{"id":217106,"date":"2025-12-05T16:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/217106\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T16:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T16:38:08","slug":"predictions-teams-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/217106\/","title":{"rendered":"Predictions, teams, how to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Investec Champions Cup gets underway on Friday with two matches before there are another six on Saturday and four on Sunday in a blockbuster opening to the tournament.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the team news, predictions, match officials and how to watch the action.<\/p>\n

Friday<\/b><\/p>\n

Sale Sharks v Glasgow Warriors<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Glasgow Warriors by 3<\/p>\n

Sale Sharks:<\/b> 15 Arron Reed, 14 Tom O\u2019Flaherty, 13 Rekeiti Ma\u2019asi-White, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Alex Wills, 10 Rob du Preez, 9 Raffi Quirke, 8 Tom Curry, 7 Ernst van Rhyn (c), 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Ben Bamber, 4 Tom Burrow, 3 WillGriff John, 2 Nathan Jibulu, 1 Si McIntyre
Replacements:<\/b> 16 Ethan Caine, 17 Tumy Onasanya, 18 James Harper, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Ben Curry, 21 Gus Warr, 22 Ollie Davies, 23 Gurshwin Wehr<\/p>\n

Glasgow Warriors:<\/b> 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Max Williamson, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements:<\/b> 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Alex Samuel, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Ally Miller, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Dan Lancaster<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> CorpAcq Stadium
Kick-off:<\/b> 20:00 GMT
Referee:<\/b> Pierre Brousset (Fra)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Vincent Blasco Baque (Fra), Julien Caulier (Fra)
TMO:<\/b> Tual Trainini (Fra)
How to watch:<\/b> Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Bayonne v Stormers<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Stormers by 5<\/p>\n

Bayonne:<\/b> 15 Yohan Orabe, 14 Tom Spring, 13 Cheikh Tiberghien, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Victor Hannoun, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Nika Lomidze, 7 Arthur Iturria, 6 Alexandre Fischer, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Alvaro Garcia Iandolino, 3 Marco Fepulea\u2019i, 2 Vincent Giudicelli, 1 Ignacio Calles
Replacements:<\/b> 16 Lucas Martin, 17 Swan Cormenier, 18 Pascal Cotet, 19 Manex Ariceta, 20 Facundo Bosch, 21 Raphael Marchesin, 22 Baptiste Tilloles, 23 Arnaud Erbinartegaray<\/p>\n

Stormers:<\/b> 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Clinton Swart, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Neethling Fouch\u00e9, 2 JJ Kotz\u00e9, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu
Replacements:<\/b> 16 Lukhanyo Vokozela, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Adr\u00e9 Smith, 20 JD Schickerling, 21 Evan Roos, 22 Dewaldt Duvenage, 23 Jonathan Roche<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Stade Jean Dauger
Kick-off:<\/b> 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee:<\/b> Nika Amashukeli (Geo)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Saba Abulashvili (Geo), Saba Makharadze (Geo)
TMO:<\/b> Ben Whitehouse (Wal)
How to watch:<\/b> beIN SPORTS \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Saturday<\/b><\/p>\n

Saracens v ASM Clermont Auvergne<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Saracens by 7<\/p>\n

Saracens:<\/b> 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Noah Caluori, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Max Malins, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ivan van Zyl (c), 8 Tom Willis, 7 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Nick Isiekwe, 3 Marcus Street, 2 James Hadfield, 1 Rhys Carre
Replacements<\/b> 16 Theo Dan, 17 Eroni Mawi, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Harry Wilson, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Charlie Bracken, 22 Fergus Burke, 23 Rotimi Segun<\/p>\n

Clermont:<\/b> 15 Axel Guillaud, 14 Lucas Tauzin, 13 Alex Newsome, 12 Irae Simone, 11 Bautista Delguy, 10 Harry Plummer, 9 Baptiste Jauneau (c), 8 Selevasio Tolofua, 7 Anthime Hemery, 6 Antoine Chalus-Cercy, 5 Tevita Ratuva, 4 Thibaud Lanen, 3 Cristian Ojovan, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 Sacha Lotrian
Replacements<\/b> 16 Tom Belkessa, 17 Matheo Frisach, 18 Giorgi Dzmanashvili, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Leo Michaux Vargas, 21 Sebastien Bezy, 22 George Moala, 23 Lucas Dessaigne<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> StoneX Stadium
Kick-off:<\/b> 13:00 GMT
Referee:<\/b> Hollie Davidson (Sco)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Ruairidh Campbell (Sco), Jonny MacKenzie (Sco)
TMO:<\/b> Mike Adamson (Sco)
How to watch:<\/b> Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Bulls v Union Bordeaux-Begles<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Bordeaux-Begles by 5<\/p>\n

Bulls:<\/b> 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sebastian de Klerk, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Marcell Coetzee (c), 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Alulutho Tshakweni
Replacements<\/b> 16 Johann Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Jeandre Rudolph, 22 Embrose Papier, 23 Stravino Jacobs<\/p>\n

Bordeaux-Begles:<\/b> 15 Romain Buros, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 8 Temo Matiu, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Boris Palu, 3 Carl\u00fc Sadie, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements<\/b> 16 Gaetan Barlot, 17 Matis Perchaud, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Jonny Gray, 20 Tiaan Jacobs, 21 Arthur Retiere, 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23 Salesi Rayasi<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Loftus Versfeld
Kick-off:<\/b> 17:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee:<\/b> Karl Dickson (Eng)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Luke Pearce (Eng), Joe James (Eng)
TMO:<\/b> Ian Tempest (Eng)
How to watch:<\/b> SuperSport \/ Premier Sports \/ France TV \/ beIN SPORTS \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Stade Rochelais v Leicester Tigers<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> La Rochelle by 20<\/p>\n

La Rochelle:<\/b> 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Davit Niniashvili, 13 Adrien Seguret, 12 UJ Seuteni, 11 Jules Favre, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Thomas Berjon, 8 Gr\u00e9gory Alldritt (c), 7 Levani Botia, 6 Oscar Jegou, 5 Charles Kante Samba, 4 Thomas Lavault, 3 Joel Sclavi, 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Alexandre Kaddour
Replacements<\/b> 16 Quentin Lespiaucq, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Lucas Andjisseramatchi, 21 Nolhann Couillaud, 22 Diego Jurd, 23 Nathan Bollengier<\/p>\n

Leicester Tigers:<\/b> 15 George Pearson, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Will Wand, 12 Joe Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Tom Whiteley, 8 Joaquin Moro, 7 Josh Manz, 6 James Thompson, 5 Harry Wells, 4 Cameron Henderson, 3 Will Hurd, 2 Charlie Clare (c), 1 Tareq Haffar
Replacements<\/b> 16 Finn Theobald-Thomas, 17 Archie van der Flier, 18 Ale Loman, 19 Tom Manz, 20 Sam Williams, 21 Ollie Allan, 22 Charlie Titcombe, 23 Solomone Kata<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Stade Marcel Deflandre
Kick-off:<\/b> 18:30 local (17:30 GMT)
Referee:<\/b> Andrew Brace (Ire)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Eoghan Cross (Ire), Robbie Jenkinson (Ire)
TMO:<\/b> Olly Hodges (Ire)
How to watch:<\/b> beIN SPORTS \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Leinster v Harlequins<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Leinster by 30<\/p>\n

Leinster:<\/b> 15 Jimmy O\u2019Brien, 14 Tommy O\u2019Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Ciar\u00e1n Frawley, 11 Jordan Larmour, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Jack Conan, 5 Joe McCarthy, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Paddy McCarthy
Replacements:<\/b> 16 R\u00f3nan Kelleher, 17 Jack Boyle, 18 Tadhg Furlong, 19 Diarmuid Mangan, 20 Max Deegan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Rieko Ioane<\/p>\n

Harlequins:<\/b> 15 Cameron Anderson, 14 Cassius Cleaves, 13 Oscar Beard, 12 Luke Northmore, 11 Cadan Murley (c), 10 Jarrod Evans, 9 Will Porter, 8 Tom Lawday, 7 Will Evans, 6 Zach Carr, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Kieran Treadwell, 3 Harry Williams, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Boris Wenger
Replacements:<\/b> 16 George Turner, 17 Will Hobson, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Lucas Schmid, 21 Lucas Friday, 22 Jamie Benson, 23 Bryn Bradley<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Aviva Stadium
Kick-off:<\/b> 17:30 GMT
Referee:<\/b> Craig Evans (Wal)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Adam Jones (Wal), Ben Breakspear (Wal)
TMO:<\/b> Keith David (Wal)
How to watch:<\/b> Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Bath v Munster<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Bath by 8<\/p>\n

Bath:<\/b> 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Max Ojomoh, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Miles Reid, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Josh Bayliss, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements<\/b> 16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Santi Carreras, 23 Sam Underhill<\/p>\n

Munster:<\/b> 15 Shane Daly, 14 Diarmuid Kilgallen, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Thaakir Abrahams, 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Tadhg Beirne (c), 5 Tom Ahern, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 John Ryan, 2 Diarmuid Barron, 1 Michael Milne
Replacements<\/b> 16 Lee Barron, 17 Jeremy Loughman, 18 Michael Ala\u2019alatoa, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Ruadhan Quinn, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 Alex Nankivell, 23 Alex Kendellen<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> The Rec
Kick-off:<\/b> 20:00 GMT
Referee:<\/b> Jeremy Rozier (Fra)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Thomas Charabas (Fra), Benjamin Hernandez (Fra)
TMO:<\/b> Eric Gauzins (Fra)
How to watch:<\/b> Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Scarlets v Bristol Bears<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Bristol by 20<\/p>\n

Scarlets:<\/b> 15 Jac Davies, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Eddie James, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Ellis Mee, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Josh Macleod (c), 6 Max Douglas, 5 Jake Ball, 4 Sam Lousi, 3 Archer Holz, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements<\/b> 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Sam O\u2019Connor, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Jarrod Taylor, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Dane Blacker, 22 Joe Hawkins, 23 Joe Roberts<\/p>\n

Bristol Bears:<\/b> 15 Tom Jordan, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 Sam Worsley, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Bill Mata, 7 Fitz Harding (c), 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements<\/b> 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Joe Owen, 20 Benjamin Grondona, 21 Sam Wolstenholme, 22 Aidan Boshoff, 23 Josh Carrington<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Parc y Scarlets
Kick-off:<\/b> 20:00 GMT
Referee:<\/b> Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Filippo Russo (Ita), Franco Rosella (Ita)
TMO:<\/b> Stefano Roscini (Ita)
How to watch:<\/b> S4C \/ Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/b><\/p>\n

Section Paloise v Northampton Saints<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Northampton by 3<\/p>\n

Pau:<\/b> 15 Aymeric Luc, 14 Gregoire Arfeuil, 13 Jack Maddocks, 12 Nathan Decron, 11 Clement Laporte, 10 Axel Desperes, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Loic Credoz, 6 Sacha Zegueur, 5 Remi Picquette, 4 Thomas Jolmes, 3 Jon Zabala Arrieta, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Alexandre Etchebehere
Replacements<\/b> 16 Lucas Rey, 17 Remi Seneca, 18 Guram Papidze, 19 Mickael Capelli, 20 Joel Kpoku, 21 Reece Hewat, 22 Thomas Souverbie, 23 Quentin Valentino<\/p>\n

Northampton Saints:<\/b> 15 George Furbank (c), 14 James Ramm, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 George Hendy, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Callum Chick, 7 Tom Pearson, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Craig Wright, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements<\/b> 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Cleopas Kundiona, 19 Ed Prowse, 20 Henry Pollock, 21 Sam Graham, 22 Tom James, 23 Toby Thame<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Stade du Hameau
Kick-off:<\/b> 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee:<\/b> Andrea Piardi (Ita)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Clara Munarini (Ita), Alberto Favaro (Ita)
TMO:<\/b> Matteo Liperini (Ita)
How to watch:<\/b> beIN SPORTS \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Gloucester v Castres Olympique<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Gloucester by 7<\/p>\n

Gloucester:<\/b> 15 Ben Redshaw, 14 Will Joseph, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 Ross Byrne, 9 Tomos Williams (c), 8 Will Trenholm, 7 Lewis Ludlow, 6 Deian Gwynne, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Freddie Thomas, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Seb Blake, 1 Ciaran Knight
Replacements<\/b> 16 Jack Innard, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Afolabi Fasogbon, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Josh Basham, 21 Mike Austin, 22 Charlie Atkinson, 23 Rob Russell<\/p>\n

Castres:<\/b> 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Christian Ambadiang, 13 Vuate Karawalevu, 12 Vilimoni Botitu, 11 R\u00e9my Baget, 10 Pierre Popelin, 9 Jeremy Fernandez, 8 Veresa Ramototabua, 7 Baptiste Cope, 6 Baptiste Delaporte (c), 5 Florent Vanverberghe, 4 Guillaume Ducat, 3 Aurelien Azar, 2 Loris Zarantonello, 1 Quentin Walcker
Replacements<\/b> 16 Teddy Durand-Pradere, 17 Atunaisa Sokobale, 18 Levan Chilachava, 19 Gauthier Maravat, 20 Abraham Papalii, 21 Gauthier Doubrere, 22 Enzo Herve, 23 Jack Goodhue<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Kingsholm
Kick-off:<\/b> 15:15 GMT
Referee:<\/b> Sam Grove-White (Sco)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Ian Kenny (Sco), Finlay Brown (Sco)
TMO:<\/b> Andrew McMenemy (Sco)
How to watch:<\/b> Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

Stade Toulousain v Sharks<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Toulouse by 60<\/p>\n

Toulouse:<\/b> 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Ange Capuozzo, 13 Teddy Thomas, 12 Kalvin Gourgues, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Paul Graou, 8 Alexandre Roumat, 7 Anthony Jelonch, 6 Leo Banos, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Joel Merkler, 2 Julien Marchand (c), 1 Rodrigue Neti
Replacements<\/b> 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 David Ainu\u2019u, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Mathis Castro-Ferreira, 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Paul Costes, 23 Dimitri Delibes<\/p>\n

Sharks:<\/b> 15 Hakeem Kunene, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Le-Roux Malan, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Ross Braude, 8 Nick Hatton (c), 7 Batho Hlekani, 6 Matt Romao, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 JJ Scheepers, 3 Mawande Mdanda, 2 Eddie Swart, 1 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko
Replacements<\/b> 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Simphiwe Ngobese, 18 Cebo Dlamini, 19 Jannes Potgieter, 20 Tino Mavesere, 21 Jaden Hendrikse, 22 Jean Smith, 23 Phiko Sobahle<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Stade Ernest Wallon
Kick-off:<\/b> 16:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee:<\/b> Christophe Ridley (Eng)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Anthony Woodthorpe (Eng), Simon Harding (Eng)
TMO:<\/b> Andrew Jackson (Eng)
How to watch:<\/b> France TV \/ beIN SPORTS \/ Premier Sports \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugb<\/p>\n

Edinburgh v RC Toulon<\/p>\n

Prediction:<\/b> Toulon by 3<\/p>\n

Edinburgh:<\/b> 15 Harry Paterson, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Wes Goosen, 12 Findlay Thomson, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Cammy Scott, 9 Ben Vellacott,
8 Magnus Bradbury (c), 7 Dylan Richardson, 6 Liam McConnell, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements<\/b> 16 Harri Morris, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Glen Young, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 James Lang, 23 Piers O\u2019Conor<\/p>\n

Toulon:<\/b> 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Ga\u00ebl Drean, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 J\u00e9r\u00e9my Sinzelle, 11 Mathis Ferte, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Ben White, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Esteban Abadie, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 Brian Alainu\u2019uese, 4 David Ribbans (c), 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements<\/b> 16 Jeremy Toevalu, 17 Leo Ametlla, 18 Dany Priso, 19 Corentin Mezou, 20 Joe Quere Karaba, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Mat\u00e9o Garcia, 23 Mathieu Smaili<\/p>\n

Venue:<\/b> Hive Stadium
Kick-off:<\/b> 17:30 GMT
Referee:<\/b> Matthew Carley (Eng)
Assistant Referees:<\/b> Sara Cox (Eng), Greg MacDonald (Eng)
TMO:<\/b> Daniel Jones (Eng)
How to watch:<\/b> Premier Sports \/ beIN SPORTS \/ SuperSport \/ FloRugby<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Investec Champions Cup Dream XV: Louis Rees-Zammit partners French flyers and Springbok star tipped to reach \u2018zenith\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Investec Champions Cup gets underway on Friday with two matches before there are another six on Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[114567,63470,61008,56839,5882,18,112482,95500,117738,794,19,17,117739,38909,5599,5,117740,117741,78805,112484,15057,132,112485],"class_list":{"0":"post-217106","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bath","9":"tag-bristol","10":"tag-bulls","11":"tag-champions-cup","12":"tag-edinburgh","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-glasgow-warriors","15":"tag-gloucester","16":"tag-harlequins","17":"tag-home-page","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-leicester-tigers","21":"tag-leinster","22":"tag-munster","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-northampton-saints","25":"tag-sale-sharks","26":"tag-saracens","27":"tag-scarlets","28":"tag-sharks","29":"tag-sports","30":"tag-stormers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115667947443213615","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}