16 January 2026
Section Paloise: 15 Jack Maddocks, 14 Theo Attissogbe, 13 Nathan Decron, 12 Quentin Valentino, 11 Aaron Grandidier Nkanang, 10 Clément Mondinat, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Carwyn Tuipulotu, 7 Loic Credoz, 6 Luke Whitelock (captain), 5 Jimi Maximin, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Guram Papidze, 2 Lucas Rey, 1 Daniel Bibi Biziwu
Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Remi Seneca, 18 Thomas Laclayat, 19 Thomas Jolmes, 20 Remi Picquette, 21 Facundo Isa, 22 Thomas Souverbie, 23 Fabien Brau-Boirie
Bulls: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheswill Jooste, 13 Sebastian de Klerk, 12 Harold Voster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Mpilo Gumede, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Reinhardt Ludwig, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Akker van der Merwe, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
Replacements: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Alu Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Cobus Wiese, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 David Kriel, 23 Jeandre Rudolph
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Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell,9 Ben Spencer (captain), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Guy Pepper, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Miles Reid, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Santi Carreras, 23 Cameron Redpath
Edinburgh: 15 Harry Paterson, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 James Lang, 11 Malelili Satala, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott (captain), 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Freddy Douglas, 6 Tom Dodd, 5 Glen Young, 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 James Whitcombe
Replacements: 16 Harri Morris, 17 Mikey Jones, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Euan McVie, 20 Connor Boyle, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Jack Brown
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17 January 2026
Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Le Roux Malan, 12 Jurenzo Julius, 11 PK Sobahle, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Nick Hatton (captain), 7 Manu Tshituka, 6 Matt Romao, 5 Jason Jenkins, 4 Corne Rahl, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Eduan Swart, 17 Phatu Ganyane, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Emile van Heerden, 20 Phepsi Buthelezi, 21 Ross Braude, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Hakeem Kunene
Clermont Auvergne: 15 Kylan Hamdaoui, 14 Yerim Fall, 13 Timeo Frier, 12 Alifereti Loaloa, 11 Joris Jurand, 10 Irae Simone, 9 Lucas Zamora, 8 Anthime Hemery, 7 Lucas Dessaigne, 6 Killian Tixeront (captain), 5 Leo Michaux Vargas, 4 Thibaud Lanen, 3 Cristian Ojovan, 2 Etienne Fourcade, 1 Matheo Frisach
Replacements: 16 Seilala Lam, 17 Giga Tutisani, 18 Giorgi Dzmanashvili, 19 Baptiste Veschambre, 20 Pio Muarua, 21 Niek Doornenbal, 22 Tom Raffy, 23 Axel Guillaud
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Avion Bayonnias:15 Cheikh Tiberghien, 14 Tom Spring, 13 Sireli Maqala, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Yohan Orabe, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Nika Lomidze, 7 Arthur Iturria (captain), 6 Alexandre Fischer,5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Ewan Johnson, 3 Junior Tagi, 2 Lucas Martin, 1 Ignacio Calles
Replacements: 16 Facundo Bosch, 17 Emosi Tumania, 18 Emerick Setiano, 19 Alvaro Garcia Iandolino, 20 Baptiste Heguy, 21 Manex Ariceta, 22 Guillaume Martocq, 23 Victor Hannoun
Leinster:15 Jimmy O’Brien, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Joshua Kenny, 10 Harry Byrne, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (captain), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Ronan Kelleher, 1 Jack Boyle
Replacements: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Jerry Cahir, 18 Tom Clarkson, 19 Joe McCarthy, 20 Scott Penny, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Sam Prendergast, 23 Rieko Ioane
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Stormers: 15 Wandisile Simelane, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 12 Jonathan Roche, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (captain), 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 JD Schickerling, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Replacements: 16 JJ Kotzé, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Imad Khan, 22 Luke Burger, 23 JC Mars.
Leicester Tigers: 15 George Pearson, 14 Gabe Hamer-Webb, 13 Will Wand, 12 Joe Woodward, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Billy Searle, 9 Tom Whiteley, 8 Olly Cracknell (captain), 7 Sam Williams, 6 Joaquin Moro, 5 Harry Wells, 4 James Thompson, 3 Will Hurd, 2 Jamie Blamire, 1 Tareq Haffar
Replacements: 16 Finn Theobald-Thomas, 17 Archie van der Flier, 18 Ale Loman, 19 Tom Manz, 20 Emeka Ilione, 21 Ollie Allan, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Ryan Crowley
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Munster: 15 Shane Daly, 14 Thaakir Abrahams, 13 Tom Farrell, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Ben O’Connor, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Gavin Coombes, 7 Jack O’Donoghue, 6 Tadhg Beirne (captain), 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Michael Ala’alatoa, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Jeremy Loughman
Replacements: 16 Lee Barron, 17 Michael Milne, 18 Oli Jager, 19 Edwin Edogbo, 20 Brian Gleeson, 21 Ethan Coughlan, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Dan Kelly
Castres Olympique: 15 Theo Chabouni, 14 Christian Ambadiang, 13 Vuate Karawalevu, 12 Jack Goodhue, 11 Geoffrey Palis, 10 Pierre Popelin, 9 Jeremy Fernandez,8 Florent Vanverberghe, 7 Baptiste Cope, 6 Baptiste Delaporte (captain), 5 Tom Staniforth, 4 Gauthier Maravat, 3 Will Collier,2 Loris Zarantonello, 1 Atunaisa Sokobale
Replacements: 16 Teddy Durand-Pradere, 17 Antoine Tichit, 18 Aurelien Azar, 19 Leone Nakarawa, 20 Tyler Ardron, 21 Santiago Arata, 22 Enzo Herve, 23 Atu Manu
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Stade Toulousain: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Dimitri Delibes, 13 Kalvin Gourgues, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Antoine Dupont (captain), 8 Anthony Jelonch, 7 Jack Willis, 6 Leo Banos, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Rodrigue Neti, 18 Paul Mallez, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Alexandre Roumat, 21 François Cros, 22 Paul Graou, 23 Teddy Thomas
Sale Sharks: 15 Ollie Davies, 14 Obi Ene, 13 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 12 Marius Louw (captain), 11 Alex Wills, 10 Tom Curtis, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Sam Dugdale, 7 Tristan Woodman, 6 Jos Gilmore, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Tom Burrow, 3 James Harper, 2 Nathan Jibulu, 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Ethan Caine, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 Patreece Bell, 19 Patrick Hogg, 20 Reuben Logan, 21 Dom Hanson, 22 Joe Bedlow, 23 Regan Grace
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Gloucester: 15 George Barton, 14 Josh Hathaway, 13 Will Butler, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Jack Cotgreave, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Tomos Williams (captain), 8 Jack Clement, 7 Lewis Ludlow, 6 Will Trenholm, 5 Matias Alemanno, 4 Danny Eite, 3 Nepo Laulala,2 Will Crane, 1 Dian Bleuler
Replacements: 16 George Knowles, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Ciaran Knight, 19 Deian Gwynne, 20 James Venter, 21 Mike Austin, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Jake Morris
RC Toulon: 15 Marius Domon, 14 Gaël Drean, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Oliver Cowie, 11 Mathis Ferte, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Ben White, 8 Zach Mercer, 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 Lewis Ludlam, 5 Brian Alainu’uese, 4 David Ribbans, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Jeremy Toevalu, 17 Leo Ametlla, 18 Dany Priso, 19 Giorgi Javakhia, 20 Esteban Abadie, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Matéo Garcia, 23 Jérémy Sinzelle
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Bristol Bears: 15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Noah Heward, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 James Williams, 11 Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Bill Mata, 7 Fitz Harding (captain), 6 Santiago Grondona, 5 Joe Batley, 4 Pedro Rubiolo, 3 George Kloska, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Jimmy Halliwell, 19 Joe Owen, 20 Benjamin Grondona, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Sam Worsley, 23 Matias Moroni
Union Bordeaux Bègles:15 Romain Buros, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Nicolas Depoortere, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Martin Page-Relo, 8 Temo Matiu, 7 Cameron Woki, 6 Jean-Luc du Preez, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Boris Palu, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Maxime Lamothe (captain), 1 Jefferson Poirot
Replacements: 16 Connor Sa, 17 Ugo Boniface, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Cyril Cazeaux, 20 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 21 Joey Carbery, 22 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 23 Salesi Rayasi
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Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Edoardo Todaro, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Fraser Dingwall (captain), 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Sam Graham, 6 Josh Kemeny, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 4 Chunya Munga, 3 Trevor Davison,2 Robbie Smith, 1 Emmanuel Iyogun
Replacements: 16 Craig Wright, 17 Danilo Fischetti, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Tom Lockett, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Archie McParland, 22 James Pater, 23 George Hendy
Scarlets: 15 Jac Davies, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Blair Murray, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Archie Hughes, 8 Fletcher Anderson, 7 Josh Macleod (captain), 6 Taine Plumtree, 5 Jake Ball, 4 Max Douglas, 3 Henry Thomas, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harri
O’Connor, 19 Jarrod Taylor, 20 Dan Davis, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Macs Page, 23 Tomi Lewis
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Stade Rochelais: 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Davit Niniashvili, 13 UJ Seuteni, 12 Simeli Daunivucu, 11 Nathan Bollengier, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Thomas Berjon, 8 Judicael Cancoriet, 7 Levani Botia, 6 Oscar Jegou, 5 Paul Boudehent, 4 Charles Kante Samba, 3 Uini Atonio (captain), 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Alexandre Kaddouri
Replacements: 16 Quentin Lespiaucq, 17 Reda Wardi, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Aleksandre Kuntelia, 20 Grégory Alldritt, 21 Kirill Fraindt, 22 Jules Favre, 23 Jack Nowell
Harlequins: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Nick David, 13 Luke Northmore, 12 Bryn Bradley, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Lucas Friday, 8 Alex Dombrandt (captain), 7 Jack Kenningham, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 Guido Petti, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Simon Kerrod
Replacements: 16 Sam Riley, 17 Will Hobson, 18 Harry Williams, 19 Kieran Treadwell, 20 Zach Carr, 21 Tom Lawday, 22 Max Green, 23 Jarrod Evans
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Glasgow Warriors: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn (captain), 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Patrick Schickerling
Replacements: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Max Williamson, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Euan Ferrie, 22 Stafford McDowall, 23 Ben Afshar
Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Max Malins, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Fergus Burke, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Juan-Martin Gonzalez, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Maro Itoje (captain), 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jamie George, 1 Eroni Mawi
Replacements: 16 James Hadfield, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Andy Onyeama-Christie, 20 Tom Willis, 21 Charlie Bracken, 22 Olly Hartley, 23 Noah Caluori
Comments
afntner disfgraeful performances this weekend by all three SA Fbrabchises - in Round 4 -
- the Stormers will face a much weaker team in Cape Town and is likely to be back to a full strength team;
- the Bulls wil play Play Pau in France - one of he weakst French teams in France; and
- Te Sharks will face Clermont - another of the poorer teams in the tournament,
In the Challenge Cup competition the Lions is imeeting another weakish team with a rather good chance of winning again.
The S tormers needs to win th eir match to get into th e Round of 16 they need to win their match against Leocester in Cape Town, Neither of the Shrks or Bulls had chance tog et into that group of teams