The Challenge Cup continues this weekend with Round Three’s action, as Bath take on Toulon on a busy Saturday while Cardiff host Newcastle Falcons on Sunday.
Check out all the team news and our predictions, here.
Friday
Scarlets v Cheetahs
Prediction: Scarlets by 15
The teams:
Scarlets: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Johnny McNicholl, 13 Joe Roberts, 12 Jonathan Davies (c), 11 Steff Evans, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Carwyn Tuipulotu, 7 Dan Davis, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Sam Lousi, 4 Morgan Jones, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Kemsley Mathias
Replacements: 16 Shaun Evans, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Sam Wainwright, 19 Jac Price, 20 Tomás Lezana, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Ioan Nicholas
Cheetahs: 15 Andell Loubser, 14 Dan Kapepula, 13 David Brits, 12 Reinhardt Fortuin, 11 Munier Hartzenberg, 10 Siya Masuku, 9 Rewan Kruger, 8 Friedle Olivier, 7 Siba Qoma, 6 Jeandre Rudolph, 5 Victor Sekekete (c), 4 Rynier Bernardo, 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Louis van der Westhuizen, 1 Schalk Ferreira
Replacements: 16 Marko Janse van Rensburg, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Mzwanele Zito, 20 Daniel Maartens, 21 Branden de Kock, 22 Robert Ebersohn, 23 Tapiwa Mafura
Venue: Parc y Scarlets
Kick-off: 20:00 GMT)
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
Assistant Referees: Sara Cox (England), Clara Munarini (Italy)
TMO: Claire Hodnett (England)
Pau v Dragons
Prediction: Pau by 4
The teams:
Pau: 15 Theo Attissogbe, 14 Vincent Pinto, 13 Yvan Reilhac, 12 Nathan Decron, 11 Daniel Ikpefan, 10 Thibault Debaes, 9 Clovis Lebail (c), 8 Brent Liufau, 7 Thibaut Hamonou, 6 Sacha Zegueur, 5 Fabrice Metz, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 Nicolas Corato, 2 Romain Ruffenach, 1 Siegfried Fisiihoi
Replacements: 16 Youri Delhommel, 17 Ignacio Calles, 18 Siate Tokolahi, 19 Jimi Maximin, 20 Martin Puech, 21 Alexis Levron, 22 Axel Desperes, 23 Mathias Colombet
Dragons: 15 Jordan Williams, 14 Rio Dyer, 13 Steff Hughes (c), 12 Max Clark, 11 Ashton Hewitt, 10 Will Reed, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Ollie Griffiths, 7 Taine Basham, 6 Sean Lonsdale, 5 George Nott, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Chris Coleman, 2 Bradley Roberts, 1 Rob Evans
Replacements: 16 Brodie Coghlan, 17 Josh Reynolds, 18 Luke Yendle, 19 Ben Carter, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Che Hope, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Jack Dixon
Venue: Stade du Hameau
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Jonny Erskine (Ireland), Keane Davison (Ireland)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)
Saturday
Stade Francais v Lions
Prediction: Lions by 5
The teams:
Stade Francais: 15 Kylan Hamdaoui, 14 Nadir Megdoud, 13 Theo Dachary, 12 Alex Arrate, 11 Stephane Ahmed, 10 Joris Segonds, 9 James Hall, 8 Ryan Chapuis (c), 7 Mathieu Hirigoyen, 6 Julien Ory, 5 Sitaleki Timani, 4 Nathan Huguen, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Lucas Peyresblanques, 1 Moses Alo Emile
Replacements: 16 Laurent Panis, 17 Vasil Kakovin, 18 Paul Alo Emile, 19 Marcos Kremer, 20 Juan Martin Scelzo, 21 Paolo Odogwu, 22 Arthur Coville, 23 Pienasi Dakuwaqa
Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Quan Horn, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw (c), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Emmanuel Tshituka, 7 Emile van Heerden, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Darrian Landsberg, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 JP Smith
Replacements: 16 Michael van Vuuren, 17 Rhynardt Rijnsburger, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Ruhan Straeuli, 20 Sangweni Sibusiso, 21 JC Pretorius, 22 André Warner, 23 Manny Rass
Venue: Stade Jean Bouin
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Simon Rees (Wales), Tom Spurrier (Wales)
TMO: Sean Brickell (Wales)
Benetton v Bayonne
Prediction: Benetton by 12
The teams:
Benetton: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Onisi Ratave, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Giovanni Pettinelli, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Siua Maile, 1 Federico Zani
Replacements: 16 Giacomo Nicotera, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Alessandro Izekor, 21 Manfredi Albanese, 22 Jacob Umaga, 23 Marco Zanon
Bayonne: 15 Yohan Orabe, 14 Arnaud Erbinartegaray, 13 Peyo Muscarditz, 12 Eneriko Buliruarua, 11 Bastien Pourailly, 10 Thomas Dolhagaray, 9 Maxime Machenaud (c), 8 Aitor Hourcade, 7 Geoffrey Cridge, 6 Jean Monribot, 5 Konstantine Mikautadze, 4 Manuel Leindekar, 3 Chris Talakai, 2 Thomas Acquier, 1 Pieter Scholtz
Replacements: 16 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 17 Swan Cormenier, 18 Badri Tsikhistavi, 19 Denis Marchois, 20 Mateaki Kafatolu, 21 Michael Ruru, 22 Jason Robertson, 23 Guillaume Martocq
Venue: Stadio Comunale di Monigo
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 GMT)
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
Assistant Referees: George Selwood (England), Jonathan Healy (England)
TMO: Dean Richards (England)
𝙏𝙀𝘼𝙈'𝙎 𝙐𝙋! 💥@tomdunn92 returns to the starting XV and will hold down the front row alongside Valery Morozov and D'Arcy Rae. 🔵⚫️⚪️@camredpath also returns to reform his partnership with @OLawrence1.
— Bath Rugby (@BathRugby) January 13, 2023
Bath v Toulon
Prediction: Toulon by 7
The teams:
Bath: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Orlando Bailey, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Josh Bayliss, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Fergus Lee-Warner, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 D’Arcy Rae, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Valery Morozov
Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Lewis Boyce, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Will Spencer, 20 Miles Reid, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Piers Francis, 23 Chris Cloete
Toulon: 15 Thomas Salles, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Duncan Paia’aua, 12 Maëlan Rabut, 11 Aymeric Luc, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Jules Coulon, 7 Charles Ollivon (c), 6 Raphael Lakafia, 5 Brian Alainu’uese, 4 Matthias Halagahu, 3 Beka Gigashvili, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 1 Dany Priso
Replacements: 16 Anthony Etrillard, 17 Bruce Devaux, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Adrien Warion, 20 Sergio Parisse, 21 Jules Danglot, 22 Ihaia West, 23 Jiuta Naqoli Wainiqolo
Venue: Recreation Ground
Kick-off: 15:15 GMT
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: Dan Carson (Ireland), Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
TMO: Olly Hodges (Ireland)
Connacht v Brive
Prediction: Connacht by 5
The teams:
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Connacht: 15 Mack Hansen, 14 John Porch, 13 Byron Ralston, 12 Cathal Forde, 11 Alex Wootton, 10 Jack Carty (c), 9 Colm Reilly, 8 Jarrad Butler, 7 Conor Oliver, 6 Cian Prendergast, 5 Niall Murray, 4 Josh Murphy, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 David Heffernan, 1 Peter Dooley
Replacements: 16 Dylan Tierney Martin, 17 Jordan Duggan, 18 Jack Aungier, 19 Leva Fifita, 20 Ciaran Booth, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Tom Daly, 23 Conor Fitzgerald
Brive: 15 Maxence Biasotto, 14 Kevin Fabien, 13 Wesley Douglas, 12 Nico Lee (c), 11 Valentin Tirefort, 10 Tom Raffy, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Abraham Papali’i, 7 Sacha Gue, 6 Matthieu Voisin, 5 Oskar Konstantin Rixen, 4 Andrés Zafra Tarazona, 3 Tietie Tuimauga, 2 Vano Karkadze, 1 Hayden Thompson-Stringer
Replacements: 16 Aymeric Tronc, 17 Nathan Fraissenon, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Joeli Matalaweru, 20 Noé Bedou, 21 Léo Carbonneau, 22 Enzo Herve, 23 Tom Danovaro
Venue: The Sportsground
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant Referees: Franco Rosella (Italy), Vinci Filippo (Italy)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (Italy)
Zebre Parma v Bristol Bears
Prediction: Bristol by 14
The teams:
Zebre: 15 Jacopo Trulla, 14 Pierre Bruno, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Enrico Lucchin (c), 11 Simone Gesi, 10 Tiff Eden, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 8 Davide Ruggeri, 7 Matt Kvesic, 6 Guido Volpi, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Josh Furno, 3 Matteo Nocera, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Paolo Buonfiglio
Replacements: 16 Marco Manfredi, 17 Luca Rizzoli, 18 Muhamed Hasa, 19 Gabriele Venditti, 20 Giovanni Licata, 21 Ratko Jelic, 22 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 23 Erich Cronjé
Bristol: 15 Henry Purdy, 14 Toby Fricker, 13 Semi Radradra, 12 Ioan Lloyd, 11 Ratu Naulago, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Harry Randall, 8 Fitz Harding, 7 Jake Heenan, 6 Magnus Bradbury, 5 Chris Vui, 4 Joe Joyce, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Ellis Genge (c)
Replacements: 16 Fred Davies, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Joe Batley, 20 Daniel Thomas, 21 Andy Uren, 22 James Williams, 23 Jack Bates
Venue: Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
Assistant Referees: Evan Urruzmendi (France), Christian Coussan (France)
TMO: Patrick Dellac (France)
Perpignan v Glasgow Warriors
Prediction: Glasgow by 10
The teams:
Perpignan: 15 Boris Goutard, 14 Nino Seguela, 13 Afusipa Taumoepeau, 12 Pato Fernandez, 11 Edward Sawaileau, 10 Matteo Rodor, 9 Tom Ecochard (c), 8 Valentin Moro, 7 Ewan Bertheau, 6 Taniela Ramasibana, 5 Andrei Mahu, 4 Bastien Chinarro, 3 Akato Fakatika, 2 Victor Montgaillard, 1 Xavier Chiocci
Replacements: 16 Mike Tadjer, 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili, 18 Vatang Jincharadze, 19 Posolo Tuilagi, 20 Antoine Bouthier, 21 Alexandre Perez, 22 Keanu Desrues, 23 Lilian Pichon
Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Cole Forbes, 13 Stafford McDowall (c), 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Domingo Miotti, 9 Jamie Dobie, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Cameron Neild, 6 Euan Ferrie, 5 Richie Gray, 4 JP du Preez, 3 Lucio Sordoni, 2 Johnny Matthews, 1 Nathan McBeth
Replacements: 16 Angus Fraser, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Lewis Bean, 20 Alex Samuel, 21 Thomas Gordon, 22 Sean Kennedy, 23 Duncan Weir
Venue: Stade Aimé Giral
Kick-off: 21:00 local (20:00 GMT)
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Ben Breakspear (Wales), Gwyn Morris (Wales)
TMO: Ian Davies (Wales)
Sunday
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🎟️ https://t.co/3FMpAFVJw2@MasonGrady13 wears 13 on Sunday, with @Rhys_Priestland and Lloyd Williams forming the half back partnership. pic.twitter.com/oeHJaGEr6v— Cardiff Rugby (@Cardiff_Rugby) January 13, 2023
Cardiff Rugby v Newcastle Falcons
Prediction: Newcastle by 3
The teams:
Cardiff: 15 Josh Adams, 14 Owen Lane, 13 Mason Grady, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Jason Harries, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Ellis Jenkins, 6 Josh Turnbull (c), 5 Teddy Williams, 4 Seb Davies, 3 Kieron Assiratti, 2 Kirby Myhill, 1 Corey Domachowski
Replacements: 16 Efan Daniel, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Will Davies-King, 19 James Ratti, 20 James Botham, 21 Ellis Bevan, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Harri Millard
Newcastle: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Peter Lucock, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Carl Fearns, 7 Tom Marshall, 6 Gary Graham (c), 5 Josh Peters, 4 Greg Peterson, 3 Richard Palframan, 2 Charlie Maddison, 1 Adam Brocklebank
Replacements: 16 Alun Walker, 17 Logovi’i Mulipola, 18 Mark Tampin, 19 Matty Dalton, 20 Pedro Rubiolo, 21 Micky Young, 22 Josh Thomas, 23 Iwan Stephens
Venue: Cardiff Arms Park
Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
Referee: Vivien Praderie (France)
Assistant Referees: Hervé Lasausa (France), Thierry Mallet (France)
TMO: Aurélie Groizeleau (France)