Montpellier v Warriors: Teams
Worcester Warriors director of rugby Mike Ruddock has made five changes to the starting XV to visit Montpellier.
By Rachel Griffiths
Last Updated: 22/01/10 9:52pm
Worcester Warriors director of rugby Mike Ruddock has made five changes to his starting XV to visit Montpellier for Amlin Challenge Cup action.
The Warriors travel to France on Friday to complete the pool stages of the tournament at the Stade Yves du Manoir, although neither team can progress to the quarter-finals.
New Zealand star Rico Gear returns on the wing for the Warriors, while Chris Pennell moves to full-back.
Dale Rasmussen will combine at centre with Greg King, who signed a new two-year deal at Worcester this week.
Return
Lock Will Bowley, who has recently returned to fitness, is named alongside Graham Kitchener, while back row Tom Wood returns to the pack at blindside flanker as James Collins switches to openside.
Scrum-half Jonny Arr is included on the bench and hooker Chris Fortey resumes captain duties once again.
With nothing to play for, Montpellier have chosen to rest their internationals and will play a mostly second-string line-up.
Montpellier: 15 J Alcalde, 14 S Max, 13 O Smith, 12 G Rees, 11 A Pratmarty, 10 J Schutte, 9 M Castell, 8 M Giraud, 7 J Vallée (c), 6 G Chkhaidze, 5 D Hancke, 4 A Campbell, 3 J Figallo, 2 F Rofes, 1 O Tissot.
Replacements: 16 B Douglas, 17 N Leleimalefaga, 18 K Kervarec, 19 J Caudullo, 20 S Matadigo, 21 A Tomas, 22 T Brana, 23 R Solana.
Worcester: 15 C Pennell, 14 M Garvey, 13 D Rasmussen, 12 G King, 11 R Gear, 10 M Jones, 9 R Powell, 8 M Cox, 7 J Collins, 6 T Wood, 5 W Bowley, 4 K Kitchener, 3 O Sourgens, 2 C Fortey (c), 1 M Mullan.
Replacements: 16 J Page, 17 A Black, 18 J Gilding, 19 D Lyons, 20 J Abbott, 21 J Arr, 22 J Carlisle, 23 W Walker.
