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South American players Rodrigo Capó Ortega and Benjamin Urdapilleta are to start in Sunday’s Top 14 barrage match for Castres who play away to Montpellier. The Uruguayan veteran will lead the team from the second-row with former Puma, Urdapilleta playing fly half.
The winner of Montpellier vs Castres will qualify for the second Top 14 Semi Final against Toulon. The first Semi Final will be between Clermont and Racing 92.
Both Semi Finals are to be played at Roazhon Park in Rennes while the final will break new ground with the deciding fixture taken outside of France for the first time. It will be played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain.
CASTRES
1 Antoine Tichit, 2 Brice Mach, 3 Karena Wihongi, 4 Richie Gray, 5 Rodrigo Capó Ortega, 6 Piula Faasalele, 7 Alexandre Bias, 8 Alex Bias, 9 Rory Kockott, 10 Benjamín Urdapilleta, 11 David Smith, 12 Remi Lamerat, 13 Tomas Combezou, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 15 Geoffrey Palis
