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<blockquote data-quote="Teh Mite" data-source="post: 361679" data-attributes="member: 12332">Biarritz Olympique will be hunting&nbsp; Heineken Cup revenge against their Italian visitors on Friday due to&nbsp; their shock loss to Aironi last weekend. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The French outfit have made five changes to the line-up for the&nbsp; rematch following that 28-27 loss, with centres Marcelo Bosch and Damien&nbsp; Traille, flanker Samiu Vahafolua, hooker Benoit August and loosehead&nbsp; prop Yvan Watremez all in. &nbsp;It was Julien Laharrague&#039;s drop-goal that sparked scenes of&nbsp; celebration for Aironi and it is therefore a surprise to see a total of&nbsp; ten changes to their XV. &nbsp;BO did picked up a couple of bonus points in Italy and are&nbsp; currently two points ahead of the chasing Ulster, and four above Bath,&nbsp; who meet at the Rec. &nbsp;The teams: &nbsp;Biarritz: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13&nbsp; Marcelo Bosch, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Iain Balshaw, 10 Julien&nbsp; Peyrelongue, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Samiu&nbsp; Vahafolau, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Erik Lund, 4 JÃ©rÃ´me Thion, 3 Campbell&nbsp; Johnstone, 2 Benoit August, 1 Yvan Watremez.Replacements: 16&nbsp; Romain Terrain, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 Sylvain Marconnet, 19 Pelu Taele,&nbsp; 20 Wenceslas Lauret, 21 Ilikena Bolakoro, 22 Laurent Tranier, 23 Arnaud&nbsp; Mignardi. &nbsp;Aironi: 15 Julien Laharrague, 14 Giiulio Toniolatti, 13&nbsp; Matteo Pratichetti, 12 Gabriel Pizarro, 11 Giulio Rubini, 10 Riccardo&nbsp; Bocchino, 9 Pablo Canavosio, 8 Jaco Erasmus, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Vickus&nbsp; Liebenberg, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Marco Bortolami, 3 Fabio Staibano, 2&nbsp; Luigi Ferraro, 1 Salvatore Perugini.Replacements: 16 Roberto&nbsp; Santamaria, 17 Leo Gamboa, 18 Matias Aguero, 19 Josh Sole, 20 Gareth&nbsp; Krause, 21 Mickey Wilson, 22 James Marshall, 23 Giovanbattista Venditti.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Date: Friday, December 17Kick-off: 19:00 (18:00 GMT)Venue: Parc des Sports AguileraReferee: Andrew Small (England)Assistant referees: Martin Fox (England), Alan Biggs (England) <a href="http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_6580556,00.html" target="_blank">http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_6580556,00.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Teh Mite, post: 361679, member: 12332"] [B]Biarritz Olympique will be hunting Heineken Cup revenge against their Italian visitors on Friday due to their shock loss to Aironi last weekend.[/B] The French outfit have made five changes to the line-up for the rematch following that 28-27 loss, with centres Marcelo Bosch and Damien Traille, flanker Samiu Vahafolua, hooker Benoit August and loosehead prop Yvan Watremez all in. It was Julien Laharrague's drop-goal that sparked scenes of celebration for Aironi and it is therefore a surprise to see a total of ten changes to their XV. [I]BO[/I] did picked up a couple of bonus points in Italy and are currently two points ahead of the chasing Ulster, and four above Bath, who meet at the Rec. [B]The teams:[/B] [B]Biarritz:[/B] 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya, 13 Marcelo Bosch, 12 Damien Traille, 11 Iain Balshaw, 10 Julien Peyrelongue, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Samiu Vahafolau, 6 Magnus Lund, 5 Erik Lund, 4 JÃ©rÃ´me Thion, 3 Campbell Johnstone, 2 Benoit August, 1 Yvan Watremez. [B]Replacements:[/B] 16 Romain Terrain, 17 Eusebio Guinazu, 18 Sylvain Marconnet, 19 Pelu Taele, 20 Wenceslas Lauret, 21 Ilikena Bolakoro, 22 Laurent Tranier, 23 Arnaud Mignardi. [B]Aironi:[/B] 15 Julien Laharrague, 14 Giiulio Toniolatti, 13 Matteo Pratichetti, 12 Gabriel Pizarro, 11 Giulio Rubini, 10 Riccardo Bocchino, 9 Pablo Canavosio, 8 Jaco Erasmus, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Vickus Liebenberg, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 4 Marco Bortolami, 3 Fabio Staibano, 2 Luigi Ferraro, 1 Salvatore Perugini. [B]Replacements:[/B] 16 Roberto Santamaria, 17 Leo Gamboa, 18 Matias Aguero, 19 Josh Sole, 20 Gareth Krause, 21 Mickey Wilson, 22 James Marshall, 23 Giovanbattista Venditti. [B]Date:[/B] Friday, December 17 [B]Kick-off:[/B] 19:00 (18:00 GMT) [B]Venue:[/B] Parc des Sports Aguilera [B]Referee:[/B] Andrew Small (England) [B]Assistant referees:[/B] Martin Fox (England), Alan Biggs (England) [url]http://www.planetrugby.com/story/0,25883,9989_6580556,00.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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