Stade v Crociati: Teams
Stade Francais have opted to blood a number of their rising stars in their Amlin Challenge Cup opener against Crociati.
Last Updated: 07/10/10 8:22am
Stade Francais have opted to blood a number of their rising stars in their Amlin Challenge Cup opener against Crociati.
Arthur Joly and Hugues Briatte come into the pack, while Jules Plisson will make his debut at fly-half.
On the bench, Rémi Bonfils, 20-year-old English lock Daniel Wright and Benjamin Tardy will look to take their chance.
British stars Hugo Southwell, Ollie Phillips, Tom Palmer and James Haskell are also included in the squad to face the Parma-based visitors.
Stade Français: 15 H Southwell, 14 M Rodriguez, 13 G Bousses, 12 B Liebenberg, 11 O Phillips, 10 J Plisson, 9 N Oelschig, 1 R Roncero, 2 L Sempere, 3 A Joly, 4 A Marchois, 5 T Palmer, 6 M Bergamasco, 7 P Rabadan (capt), 8 H Briatte.
Replacements: 16 R Bonfils, 17 R Slimani, 18 D Weber, 19 D Wright, 20 J Haskell, 21 A Burban, 22 B Tardy, 23 J Arias
Crociati Rugby: 15 R Trevisan, 14 M Tobia, 13 T Iannone, 12 S Damiani (capt), 11 T Woodman, 10 M Anversa, 9 J Ireland, 1 A Lovotti, 2 D Giazzon, 3 M Coletti, 4 D Sigg, 5 M Minari, 6 D Delnevo, 7 F Ferrarini, 8 U Kolo'ofai.
Replacements: 16 M Saccomani, 17 I Scarparo, 18 F Pepoli, 19 A Maestri, 20 M Frati, 21 M Ricci, 22 E Passera, 23 G Boggiani