Challenge Cup 2023 - Round 3 Team Announcements

Check out the teams ahead of the third round of Challenge Cup, taking on Friday the 13th, Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of January 2023.

Lineup for Pau vs Dragons, Friday, January 13, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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PAU : 1. S. FISI'IHOI 2. R. RUFFENACH 3. N. CORATO 4. H. AURADOU 5. F. METZ 6. S. ZEGUEUR 7. T. HAMONOU 8. B. LIUFAU 9. C. LE BAIL 10. T. DEBAËS 11. D. IKPEFAN 12. N. DECRON 13. Y. REILHAC 14. V. PINTO 15. T. ATTISSOGBÉ
16. Y. DELHOMMEL 17. I. CALLES 18. S. TOKOLAHI 19. J. MAXIMIN 20. M. PUECH 21. A. LEVRON 22. A. DESPÉRÈS 23. M. COLOMBET

9 changes in Section Paloise starting XV :

1. FISI'IHOI → SÉNÉCA

2. RUFFENACH → DELHOMMEL

5. METZ → MAXIMIN

6. ZEGUEUR → PUECH

11. IKPEFAN → BARRETT

12. DECRON → VATUBUA

13. REILHAC → DECRON

14. PINTO → CAROL

15. ATTISSOGBÉ → COLOMBET

DRAGONS : 1. R. EVANS 2. B. ROBERTS 3. C. COLEMAN 4. J. DAVIES 5. G. NOTT 6. S. LONSDALE 7. T. BASHAM 8. O. GRIFFITHS 9. L. JONES 10. W. REED 11. A. HEWITT 12. M. CLARK 13. S. HUGHES 14. R. DYER 15. J. WILLIAMS
16. B. COGHLAN 17. J. REYNOLDS 18. L. YENDLE 19. B. CARTER 20. A. WAINWRIGHT 21. C. HOPE 22. J. HANRAHAN 23. J. DIXON

8 changes in Dragons RFC starting XV :

1. EVANS → JONES

5. NOTT → SCREECH

7. BASHAM → KEDDIE

8. GRIFFITHS → WAINWRIGHT

9. JONES → WILLIAMS

10. REED → DAVIES

12. CLARK → DIXON

13. HUGHES → TOMKINSON

→ Game sheet and stats for Pau - Dragons

Lineup for Scarlets vs Cheetahs, Friday, January 13, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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SCARLETS : 1. K. MATHIAS 2. K. OWENS 3. J. SEBASTIAN 4. M. JONES 5. S. LOUSI 6. V. FIFITA 7. D. DAVIS 8. C. TUIPULOTU 9. D. BLACKER 10. R. PATCHELL 11. S. EVANS 12. J. DAVIES 13. J. ROBERTS 14. J. MCNICHOLL 15. L. HALFPENNY
16. S. EVANS 17. W. JONES 18. S. WAINWRIGHT 19. J. PRICE 20. T. LEZANA 21. G. DAVIES 22. S. COSTELOW 23. I. NICHOLAS

12 changes in Scarlets starting XV :

2. OWENS → ELIAS

3. SEBASTIAN → JOHN

4. JONES → KALAMAFONI

6. FIFITA → SHINGLER

7. DAVIS → MACLEOD

8. TUIPULOTU → FIFITA

10. PATCHELL → COSTELOW

11. EVANS → CONBEER

12. DAVIES → WILLIAMS

13. ROBERTS → NICHOLAS

14. MCNICHOLL → EVANS

15. HALFPENNY → MCNICHOLL

CHEETAHS : 1. S. FERREIRA 2. L. VAN DER WESTHUIZEN 3. A. COETZEE 4. R. BERNARDO 5. V. SEKEKETE 6. J. RUDOLPH 7. S. QOMA 8. F. OLIVIER 9. R. KRUGER 10. S. MASUKU 11. M. HARTZENBERG 12. R. FORTUIN 13. D. BRITS 14. D. KASENDE 15. A. LOUBSER
16. M. JANSE VAN RENSBURG 17. A. TSHAKWENI 18. H. VAN WYK 19. M. ZITO 20. D. MAARTENS 21. B. DE KOCK 22. R. EBERSOHN 23. T. MAFURA

6 changes in Central Cheetahs starting XV :

2. VAN DER WESTHUIZEN → JANSE VAN RENSBURG

6. RUDOLPH → MAARTENS

7. QOMA → OLIVIER

8. OLIVIER → RUDOLPH

9. KRUGER → PIENAAR

15. LOUBSER → MAFURA

→ Game sheet and stats for Scarlets - Cheetahs

Lineup for Paris vs Lions, Saturday, January 14, 2023, Kickoff 02:00PM

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PARIS : 1. M. ALO-EMILE 2. L. PEYRESBLANQUES 3. V. KOCH 4. N. HUGUEN 5. S. TIMANI 6. J. ORY 7. M. HIRIGOYEN 8. R. CHAPUIS 9. J. HALL 10. J. SEGONDS 11. S. AHMED 12. A. ARRATÉ 13. T. DACHARY 14. N. MEGDOUD 15. K. HAMDAOUI
16. L. PANIS 17. V. KAKOVIN 18. P. ALO-EMILE 19. M. KREMER 20. J. SCELZO 21. P. ODOGWU 22. A. COVILLE 23. P. DAKUWAQA

11 changes in Stade Français Paris starting XV :

1. ALO-EMILE → KAKOVIN

2. PEYRESBLANQUES → PANIS

3. KOCH → MELIKIDZE

5. TIMANI → VAN DER MESCHT

6. ORY → TSUTSKIRIDZE

8. CHAPUIS → SCELZO

10. SEGONDS → BARRÉ

11. AHMED → GLOVER

12. ARRATÉ → DACHARY

13. DACHARY → ODOGWU

15. HAMDAOUI → MONIN

LIONS : 1. J. SMITH 2. P. BOTHA 3. A. NTLABAKANYE 4. W. ALBERTS 5. D. LANDSBERG 6. J. KRIEL 7. E. VAN HEERDEN 8. E. TSHITUKA 9. M. VAN DEN BERG 10. G. LOMBARD 11. E. VAN DER MERWE 12. M. LOUW 13. H. VAN WYK 14. Q. HORN 15. A. COETZEE
16. M. VAN VUUREN 17. R. RIJNSBURGER 18. R. SMITH 19. R. STRAEULI 20. S. SANGWENI 21. J. PRETORIUS 22. A. WARNER 23. M. RASS

7 changes in Lions Rugby starting XV :

2. BOTHA → VISAGIE

5. LANDSBERG → JANSEN VAN VUREN

7. VAN HEERDEN → VENTER

9. VAN DEN BERG → NOHAMBA

10. LOMBARD → HENDRIKSE

11. VAN DER MERWE → HORN

14. HORN → VAN DER MERWE

→ Game sheet and stats for Paris - Lions

Lineup for Benetton vs Bayonne, Saturday, January 14, 2023, Kickoff 02:00PM

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BENETTON : 1. F. ZANI 2. S. MAILE 3. S. FERRARI 4. N. CANNONE 5. F. RUZZA 6. G. PETTINELLI 7. M. LAMARO 8. L. CANNONE 9. S. HIDALGO-CLYNE 10. T. ALBORNOZ 11. O. RATAVE 12. T. MENONCELLO 13. I. BREX 14. I. MENDY 15. M. MINOZZI
16. G. NICOTERA 17. C. TRAORÉ 18. T. PASQUALI 19. R. FAVRETTO 20. A. IZEKOR 21. M. ALBANESE 22. J. UMAGA 23. M. ZANON

9 changes in Benetton Rugby starting XV :

1. ZANI → TETAZ CHAPARRO

2. MAILE → LUCCHESI

4. CANNONE → LAZZARONI

6. PETTINELLI → NEGRI

9. HIDALGO-CLYNE → GARBISI

11. RATAVE → WATSON

12. MENONCELLO → RIERA

14. MENDY → RATAVE

15. MINOZZI → SMITH

BAYONNE : 1. P. SCHOLTZ 2. T. ACQUIER 3. C. TALAKAI 4. M. LEINDEKAR 5. K. MIKAUTADZE 6. J. MONRIBOT 7. G. CRIDGE 8. A. HOURCADE 9. M. MACHENAUD 10. T. DOLHAGARAY 11. B. POURAILLY 12. R. BULIRUARUA 13. P. MUSCARDITZ 14. A. ERBINARTEGARAY 15. Y. ORABÉ
16. T. VAN JAARSVELD 17. S. CORMENIER 18. B. TSIKHISTAVI 19. D. MARCHOIS 20. M. KAFATOLU 21. M. RURU 22. J. ROBERTSON 23. G. MARTOCQ

10 changes in Aviron Bayonnais starting XV :

4. LEINDEKAR → CRIDGE

5. MIKAUTADZE → LEINDEKAR

6. MONRIBOT → HUGUET

7. CRIDGE → CAPILLA

9. MACHENAUD → RURU

10. DOLHAGARAY → ROBERTSON

11. POURAILLY → HANNOUN

12. BULIRUARUA → MARTOCQ

14. ERBINARTEGARAY → POURAILLY

15. ORABÉ → SPRING

→ Game sheet and stats for Benetton - Bayonne

Lineup for Connacht vs Brive, Saturday, January 14, 2023, Kickoff 06:30PM

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CONNACHT : 1. P. DOOLEY 2. D. HEFFERNAN 3. F. BEALHAM 4. J. MURPHY 5. N. MURRAY 6. C. PRENDERGAST 7. C. OLIVER 8. J. BUTLER 9. C. REILLY 10. J. CARTY 11. A. WOOTTON 12. C. FORDE 13. B. RALSTON 14. J. PORCH 15. M. HANSEN
16. D. TIERNEY-MARTIN 17. J. DUGGAN 18. J. AUNGIER 19. L. FIFITA 20. C. BOOTH 21. K. MARMION 22. T. DALY 23. C. FITZGERALD

14 changes in Connacht Rugby starting XV :

2. HEFFERNAN → DELAHUNT

3. BEALHAM → ILLO

4. MURPHY → MURRAY

5. MURRAY → THORNBURY

6. PRENDERGAST → DOWLING

7. OLIVER → HURLEY-LANGTON

8. BUTLER → BOYLE

9. REILLY → MARMION

10. CARTY → HAWKSHAW

11. WOOTTON → KILGALLEN

12. FORDE → DALY

13. RALSTON → AKI

14. PORCH → BYRNE

15. HANSEN → FITZGERALD

BRIVE : 1. H. THOMPSON-STRINGER 2. V. KARKADZE 3. T. TUIMAUGA 4. A. ZAFRA 5. O. RIXEN 6. M. VOISIN 7. S. GUÉ 8. A. PAPALI'I 9. V. LOBZHANIDZE 10. T. RAFFY 11. V. TIREFORT 12. N. LEE 13. W. DOUGLAS 14. K. FABIEN 15. M. BIASOTTO
16. A. TRONC 17. N. FRAISSENON 18. F. CORIA MARCHETTI 19. J. MATALAWERU 20. N. BEDOU 21. L. CARBONNEAU 22. E. HERVÉ 23. T. DANOVARO

12 changes in CA Brive Corrèze Limousin starting XV :

1. THOMPSON-STRINGER → BRENNAN

2. KARKADZE → DUFOUR

4. ZAFRA → VAN EERTEN

5. RIXEN → RATUVA

6. VOISIN → MARAIS

7. GUÉ → HIRÈCHE

9. LOBZHANIDZE → ABADIE

10. RAFFY → SÁNCHEZ

11. TIREFORT → DOUGLAS

12. LEE → ARNOLD

13. DOUGLAS → LEE

15. BIASOTTO → TUICUVU

→ Game sheet and stats for Connacht - Brive

Lineup for Zebre vs Bristol, Saturday, January 14, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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ZEBRE : 1. P. BUONFIGLIO 2. L. BIGI 3. M. NOCERA 4. J. FURNO 5. A. ZAMBONIN 6. G. VOLPI 7. M. KVESIC 8. D. RUGGERI 9. A. FUSCO 10. T. EDEN 11. S. GESI 12. E. LUCCHIN 13. T. BONI 14. P. BRUNO 15. J. TRULLA
16. M. MANFREDI 17. L. RIZZOLI 18. M. HASA 19. G. VENDITTI 20. G. LICATA 21. R. JELIC 22. G. PRISCIANTELLI 23. E. CRONJÉ

12 changes in Zebre Parma starting XV :

1. BUONFIGLIO → PITINARI

2. BIGI → MANFREDI

3. NOCERA → NECULAI

4. FURNO → UYS

6. VOLPI → BIANCHI

7. KVESIC → PELSER

8. RUGGERI → FOX-MATAMUA

9. FUSCO → JELIC

12. LUCCHIN → SMITH

13. BONI → CRONJÉ

14. BRUNO → VAN WYK

15. TRULLA → KRIEL

BRISTOL : 1. E. GENGE 2. H. THACKER 3. K. SINCKLER 4. J. JOYCE 5. C. VUI 6. M. BRADBURY 7. J. HEENAN 8. F. HARDING 9. H. RANDALL 10. C. SHEEDY 11. R. NAULAGO 12. I. LLOYD 13. S. RADRADRA 14. T. FRICKER 15. H. PURDY
16. F. DAVIES 17. Y. THOMAS 18. M. LAHIFF 19. J. BATLEY 20. D. THOMAS 21. A. UREN 22. J. WILLIAMS 23. J. BATES

9 changes in Bristol Bears starting XV :

1. GENGE → WOOLMORE

3. SINCKLER → TYACK

4. JOYCE → BATLEY

6. BRADBURY → LUATUA

9. RANDALL → PORTER

10. SHEEDY → MACGINTY

11. NAULAGO → IBITOYE

14. FRICKER → BAILEY

15. PURDY → MORAHAN

→ Game sheet and stats for Zebre - Bristol

Lineup for Perpignan vs Glasgow, Saturday, January 14, 2023, Kickoff 09:00PM

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PERPIGNAN : 1. X. CHIOCCI 2. V. MONTGAILLARD 3. A. FAKATIKA 4. B. CHINARRO 5. A. MAHU 6. T. RAMASIBANA 7. E. BERTHEAU 8. V. MORO 9. T. ECOCHARD 10. M. RODOR 11. E. SAWAILAU 12. P. FERNANDEZ 13. A. TAUMOEPEAU 14. N. SÉGUÉLA 15. B. GOUTARD
16. M. TADJER 17. G. TETRASHVILI 18. V. JINTCHARADZE 19. P. TUILAGI 20. A. BOUTHIER 21. A. PEREZ 22. K. DESRUES 23. L. PICHON

13 changes in USA Perpignan starting XV :

1. CHIOCCI → TETRASHVILI

2. MONTGAILLARD → LAM

3. FAKATIKA → HALANUKONUKA

4. CHINARRO → LABOUTELEY

5. MAHU → FA'ASALELE

6. RAMASIBANA → VELARTE

7. BERTHEAU → GALLETIER

8. MORO → MAMEA LEMALU

10. RODOR → MCINTYRE

11. SAWAILAU → ACÉBÈS

12. FERNANDEZ → LABORDE

14. SÉGUÉLA → TILSLEY

15. GOUTARD → TEDDER

GLASGOW : 1. N. MCBETH 2. J. MATTHEWS 3. L. SORDONI 4. J. DU PREEZ 5. R. GRAY 6. E. FERRIE 7. C. NEILD 8. J. DEMPSEY 9. J. DOBIE 10. D. MIOTTI 11. O. SMITH 12. S. JOHNSON 13. S. MCDOWALL 14. C. FORBES 15. J. MCKAY
16. A. FRASER 17. J. BHATTI 18. S. BERGHAN 19. L. BEAN 20. A. SAMUEL 21. T. GORDON 22. S. KENNEDY 23. D. WEIR

12 changes in Glasgow Warriors starting XV :

1. MCBETH → BHATTI

2. MATTHEWS → TURNER

3. SORDONI → WALKER

4. DU PREEZ → BEAN

6. FERRIE → FAGERSON

7. NEILD → VAILANU

9. DOBIE → HORNE

10. MIOTTI → WEIR

11. SMITH → MCLEAN

12. JOHNSON → JONES

13. MCDOWALL → TUIPULOTU

14. FORBES → CANCELLIERE

→ Game sheet and stats for Perpignan - Glasgow

Lineup for Cardiff vs Newcastle, Sunday, January 15, 2023, Kickoff 02:00PM

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CARDIFF : 1. C. DOMACHOWSKI 2. K. MYHILL 3. K. ASSIRATTI 4. S. DAVIES 5. T. WILLIAMS 6. J. TURNBULL 7. E. JENKINS 8. T. FALETAU 9. L. WILLIAMS 10. R. PRIESTLAND 11. J. HARRIES 12. B. THOMAS 13. M. GRADY 14. O. LANE 15. J. ADAMS
16. E. DANIEL 17. R. CARRÉ 18. W. DAVIES-KING 19. J. RATTI 20. J. BOTHAM 21. E. BEVAN 22. J. EVANS 23. H. MILLARD

8 changes in Cardiff Rugby starting XV :

1. DOMACHOWSKI → CARRÉ

3. ASSIRATTI → ARHIP

5. WILLIAMS → THORNTON

9. WILLIAMS → WILLIAMS

11. HARRIES → ADAMS

12. THOMAS → LLEWELLYN

13. GRADY → LEE-LO

15. ADAMS → THOMAS

NEWCASTLE : 1. A. BROCKLEBANK 2. C. MADDISON 3. R. PALFRAMAN 4. G. PETERSON 5. J. PETERS 6. G. GRAHAM 7. T. MARSHALL 8. C. FEARNS 9. S. STUART 10. T. SCHOEMAN 11. B. STEVENSON 12. P. LUCOCK 13. M. ORLANDO 14. A. RADWAN 15. E. OBATOYINBO
16. A. WALKER 17. L. MULIPOLA 18. M. TAMPIN 19. P. VAN DER WALT 20. P. RUBIOLO 21. M. YOUNG 22. J. THOMAS 23. I. STEPHENS

13 changes in Newcastle Falcons starting XV :

1. BROCKLEBANK → DAVISON

2. MADDISON → FLETCHER

3. PALFRAMAN → TAMPIN

4. PETERSON → DE CHAVES

5. PETERS → DALTON

6. GRAHAM → ROBINSON

7. MARSHALL → PEPPER

8. FEARNS → MARSHALL

10. SCHOEMAN → THOMAS

11. STEVENSON → CARRERAS

12. LUCOCK → KERR

13. ORLANDO → STEVENSON

14. RADWAN → EARLE

→ Game sheet and stats for Cardiff - Newcastle

Lineup for Bath vs Toulon, Sunday, January 15, 2023, Kickoff 04:15PM

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BATH : 1. V. MOROZOV 2. T. DUNN 3. D. RAE 4. D. ATTWOOD 5. F. LEE-WARNER 6. T. HILL 7. S. UNDERHILL 8. M. REID 9. B. SPENCER 10. O. BAILEY 11. R. MCCONNOCHIE 12. C. REDPATH 13. O. LAWRENCE 14. J. COKANASIGA 15. M. GALLAGHER
16. N. ANNETT 17. L. BOYCE 18. J. JONKER 19. W. SPENCER 20. T. ELLIS 21. L. SCHREUDER 22. P. FRANCIS 23. C. CLOETE

8 changes in Bath Rugby starting XV :

1. MOROZOV → BOYCE

6. HILL → ELLIS

7. UNDERHILL → REID

8. REID → DE CARPENTIER

10. BAILEY → FRANCIS

11. MCCONNOCHIE → BUTT

12. REDPATH → OJOMOH

15. GALLAGHER → DE GLANVILLE

TOULON : 1. D. PRISO 2. T. BAUBIGNY 3. B. GIGASHVILI 4. M. HALAGAHU 5. B. ALAINU'UESE 6. R. LAKAFIA 7. C. OLLIVON 8. J. COULON 9. B. SERIN 10. D. BIGGAR 11. A. LUC 12. M. RABUT 13. D. PAIA'AUA 14. C. KOLBE 15. T. SALLES
16. A. ÉTRILLARD 17. B. DEVAUX 18. K. BROOKES 19. A. WARION 20. S. REBBADJ 21. J. DANGLOT 22. I. WEST 23. J. WAINIQOLO

12 changes in Rugby Club Toulonnais starting XV :

1. PRISO → DEVAUX

2. BAUBIGNY → ÉTRILLARD

3. GIGASHVILI → BROOKES

4. HALAGAHU → REBBADJ

5. ALAINU'UESE → WARION

6. LAKAFIA → COULON

7. OLLIVON → LAKAFIA

8. COULON → PARISSE

9. SERIN → DANGLOT

11. LUC → WAINIQOLO

13. PAIA'AUA → SINZELLE

14. KOLBE → CORDIN

→ Game sheet and stats for Bath - Toulon

NB : changes in starting XV are determined from the last game in the same competition.