Rovigo v L Irish: Teams
London Irish will look to make it six wins out of six in the European Challenge Cup, despite fielding a weakened side against Rovigo.
Last Updated: 23/01/09 3:36pm
London Irish will look to make it six wins out of six in the European Challenge Cup, despite fielding a weakened side against Rovigo.
Having sealed their quarter-final place with a 75-5 demolition of Connacht, coach Toby Booth has made nine changes to his team.
Richard Thorpe has been handed the captaincy, while brothers Steffon and Delon Armitage are named on the bench.
Rovigo: 15 Pablo Calanchini, 14 Gabriel Pizarro, 13 Stefano Ambrosio, 12 Norman di Maura, 11 Andrea Bacchetti, 10 German Bustos, 9 Stefano Canale, 8 Ronald Cribb, 7 Jacobus Immelman, 6 Younes Anouer, 5 Alfredo Giuria, 4 Tomasso Reato, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Luke Mahoney, 1 Bruno Fortuna.
Replacements: 16 Flavio Damiano, 17 Valerio Vicere, 18 Daniele Tumiati, 19 Niccolò Badocchi, 20 Marco Barion, 21 Juan Cruz Legora, 22 Emanuel Pellegrini.
London Irish: 15 Tomas De Vedia, 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 Elvis Seveali'i, 12 Charlie Gower, 11 James Bailey, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Alfredo Lalanne, 8 Richard Thorpe (captain), 7 Declan Danaher, 6 Kieran Roche, 5 Gary Johnson, 4 James Hudson, 3 Richard Skuse, 2 James Buckland, 1 Tonga Lea'aetoa.
Replacements: 16 Clarke Dermody, 17 Danie Coetzee, 18 Nick Kennedy, 19 Steffon Armitage, 20 Delon Armitage, 21 Warren Fury, 22 Dominic Shabbo.