Rovigo v Castres: Teams
Castres visit Rovigo on Saturday and the French side go in search on their first win in this year's Amlin Challenge Cup.
Last Updated: 16/10/09 2:17pm
Castres visit Rovigo on Saturday and the French side go in search on their first win in this year's Amlin Challenge Cup.
The only survivors from their opening defeat Toulon are Thomas Bouquié, Phil Christophers and Joe Tekori as coaches Laurent Labit and Laurent Travers look to keep things fresh ahead of the continuation of the Top 14.
There are also a number of changes to Rovigo's side, most of them in the backs where Stefan Basson, Andrea Sartoretto, Emmanuel Pellegrini come in at full-back, wing and centre respectively.
Marcello de Gasperis drops to the bench, while Roberto Pedrazzi and Andrea Sartoretto are out of the squad altogether.
At number eight, Alejandro Abadie's replacement of the injured Jaco Immelman is the only change in the forwards.
Rovigo: 15 Stefan Basson, 14 Andrea Sartoretto, 13 Andrea Pratichetti, 12 Emanuel Pellegrini, 11 Andrea Bacchetti, 10 German Bustos, 9 Pietro Travagli, 8 Alejandro Abadie, 7 Shalk Van der Merwe, 6 Niccolò Badocchi, 5 Daniele Tumiati, 4 Tomasso Reato, 3 Giovanni Boccalon, 2 Luke Mahoney, 1 Andrea de Marchi.
Replacements: 16 Flavio Damiano, 17 Gonzalo Buquete, 18 Massimiliano Ravalle, 19 Marco Barion, 20 Younes Anouer, 21 Stefano Canale, 22 Riccardo Bocchino, 23 Marcello De Gasperi
Castres: 15 Thomas Bouquié, 14 Matthieu Nicolas, 13 Yoan Audrin, 12 Philip Christophers, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Romain Teulet, 9 Thomas Sanchou, 8 Joe Tekori, 7 Yannick Caballero, 6 Ibrahim Diarra, 5 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 4 Matthias Rolland, 3 Daniel Saayman, 2 Akvsenti Giorgadze, 1 Gideon Lensing.
Replacements: 16 Mathieu Bonello, 17 Yoann Rayssac, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Ludovic Michaux, 20 Steve Malonga, 21 Kirill Kulemin, 22 Matthieu Bourret, 23 Paul Bonnefond.