Round Two of the Investec Champions Cup kicks off this weekend with 12 games on the schedule including the Bulls against Northampton Saints and La Rochelle facing Bristol Bears.
Veteran Wales outside back Liam Williams is set to make his second debut for Saracens when they face Stade Francais at Stade Jean Bouin on Sunday while at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, rookie Springboks back-row Elrigh Louw will captain the Bulls in Saturday’s clash against Premiership champions Northampton Saints.
Meanwhile, in another Saturday fixture Sharks head coach has opted to rest the bulk of his Springboks stars for their encounter against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.
Check on all the Champions Cup team news, here.
Friday
Sale Sharks v Racing 92
Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Robert du Preez, 12 Luke James, 11 Tom O’Flaherty, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Dan du Preez, 7 Ben Curry (c), 6 Jean-Luc du Preez, 5 Jonny Hill, 4 Ben Bamber, 3 James Harper, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Tadgh McElroy, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 Willgriff John, 19 Josh Beaumont, 20 Sam Dugdale, 21 Raffi Quirke, 22 Waisea Nayacalevu, 23 Alex Wills
Racing 92: 15 Tristan Tedder, 14 Henry Arundell, 13 Sam James, 12 Henry Chavancy, 11 Max Spring, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 Nolann le Garrec, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Maxime Baudonne, 6 Cameron Woki (c), 5 Will Rowlands, 4 Junior Kpoku, 3 Lucio Sordoni, 2 Camille Chat, 1 Guram Gogichashvili
Replacements: 16 Diego Escobar, 17 Lino Julien, 18 Gia Kharaishvili, 19 Fabien Sanconnie, 20 Ibrahim Diallo, 21 Clovis le Bail, 22 Antoine Gibert, 23 Wame Naituvi
Venue: Salford Community Stadium
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Craig Evans
Assistant Referees: Ben Whitehouse, Adam Jones
Television Match Official: Aled Griffiths
Castres v Munster
Castres: 15 Julien Dumora, 14 Geoffrey Palis, 13 Jack Goodhue, 12 Andrea Cocagi, 11 Rémy Baget, 10 Louis le Brun, 9 Jeremy Fernandez, 8 Abraham Papalii, 7 Tyler Ardron, 6 Mathieu Babillot (c), 5 Leone Nakarawa, 4 Gauthier Maravat, 3 Will Collier, 2 Gaetan Barlot, 1 Quentin Walcker
Replacements: 16 Loris Zarantonello, 17 Wayan de Benedittis, 18 Nicolas Corato, 19. Paul Jedrasiak, 20 Feibyan Tukino, 21 Santiago Arata, 22 Theo Chabouni, 23 Adrien Seguret
Munster: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Thaakir Abrahams, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Brian Gleeson, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Tadhg Beirne (c), 4 Fineen Wycherley, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Dian Bleuler
Replacements: 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Dave Kilcoyne, 18 Oli Jager, 19 Tom Ahern, 20 Alex Kendellen, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Rory Scannell, 23 Jack O’Donoghue
Venue: Stade Pierre-Fabre
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Hamish Smales, Joe James
Television Match Official: Tom Foley
Saturday
Bulls v Northampton
Bulls: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 David Kriel, 11 Devon Williams, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw (c), 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 JF van Heerden, 3 Wilco Louw, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp
Replacements: 16 Jan-hendrik Wessels, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Deon Slabbert, 20 Kuyenzeka Nama Xaba, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Boeta Chamberlain, 23 Stedman Gans
Northampton: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Fraser Dingwall, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Henry Pollock, 6 Alex Coles, 5 Tom Lockett, 4 Temo Mayanavanua, 3 Elliot Millar-Mills, 2 Curtis Langdon, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Craig Wright, 17 Tarek Haffar, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Chunya Munga, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Tom Pearson, 22 Archie McParland, 23 George Hendy
Venue: Loftus Versfeld
Kick-off: 15:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Luc Ramos
Assistant Referees: Jeremy Rozier, Adrien Marbot
Television Match Official: Thomas Charabas
Ulster v Bordeaux-Begles
Ulster: 15 Mike Lowry, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Jude Postlethwaite, 12 Stuart McCloskey, 11 Zac Ward, 10 Aidan Morgan, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Dave McCann, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Cormac Izuchukwu, 5 Kieran Treadwell, 4 Iain Henderson (c), 3 Tom O’Toole, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Eric O’Sullivan
Replacements: 16 John Andrew, 17 Andrew Warwick, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Harry Sheridan, 20 Marcus Rea, 21 Dave Shanahan, 22 James Humphreys, 23 Rory Telfer
Bordeaux: 15 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Arthur Retiere, 10 Joey Carbery, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 8 Tevita Tatafu, 7 Lachie Swinton, 6 Marko Gazzotti, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Romain Latterrade, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Maxime Lamothe, 17 Ugo Boniface, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Adam Coleman, 20 Alexandre Ricard, 21 Bastien Vergnes, 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23 Matéo Garcia
Venue: Kingspan Stadium
Kick-off: 17:15 GMT
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
Assistant Referees: Franco Rosella, Alex Frasson
Television Match Official: Stefano Roscini
Leinster v Clermont Auvergne
Leinster: 15 Jordie Barrett, 14 Liam Turner, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Jimmy O’Brien, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tom Clarkson, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Fintan Gunne, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Andrew Osborne
Clermont: 15 Alex Newsome, 14 Lucas Tauzin, 13 Pierre Fouyssac, 12 George Moala, 11 Alivereti Raka, 10 Irae Simone, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Fritz Lee (c), 7 Alexandre Fischer, 6 Killian Tixeront, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Peceli Yato, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 Etienne Falgoux
Replacements: 16 Barnabe Massa, 17 Giorgi Akhaladze, 18 Cristian Ojovan, 19 Oskar Rixen, 20 Antoine Chalus-Cercy, 21 Sebastien Bezy, 22 Ben Urdapilleta, 23 Theo Giral
Venue: Aviva Stadium
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Referee: Luke Pearce
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace, Jamie Leahy
Television Match Official: Stuart Terheege
Leicester Tigers v Sharks
Leicester: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Josh Bassett, 13 Izaia Perese, 12 Solomone Kata, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Olly Cracknell, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Hanro Liebenberg, 5 George Martin, 4 Harry Wells, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Nicky Smith
Replacements: 16 Charlie Clare, 17 James Cronin, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Cameron Henderson, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Joe Woodward
Sharks: 15 Jordan Hendrikse, 14 Eduan Keyter, 13 Ethan Hooker, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Yaw Penxe, 10 Siya Masuku, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Manu Tshituka, 7 Jeandre Labuschagne, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi (c), 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Dylan Richardson, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements: 16 Ethan Bester, 17 Phatu Ganyane, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Corne Rahl, 20 Tino Mavesere, 21 Bradley Davids, 22 Diego Appollis, 23 Hakeem Kunene
Venue: Welford Road
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Referee: Andrea Piardi
Assistant Referees: Filippo Russo, Manuel Bottino
Television Match Official: Matteo Liperini
La Rochelle v Bristol Bears
La Rochelle: Dillyn Leyds, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Teddy Thomas, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Grégory Alldritt (c), 7 Matthias Haddad, 6 Oscar Jegou, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Kane Douglas, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Reda Wardi
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq, 17 Louis Penverne, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Levani Botia, 21 Judicael Cancoriet, 22 Thomas Berjon, 23 Jules Favre
Bristol: 15 Benjamin Elizalde, 14 Jack Bates, 13 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye (50 apps) 10 Sam Worsley, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Jake Heenan, 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Owen, 4 Steven Luatua (c), 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Jamie Hodgson, 20.Ben Grondona, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Rich Lane, 23 Joe Jenkins
Venue: Stade Marcel-Deflandre
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Chris Busby
Assistant Referees: Keane Davison, Daniel Carson
Television Match Official: Mark Patton
Harlequins v Stormers
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Rodrigo Isgro, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Danny Care, 8 Alex Dombrandt (c), 7 James Chisholm, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 George Hammond, 4 Irne Herbst, 3 Simon Kerrod, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Harry Browne, 20 Jack Kenningham, 21 Will Evans, 22 Will Porter, 23 Jarrod Evans
Stormers: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Willie Engelbrecht, 7 Louw Nel, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Vernon Matongo
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Corne Weilbach, 19 Gary Porter, 20 Paul de Villiers, 21 Dewaldt Duvenage, 22 Jonathan Roche, 23 JC Mars
Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
Assistant Referees: Evan Urruzmendi, Jonathan Gasnier
Television Match Official: Eric Gauzins
Sunday
Benetton v Bath
Benetton: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Tommaso Menoncello, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Onisi Ratave, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Toa Halafihi, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza (c), 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Mirco Spagnolo
Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Thomas Gallo, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Alessandro Izekor, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Jacob Umaga, 23 Nacho Brex
Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Regan Grace, 13 Max Ojomoh, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Orlando Bailey, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Miles Reid (c), 7 Ethan Staddon, 6 Josh Bayliss, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Ewan Richards, 3 Billy Sela, 2 Niall Annett, 1 Francois van Wyk
Replacements: 16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Arthur Cordwell, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Louie Hennessey, 23 Jaco Coetzee
Venue: Stadio Monigo
Kick-off: 15:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Sam Grove-White
Assistant Referees: Ruairidh Campbell, Jonny Perriam
Television Match Official: Dave Sutherland
Stade Francais v Saracens
Stade Francais: 15 Leo Barre, 14 Peniasi Dakuwaqa, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Jeremy Ward, 11 Charles Laloi, 10 Zack Henry, 9 Brad Weber, 8 Juan Martin Scelzo, 7 Ryan Chapuis, 6 Sekou Macalou, 5 Tanginoa Halaifonua, 4 Paul Gabrillagues (c), 3 Paul Alo-Emile, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Clement Castets
Replacements: 16 Lucas Peyresblanques, 17 Moses Alo-Emile, 18 Hugo N’Diaye, 19 Setareki Turagacoke, 20 Andy Timo, 21 Yoan Tanga, 22 Louis Foursans-Bourdette, 23 Samuel Ezeala
Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Lucio Cinti Luna, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Ben Earl, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Nick Isiekwe, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Jamie George, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Phil Brantingham, 18 Alec Clarey, 19 Harry Wilson, 20 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 21 Gareth Simpson, 22 Tiff Eden, 23 Olly Hartley
Venue: Stade Jean Bouin
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Hollie Davidson
Assistant Referees: Finlay Brown, Rob McDowell
Television Match Official: Ian Tempest
Toulon v Glasgow Warriors
Toulon: 15 Marius Domon, 14 Jiuta Wainiqolo, 13 Leicester Fainga’anuku, 12 Jérémy Sinzelle, 11 Gabin Villiere, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Charles Ollivon (c), 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 Brian Alainu’uese, 4 David Ribbans, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Dany Priso
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Daniel Brennan, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Matthias Halagahu, 20 Selevasio Tolofua, 21 Jules Danglot, 22 Enzo Herve, 23 Setariki Tuicuvu
Glasgow: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Jamie Dobie, 13 Sione Tuipulotu (c), 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Ben Afshar, 8 Jack Mann, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Henco Venter, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Olujare Oguntibeju, 3 Sam Talakai, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Jamie Bhatti
Replacements: 16 Johnny Matthews, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Zander Fagerson, 19 Scott Cummings, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 Angus Fraser, 22 George Horne, 23 Tom Jordan
Venue: Stade Felix Mayol
Kick-off: 17:15 local (16:15 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Carley
Assistant Referees: Tom Foley, Jonathan Healy
Television Match Official: Mike Adamson
Exeter Chiefs v Toulouse
Exeter: 15 Josh Hodge, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Ben Hammersley, 12 Tamati Tua, 11 Tommy Wyatt, 10 Henry Slade, 9 Stu Townsend, 8 Ross Vintcent, 7 Jacques Vermeulen (c), 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Richard Capstick, 4 Rus Tuima, 3 Ehren Painter, 2 Dan Frost, 1 Will Goodrick-Clarke
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Jimmy Roots, 19 Dafydd Jenkins, 20 Greg Fisilau, 21 Will Becconsall, 22 Will Haydon-Wood, 23 Zack Wimbush
Toulouse: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Juan-Cruz Mallia, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 8 Alexandre Roumat, 7 Jack Willis, 6 François Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Rodrigue Neti
Replacements: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 David Ainu’u, 18 Joel Merkler, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Théo Ntamack, 21 Mathis Castro-Ferreira, 22 Paul Graou, 23 Blair Kinghorn
Venue: Sandy Park
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Referee: Andrew Brace
Assistant Referees: Robbie Jenkinson, Padraic Reidy
Television Match Official: Olly Hodges
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