, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Olivier Klemenczak, 12 Henry Chavancy (c), 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Xavier Chauveau, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Baptiste Chouzenoux, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Donnacha Ryan, 3 Cedate Gomes Sa, 2 Camille Chat, 1 Guram Gogichashvili
Replacements: 16 Teddy Baubigny, 17 Eddy Ben Arous, 18 Census Johnston, 19 Dominic Bird, 20 Boris Palu, 21 Teddy Iribaren, 22 Ben Volavola, 23 Virimi Vakatawa

Venue: Parc y Scarlets
Kick-off: 17:30 BST (16:30 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Luke Pearce (England), Jonathan Healy (England)
Television match official: Graham Hughes (England)

Ulster v Leicester Tigers

Ulster have been boosted by the return of five players ahead of their Heineken Champions Cup fixture against Leicester Tigers on Saturday.

Craig Gilroy, Jordi Murphy, Will Addison, Michael Lowry and Marty Moore are all included in the matchday 23 after overcoming their respective injuries.

Lowry, a member of the academy, and Marcell Coetzee are set to make their European debuts after being named in the starting XV at full-back and blindside flanker respectively.

Murphy, Addison, Moore, if used off the bench, and Billy Burns will make their Champions Cup debuts for Ulster, having previously represented other clubs in the competition.

Rory Best will skipper the side from hooker and will pack down in the front-row alongside Ross Kane and Andy Warwick. Coetzee and Murphy will combine in an explosive back-row that also features Nick Timoney, while Iain Henderson and Al O’Connor are paired together in the second-row.

John Cooney and Burns will operate in the half-back positions, with the in-form Stuart McCloskey partnering Addison in midfield. Jacob Stockdale joins Lowry and Gilroy in the back three.

Meanwhile, Leicester welcome international duo Matt Toomua and Tatafu Polota-Nau back into the matchday squad for the team’s opening game in the Champions Cup.

Toomua and Polota-Nau return after international duty with Australia and are included among the replacements as Tigers interim head coach Geordan Murphy makes just two changes to the starting line-up.

Jonny May misses out with the shoulder injury suffered in the win over Northampton Saints at Twickenham last Saturday, giving Jordan Olowofela an opportunity on the wing, and there is a change in the forward pack where David Denton is ruled out and Brendon O’Connor returns.

The teams:

Ulster: 15 Michael Lowry, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Will Addison, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Billy Burns, 9 John Cooney, 8 Nick Timoney, 7 Jordi Murphy, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Iain Henderson, 4 Alan O’Connor, 3 Ross Kane, 2 Rory Best (c), 1 Andrew Warwick
Replacements: 16 Adam McBurney, 17 Eric O’Sullivan, 18 Marty Moore, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Sean Reidy, 21 David Shanahan, 22 Angus Curtis, 23 Angus Kernohan

Leicester Tigers: 15 Jonah Holmes, 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Jordan Olowofela, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Brendon O’Connor, 6 Guy Thompson, 5 Harry Wells, 4 Mike Williams, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Greg Bateman
Replacements: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 David Fe’ao, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Sam Lewis, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Matt Toomua, 23 Gareth Owen

Venue: Kingspan Stadium
Kick-off: 17:30 BST (16:30 GMT)
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Assistant referees: Maxime Chalon (France), Jean-Luc Rebollal (France)
Television match official: Eric Gauzins (France)

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Western Province won their sixth Currie Cup match in a row thanks to a deserved 34-7 victory over the Blue Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.

The match was played in dreadful weather conditions with heavy rain and lightning resulting in the fixture being abandoned at half-time. WP were declared the winners, however, as the competition’s rules states that the side who are leading after 40 minutes, when a match is called off due to bad weather, wins the game.

The result means WP finish at the top of the Currie Cup standings and will host the Blue Bulls in their semi-final at Newlands next weekend while the Sharks and Golden Lions meet in the other play-off in Durban.

The men from the Cape were in a dominant mood and outscored the home side four tries to one with SP Marais contributing 12 points via two penalties and three conversions.

Province made an impressive start and took a 3-0 lead when Marais slotted a penalty in the seventh minute after the home side’s pack were blown up for illegal scrummaging.

WP continued to dominate the scrums and after several indiscretions at the set-piece, close to their tryline, the home side suffered a setback in the 15th minute when their loosehead prop, Matthys Basson, was eventually yellow carded.

At the very next scrum, WP’s forwards shoved their counterparts off the ball and referee Egon Seconds was left with no choice but to award a penalty try to the visitors.

The Bulls continued to infringe and another indiscretion at a scrum was punished by Marais, who slotted his second penalty in the 18th minute which gave his side a 13-0 lead.

Despite their poor start, the Bulls were soon camped inside WP’s 22 and after taking the ball through several phases, Ruan Steenkamp opened their account when he barged over from close range.

WP struck back on the half-hour mark, however, when their pack put huge pressure on their counterparts at a scrum on the Bulls’ five-metre line and when the home side lost control of the ball at the set-piece, Kobus van Dyk gathered it before diving over the whitewash.

Three minutes later, Herschel Jantjies booted the ball upfield before Tinus de Beer failed to gather it behind the home side’s tryline and Sergeal Petersen pounced on his error by diving on the ball for his side’s third try.

And just before half-time, the visitors secured their try-scoring bonus-point when Jaco Coetzee burst through the middle of a lineout drive deep inside the Bulls’ 22 before diving over.

Marais added the extras which was the final act of the game as the officials decided to call off the game as heavy rain continued to pelt down on the waterlogged pitch.

The scorers:

For Blue Bulls:
Try: Steenkamp
Con: De Beer
Yellow Card: Basson

For Western Province:
Tries: Penalty try, Van Dyk, Petersen, Coetzee
Cons: Marais 3
Pens: Marais 2

Blue Bulls: 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Franco Naude, 11 Jade Stighling, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg (c), 7 Marco van Staden, 6 Ruan Steenkamp, 5 Eli Snyman, 4 Hendre Stassen, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Matthys Basson
Replacements: 16 Edgar Marutlulle, 17 Dayan van der Westhuizen, 18 Ruan Nortje, 19 Nic de Jager, 20 Embrose Papier, 21 Tinus de Beer, 22 Dylan Sage

Western Province: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 SP Marais, 10 Josh Stander, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Kobus van Dyk, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Chris van Zyl (c), 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Ali Vermaak
Replacements: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Caylib Oosthuizen, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 Jaco Coetzee, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 JJ Engelbrecht

Referee: Egon Seconds
Assistant referees: Jaco Pretorius, Eduan Nel
Television match official: Lesego Legoete

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The Sharks booked a home semi-final in this year’s Currie Cup when they registered a 41-11 victory over Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday.

As the scoreline suggests, the Sharks were in control of proceedings for long periods and they eventually outscored their hosts by seven tries to one with Lwazi Mvovo and Leolin Zas both bagging a brace.

Griquas made the brighter start and opened the scoring courtesy of a George Whitehead penalty in the third minute but the Sharks struck back shortly afterwards when Jeremy Ward cantered in for an easy try, after the visitors were camped inside Griquas’ 22.

The Durban-based outfit continued to dominate and in the 15th minute Mvovo gathered a long pass from Robert du Preez before rounding two defenders on his way over the try-line.

Griquas battled to contain the Sharks’ onslaught but narrowed the gap to four points in the 26th minute when Whitehead slotted another penalty.

However, the Sharks finished the half stronger and three minutes later they went on the drive from a lineout, close to Griquas’ try-line. The home side did well to halt the maul’s momentum but from the resulting ruck Akker van der Merwe barged over the whitewash with two defenders on his back.

After failing to convert the first two tries, Curwin Bosch added the extras which gave the Sharks a 17-6 lead.

And two minutes before half-time, Mvovo found himself in space out wide again and he had an easy run-in for his second try which Bosch also converted to give the Sharks a 24-6 lead at the interval.

Five minutes into the second-half, the visitors went further ahead when Van der Merwe got a pass out to Zas, who shrugged off a challenge from AJ Coertzen before dotting down.

And the visitors pulled further ahead in the 50th minute when Aphelele Fassi offloaded to Sbu Nkosi, who outsprinted the cover defence before crossing for his side’s sixth try.

The Sharks continued to attack from all areas of the field and in the 63rd minute Zas went over for his second try after good work from Bosch in the build-up.

Despite having the game in the bag, the Sharks pressed on in the game’s closing stages although Griquas were rewarded when Kyle Steyn scored a consolation try in the 77th minute.

The scorers:

For Griquas:
Try: Steyn
Pens: Whitehead 2

For Sharks:
Tries: Ward, Mvovo 2, Van der Merwe, Zas 2, Nkosi
Cons: Bosch 3

Griquas: 15 AJ Coertzen, 14 Ederies Arendse, 13 Kyle Steyn (c), 12 Andre Swarts, 11 Enver Brandt, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Conway Pretorius, 7 Sias Koen, 6 Wendal Wehr, 5 Pieter Jansen van Vuuren, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 Ewald van der Westhuizen, 2 Khwezi Mkhafu, 1 Devon Matinus
Replacements: 16 Liam Hendricks, 17 Nicolaas Oosthuizen, 18 Jonathan Janse van Rensburg, 19 Eital Bredenkamp, 20 Louis Venter, 21 Stephan Janse van Rensburg, 22 Edwin Sass

Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Sbu Nkosi, 13 Jeremy Ward, 12 Robert du Preez, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Louis Schreuder (c), 8 Tyler Paul, 7 Jacques Vermeulen, 6 Luke Stringer, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Gideon Koegelenberg, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Juan Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 John-Hubert Meyer, 18 JJ van der Mescht, 19 Jean-Luc du Preez, 20 Grant Williams, 21 Marius Louw, 22 Leolin Zas

Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
Assistant referees: Ben Crouse, Jaco Kotze
Television match official: Lourens van der Merwe

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Exeter and Munster opened their respective Champions Cup campaigns playing to a 10-10 stalemate at Sandy Park on Saturday afternoon.

It was a brutal game, with the step up to European rugby leaving the players gasping for breath as fatigue set in. The extremely windy conditions forced plenty of errors with both sides’ finishing poor. But although it was a low-scoring encounter, it was still a thrilling one.

Despite being the team playing in to the wind in the first-half, Munster were setting the tempo in the opening twenty minutes and made eighty metres upfield with a penalty at the scrum and the lineout. But it came to nothing as a simple turnover – the kick and chase aided by the mighty gusts meant all their good work was undone in a single moment.

However, the pressure of the wind began to toll and Munster were beginning to give away too many penalties. Exeter Chiefs captain Gareth Steenson slotted between the posts for a slender lead after Munster skipper Peter O’Mahony was penalised for going off his feet at the breakdown.

Exeter were buoyed by the confidence of the wind behind their backs and were forced in to some heroic defending as Munster took the ball through over 25 phases before winning the penalty. Opting for the scrum, the visitors made further ground before winning another penalty as Joey Carbery restored parity on the scoreboard with a penalty right in front.

But Exeter hit back, winning a penalty at scrum-time. Their forwards kept the ball in hand and drove several times for the line before Luke Cowan-Dickie powered his way over. Steenson added the extras on the stroke of half-time as the hosts headed in to the interval with a 10-3 lead.

Exeter found themselves trapped inside their own half for the majority of the second stanza due to the fact that it was now them playing in to the wind. However, some staunch defending meant they would not concede any points for the opening quarter of the second half.

With so much territory and possession, Munster finally broke the resistance in the 64th minute. The fresh-legged Tommy O’Donnell had made the initial mini-break, before skipper O’Mahony burrowed over from close range. Carbery’s calm conversion levelled matters at 10-10 apiece, with all the momentum with the away side at this stage.

However with less than a minute to go, Carbery would kick the ball over the dead-ball line, gifting Exeter a scrum penalty 22 metres out. The hosts would take the ball through twenty long phases and found themselves bearing down on the Munster try-line only to knock on a couple of inches out.

It may have been cruel ending to the game for Exeter but in a game of two halves, overall the 10-10 draw was a fair reflection of the game.

The scorers:

For Exeter Chiefs:
Try: Cowan-Dickie
Con: Steenson
Pen: Steenson

For Munster:
Try: O’Mahony
Con: Carbery
Pen: Carbery

The teams:

Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Gareth Steenson (c), 9 Stuart Townsend, 8 Matt Kvesic, 7 Don Armand, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Sam Skinner, 4 Dave Dennis, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ben Moon
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Ollie Atkins, 20 Tom Lawday, 21 Jack Maunder, 22 Joe Simmonds, 23 Sam Hill

Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Dan Goggin, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Duncan Williams, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Chris Cloete, 6 Peter O’Mahony (c), 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dave Kilcoyne
Replacements: 16 Rhys Marshall, 17 James Cronin, 18 John Ryan, 19 Billy Holland, 20 Tommy O’Donnell, 21 Neil Cronin, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Sammy Arnold

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: Ludovic Cayre (France), Jonathan Dufort (France)
Television match official: Éric Briquet-Campin (France)

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