It is Round 2 of the Heineken Cup and today 3 games are broadcast live on TV in SA.

They are:

  • Benetton Treviso vs Ospreys (SS6 & CSN)
  • Castres Olympique vs Munster (SS6 & CSN)
  • Leicester Tigers vs Ulster Rugby (SS6 & CSN)

This is the general discussion thread for these 3 Games, only the first 2 will be updated live.

Treviso (9) 26 / Ospreys (10) 26 (Final Score)

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Castres (18) 24 / Munster (10) 27 (Final Score)


Teams:

Benetton Treviso v Ospreys

Benetton Treviso: L Nitoglia, B de Jager, T Benvenuti, A Sgarbi, B Williams; K Burton, T Botes; M Rizzo, E Ceccato, L Cittadini, A Pavanello [capt], C van Zyl, B Vermaak , A Zanni, R Barbieri
Replacements: F Sbaraglini, I Fernandez Rouyet, P di Santo, V Bernabo, G Padrò, M Vosawai, W de Waal, F Semenzato

Ospreys: R Fussell, T Bowe, A Bishop, A Beck, S Williams; D Biggar, K Fotualii, D Jones, R Hibbard, R Jones, I Evans, G Stowers, J Tipuric [capt], J Thomas
Replacements: M Davies, R Bevington, A Jarvis, I Gough, J Bearman, R Webb, M Morgan , T Isaacs

Justin Tipuric faces a late fitness test. If he is ruled out Chauncey O’Toole will play at No 7 and Shane Williams will captain the team.
Jonathan Thomas faces a late fitness test. If he is ruled out Joe Bearman will play at No 8 with Tom Smith coming into the replacements at No 20.

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)


Castres Olympique v Munster

Castres Olympique: F Denos, M Evans, P Bonnefond, P Garcia, M Andreu, P Bernard, T Lacrampe, A Peikrishvili, B Mach, K Wihongi, S Murray, I Tekori, J Bornman, Y Caballero, C Masoe [capt]
Replacements: M Bonello, M Coetzee, L Ducalcon, M Rolland, R Capo Ortega, R Teulet, R Tales, P Lakafia

Munster: J Murphy, D Howlett, D Barnes, L Mafi, D Hurley, R O’Gara, C Murray, W du Preez, D Varley, B Botha, D Ryan, P O’Connell [capt], P O’Mahony, N Ronan, J Coughlan
Replacements: D Fogarty, M Horan, J Hayes, D O’Callaghan, D Leamy, T O’Leary, I Keatley, W Chambers

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

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