Parma v Biarritz - Pool 6

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Arguably the mismatch of the weekend, Biarritz will be fully expecting to come away with maximum points after doing the same in last weeks encounter with Northampton, Parma meanwhile face a massive uphill task after their drubbing at the hand of the Borders, who let's face it won't be pushing for qualification. Only one outcome in this one.

 

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Parma make 3 changes after their nightmare debut in the compeition last weekend, Andrea Orsi replaces Nicolas Mazucatto while in the forwards as well as the positional switches, De Marchi replaces Paoletti.

Biarritz for their part make 5 changes plus a few positional with Traille slotting in at out half while Peyrelongue misses out, Lison takes Traille's place in the centre. Thomas Lièvremont returns after a lengthy spell out and Dellape also returns to partner Thion in the second row. Hedley Wessels comes into the front row with Denis Avril the one to make way.

Parma: 15 Arthur Little, 14 Andrea Orsi, 13 Ezio Galon, 12 Albert Tuipulotu, 11 Marco Neethling, 10 Francesco Mazzariol, 9 Marco Frati, 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Liviu Pascu ©, 6 Pablo Sciarretta, 5 Juan Martin Soffredini, 4 Dan Guiness, 3 Alberto De Marchi, 2 Bruno Masetti, 1 German Fontana.
Replacements: 16 Michael Barbieri, 17 Ludovic Zanini, 18 Federico Minello, 19 Manoa Vosawai, 20 Alejandro Canale, 21 Giovanni Ghidini, 22 Riccardo Robuschi.

Biarritz Olympique: 15 Nicolas Brusque, 14 Jean-Baptiste Gobelet, 13 Denis Lison, 12 Romain Cabannes, 11 Sereli Bobo, 10 Damien Traille, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Thomas Lièvremont, 7 Mohammed Dridi, 6 Serge Betsen, 5 Santiago Dellappe, 4 Jerome Thion, 3 Hedley Wessels, 2 Benoit August ©, 1 Petru Balan.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Noirot, 17 Denis Avril, 18 David Couzinet, 19 Gonzalo Padro, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 Julien Peyrelongue, 22 Benjamin Dambielle