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It’s a three-day weekend for the Champions Cup, with games spread from Friday to Sunday. The first match sees Leicester looking to redeem their first-round loss to Ulster in a home battle against Scarlets on Friday. Argentine prop Facundo Gigena will be on the bench for the Tigers.
Two of the top wingers from the Americas will be on opposite sides of the pitch in Castres on Saturday. Taylor Paris starts for the home side with Santiago Cordero wearing the same No11 shirt for Exeter Chiefs. Both teams were short of their best last week.
Another World Cup winger starts for Racing 92 as Juan Imhoff runs out at the Paris Arena against Ulster. It will be bench duty for both Titi Lamositele and Marcelo Bosch as Saracens are at home to Lyon.
DTH van der Merwe is in the Glasgow Warriors lineup for their match in Cardiff on Sunday. Samu Manoa is on the bench for the Blues. Also getting bench duty this week is 18-year-old Eagles prospect David Ainu’u who covers loosehead prop for Toulouse against Leinster.
