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Ex Hawk Andrea Barbieri is Viadana bench v Bayonne
Viadana have Jimmy Sinclair's son Greig is on their coaching staff
Preview: Bayonne aim to put pressure on WaspsBayonne face Viadana in France this Friday knowing they need a bonus-point wi n to step up the pressure on Pool 4 leaders London Wasps ahead of the English side's game at Grenoble.
Bayonne were beaten 26-10 by Wasps at Adams Park last time out but taking maximum points from their opening clash with their fellow French foes means they would jump to the top of the table for a few hours at least if they can repeat the feat against winless Viadana.
Christian Lanta's men head into Europe on the back of a 46-16 thumping at French Champions Castres Olympique but they have enjoyed far more success on home soil, having only been beaten once at the Stade Jean Dauger so far this season.
A 19-16 defeat to Heineken Cup Pool 4 leaders Racing Metro is the only blemish on their home record, with Bayonne beating Oyonnax, Perpignan, Biarritz Olympique, Grenoble and Montpellier there in domestic competition.
Viadana travel across the border in hope rather than expectation having been put to the sword on successive occasions in Pool 4. A 90-17 hammering at home to Wasps was followed by a 40-7 reverse at Grenoble and their chances of qualification for a first quarter-final already appear to have been blown out of the water.
The Italians haven't featured in Europe for the previous four seasons but they did beat Bayonne the last time they were on the continental stage back in 2008/09. That triumph actually came at the Stade Jean Dauger in October 2008 when the visitors secured a stunning 21-10 success on their way to three wins from six games in the Amlin Challenge Cup.
Bayonne edged the return tie 24-22 at the Stadio Luigi Zaffanella but memories of those fixtures will surely prevent any complacency this weekend.
Match facts
Bayonne's Bastien Fuster made more offloads (8) than any other player in the opening two rounds.
Bayonne made a total of 50 offloads in their two fixtures, more than any other side in the competition.
Bayonne have won 10 of their last 14 games in the Amlin Challenge Cup - three defeats and a draw against London Wasps completing their record in this spell.
Viadana have the poorest tackle success rate after two rounds (77%).
Form Guide
17/10/13
Wasps
26 - 10 Bayonne 4,627
10/10/13
Bayonne
37 - 6 Grenoble 6,602
19/1/13
Rugby Mogliano
0 - 54 Bayonne 1,332
Form Guide
18/10/13
Grenoble
40 - 7 Viadana 5,940
12/10/13
Viadana
17 - 90 Wasps 3,000
23/1/10
Viadana
20 - 59 ASM Clermont 1,800
Previous Meetings
Date Home Score Away Att
24/1/09 Viadana 22 - 24 Bayonne 2,000
10/10/08 Bayonne 10 - 21 Viadana 5,000
Match Officials
Referee Vlad Iordescu (Romania)
Touch Judge 1 Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Fourth Official Nicola Datas (France)
Bayonne15Martin Bustos Moyano14Bastien Fuster13Manu Ahotaeiloa12Sam Gerber11Marvin O'Connor10Stephen Brett9Guillaume Rouet1Aretz Iguiniz2Anthony Etrillard3Gert Muller4Abdellatif Boutaty5Dewald Senekal (capt)6Guillaume Bernad7Jean Monribot8Dwayne Haare16Gregory Arganese17Pierre Philippe Lafond18Nemiah Tialata19Mark Chisholm20Mathieu Belie21Jean-Jo Marmouyet22Julien Puricelli23Matthieu UgaldeViadana15Riccardo Pavan14Nicola Sintich13Gilberto Pavan12Gabriel Pizarro (capt)11Anthony Michael Fenner 10Keanu John Apperley-Iti9Pietro Travagli1Marco Coletti2Luca Bigi 3Riccardo Cagna 4Ruahan Van Jaarsveld5Matteo Minari6Pietro Moreschi7Andrea Denti8Marco Pelizzari16Antonio Denti17Daniele Greco 18Giulio Cenedese 19Joubert Prinsloo Horn20Andrea Barbieri21Khyam Steven Apperley-Iti22Kaine Robertson23Juan Pablo Sanchez
This article was originally posted on 6-Dec-2013, 11:20 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 6-Dec-2013, 11:27.
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