Heineken Cup

[RugbyReg]

Can't remember if there is a thread for this already, sorry.

Teams for the games this weekend. Anyone know what is on ESPN?

Stade Français: 15 Lionel Beauxis, 14 Julien Arias, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffroy Messina, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Ignacio Mieres, 9 Hugo Southwell, 8 Juan Leguizamon, 7 Pierre Rabadan, 6 James Haskell, 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Tom Palmer, 3 Sylvain Marconnet, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Rodrigo Roncero.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Rabah Slimani, 18 Pedro Ledesma, 19 Pierre Vigouroux, 20 Antoine Burban, 21 Aristide Barraud, 22 Guillaume Bousses, 23 Mark Gasnier.

Bath: 15 Joe Maddock, 14 Michael Stephenson, 13 Matt Carraro, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 Nicky Little, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Luke Watson, 7 Jules Salvi, 6 Andrew Beattie, 5 Peter Short, 4 Danny Grewcock, 3 David Wilson, 2 Lee Mears, 1 David Flatman.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 David Barnes, 18 Duncan Bell, 19 Stuart Hooper, 20 Ben Skirving, 21 Scott Bemand, 22 Ryan Davis, 23 Jack Cuthbert.

Gasnier on the bench for Stade. Is Hugo Southwell really playing scrumhalf????

Padova: 15 Warren Spragg, 14 Fabio Faggiotto, 13 Stefano Ambrosio, 12 Alessandro Chillon, 11 Nicolò Borgato, 10 Ludovic Mercier, 9 Emmanuel Billot, 8 Gonzalo Padrò, 7 Nicola Bezzati, 6 Zane Ansell, 5 Mattia Filippini, 4 Agustin Cavalieri, 3 Chris Caporello, 2 Giovanni Marchetto, 1 Mariano Gastaldi.
Replacements: 16 Nicola Gatto, 17 Matteo Sclosa, 18 Enrico Targa, 19 Paul Derbyshire, 20 Alberto Chillon, 21 Roberto Bertetti, 22 Alberto Dal Corso, 23 Dario Chistolini.

Montauban:15 Sylvain Jonnet, 14 Jean Emmanuel Cassin, 13 Félix Le Bourhis, 12 Andrew Henderson, 11 Adrien Figueiredo, 10 Cédric Coll, 8 Julien Raynaud, 7 Alejandro Campos, 6 Joël Koffi, 5 Rowan Frost, 4 Romain Sazy, 3 Nick Adams, 2 Grégory Arganese, 1 Bogdan Balan.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Sa, 17 Beka Sheklasvili, 18 Abdellatif Boutaty, 19 Emmanuel Etien, 20 Julien Laharrague, 21 Vilimoni Delasau, 22 Julien Audy, 23 Mirko Lozupone.

Clermont: 15 Anthony Floch, 14 Napolioni Nalaga, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Seremaïa Bai, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Brock James, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Thibaut Privat, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Martin Scelzo, 19 Julien Pierre, 20 Alexandre Audebert, 21 Kevin Senio, 22 Brent Russell, 23 Gonzalo Canale.

Ospreys: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Sonny Parker, 12 Andrew Bishop, 11 Nikki Walker, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Ryan Jones (capt), 7 Marty Holah, 6 Jerry Collins, 5 Jonathan Thomas, 4 Alun-Wyn Jones, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Cai Griffiths, 19 Ian Gough, 20 Filo Tiatia, 21 Jamie Nutbrown, 22 James Hook, 23 Shane Williams.

Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Jon Clarke, 12 James Downey, 11 Bruce Reihana, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Phil Dowson, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, 3 Brian Mujati, 2 Dylan Hartley (capt), 1 Soane Tonga'uiha.
Replacements: 16 Brett Sharman, 17 Alex Waller, 18 Jon Vickers, 19 Christian Day, 20 Neil Best, 21 Alan Dickens, 22 Stephen Myler, 23 Chris Mayor.

Perpignan: tbc

Bayonne: 15 Pepito Elhorga, 14 Jean Baptiste Peyras, 13 Sam Gerber, 12 Craig Gower, 11 Clement Lagain, 10 Manny Edmonds, 9 Cedric Garcia, 8 Dwayne Haare, 7 Jacques Deen, 6 Guillaume Bernad, 5 Nicolas Laffite, 4 Robin Linde, 3 Denis Avril, 2 Arnaud Heguy, 1 Aretz Iguiniz.
Replacements: 16 David Roumieu, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Renaud Boyoud, 19 Mikaera Tewhata, 20 Jean-Jo Marmouyet, 21 Julien Puricelli, 22 Mickael Lopez-Herrero, 23 Filimoni Bolovucu.

Racing Metro:15 Brent Ward, 14 Dan Scarbrough, 13 Henry Chavancy, 12 Andrea Masi, 11 Mani Vakaloa, 10 Andrew Mehrtens (capt), 9 Nic Berry, 8 Fabrice Culine, 7 Remi Vaquiin, 6 Ashley Clarke, 5 Jacques Cronje, 4 Santiago Dellape, 3 Craig Smith, 2 Benjamin Noirot, 1 Mehdi Merabet.
Replacements: 16 Olivier Diomande, 17 Mikaele Tuugahala, 18 Clement Baiocco, 19 John Leo'o, 20 Jerome Fillol, 21 Jonathan Wisniewski, 22 François Steyn, 23 Epi Taione.

gee of all that it would be handy to get Haar, Berry, Salvi and James back to play for Melbourne.

 

[RugbyReg]

Leicester: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Alesana Tuilagi, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Sam Vesty, 11 Lote Tuqiri, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Ben Woods, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Mefin Davies, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Julian White, 19 Craig Newby, 20 Lewis Moody, 21 James Grindal, 22 Aaron Mauger, 23 Johne Murphy.

Viadana: 15 Garry Law, 14 Matteo Pratichetti, 13 Sam Cox, 12 Lloyd Johansson, 11 Michele Sepe, 10 Pierre Hola, 9 Pablo Canavosio, 8 Jaco Erasmus, 7 Andrea Benatti, 6 Aaron Persico, 5 Sean Hohneck, 4 Carlo del Fava, 3 Julio Garcia, 2 Luigi Ferraro, 1 Plinio Sciamanna.
Replacements: 16 Roberto Santamaria, 17 Luigi Milani, 18 Mattia Cagna, 19 Josh Furno, 20 Gareth Krause, 21 Mickey Wilson, 22 Aldo Birchall, 23 Samuele Pace.

LoJo - another strong Melbourne candidate. Wonder what Sir Rod can get out of him?

Gloucester:15 Olly Morgan, 14 James Simpson-Daniel, 13 Tim Molenaar, 12 Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu, 11 Lesley Vainkolo, 10 Nicky Robinson, 9 Rory Lawson, 8 Gareth Delve (c), 7 Akapusi Qera, 6 Alasdair Strokosch, 5 Alex Brown, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Alasdair Dickinson.
Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Nick Wood, 18 Pierre Capdevielle, 19 Adam Eustace, 20 Luke Narraway, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Tom Voyce.

Biarritz Olympique: 15 Paul Couet-Lannes, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Arnaud Mignardi, 12 Ayoola Erinle, 11 Ilikena Bolakoro, 10 Valentin Courrent, 9 Yann Lesgourgues, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Samiu Vahafolau, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Manuel Carizza, 4 Jérôme Thion, 3 Rémy Hugues, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Eduard Coetzee.
Replacements: 16 Benoit August, 17 Yvan Watremez, 18 Mosese Moala, 19 Trevor Hall, 20 Fabien Alexandre, 21 Benoit Guyot, 22 Laurent Tranier, 23 Nicolas Brusque,

Worcester: 15 Calum MacRae, 14 Marcel Garvey, 13 Alex Grove, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Chris Pennell, 10 Matthew Jones, 9 Ryan Powell, 8 Matt Cox, 7 Jake Abbott, 6 James Collins, 5 Craig Gillies, 4 Graham Kitchener, 3 Olivier Sourgens, 2 Chris Fortey (c), 1 Matt Mullan.
Replacements: 16 Adam Black, 17 Aleki Lutui, 18 Jack Gilding, 19 David Lyons, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Ollie Frost, 22 Joe Carlisle, 23 Greg King.

Olympus Madrid: tbc

 

[MrTimms]

My Foxtel guide (QLD times) is showing

2:30am Clermont Vs. Ospreys
4:45am Leinster vs. Brive

The are queued for IQ.

 

[RugbyReg]

ok then.

Leinster: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Isa Nacewa, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Leo Cullen (c), 3 Stan Wright, 2 John Fogarty, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Bernard Jackman, 17 Mike Ross, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Malcolm O'Kelly, 20 Sean O'Brien, 21 Paul O'Donohoe, 22 Shaun Berne, 23 Girvan Dempsey.

Brive: 15 Scott Spedding, 14 Nicolas Jeanjean, 13 Jamie Noon, 12 Lachlan Mackay, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Jean-Baptiste Pejoine, 8 Antoine Claassen, 7 Fabien Domingo, 6 Alix Popham, 5 Damien Browne, 4 Retief Uys, 3 Pascal Idieder, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Pablo Henn.
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Ribes, 17 Petrisor Toderasc, 18 Christian Short, 19 Simon Azoulai, 20 Shaun Perry, 21 Viliame Waqaseduadua, 22 Régis Bianco, 23 Pat Barnard.

 

[TheRiddler]

My Foxtel guide (QLD times) is showing

2:30am Clermont Vs. Ospreys
4:45am Leinster vs. Brive

The are queued for IQ.

Would have liked to have seen the Bath v SF game as well :'( More of a bummer is that ESPN arent showing their games on their HD channel. Apparently a boxing documentary is more appropriate :angryfire:

 

[fatprop]

Gasnier on the bench for Stade. Is Hugo Southwell really playing scrumhalf?

Stade were down to their 4th choice nine on Eurosport. (they do a great 30 min summary of each Top 14 round each week)

 

[Spook]

I'm yet to see Gasnier play a good game of rugby.

 

[MrTimms]

Gasnier on the bench for Stade. Is Hugo Southwell really playing scrumhalf?

Stade were down to their 4th choice nine on Eurosport. (they do a great 30 min summary of each Top 14 round each week)

When is that summary show on?

What is it called?

 

[macg101]

Munster 12 - Northampton 9...

Ahhh jaysus what a match, as per usual another fantastic night of rugby for Irish/ Munster Rugby fans. I got absolutley buckled watching this match which only added to the flavour.

I thought Northampton's front five were a fairly awesome unit in fairness to them, but the decision making from Gerathy at 10 was abysmal! Midway through the second half with 3 points in the game, Northampton were camping in Munster territory... a good ten would have pulled the strings and made sure the team kept ball in hand, moving it wide when the defence looked like caving.... NOPE Northampton kicked it away time and time again. Rubbish tactical decisions.

On a positive note the scrum seemed to improve once Dougie Howlett came into the back row, I dont know how this seemingly impossible feat was managed but with O'Connell in the sin bin, Munster were down to 7+ the Kiwi wing and surprisingly put together their best scrum of the night to steal it from Northampton 5 metres out. Seriously need to give that man Hayes his well earned retirement but Buckley seems to have the concentration of a Goldfish so I can't see it happening anytime soon!

Quiny pulled off the cheeky performance of a life time to get man of the match. Have to say if any other player on any other team got up to the s*** he gets up to I would hate the guts off them! But hey you gotta love the man.

I have to thing that If we tried to play a bit more rugby we would have put up a few more scores to win with more comfort, but I don't the game moved beyond 10. With JdV finally arriving fresh off the plane we coulda done more damage.

Anyhow great game... looking forward to the qtr's now, this competition seems to get more improbably entertaining each year! :yay

 

[Thomond78]

Roman. FUCKING. Poite.

Makes me think charitable thoughts about Bryce Lawrence's abilities as a referee.

And that God wasted the genetic material He could have used to make several million tape-worms on Dylan Hartley is enough to shake the strongest of faiths.

That is all, because if I start thinking about it again, I'll have a Naza. :angryfire:

 

[Ash]

Watch some of Stade v Edinburgh. It was a mess.

My main thought was that the way the rucks were reffed was atrocious. Time and time again I saw advantage being played for obvious playing on the ground, or coming in the side, or holding on, but yet the advantage was for a knock on. When you have crap like that happening, no wonder the game is an ugly arm wrestle. Utter shite.

 

[chief]

London Irish verses Leinster was a cracker of a game. Thomond- Poite wasn't too bad. Certainly an off day