12th in the Top 14, with only 4 points ahead of Montpellier, current play-off player, LOU's priority is to save its place in the elite. So, to challenge the Bulls in Pretoria this Saturday, Lyon manager Fabien Gengenbacher made no secret of it by rotating his squad widely for the round of 16 of the Champions Cup against the Pretoria Bulls, this Saturday in South Africa .
Only two victorious UBB starters last week retain their place in the starting XV (Georgian third row Beka Saginadze and center Alfred Parisien). For a major replacement with, for example, the tenure in the second row of Loann Goujon, who had not been since the first two days of Top 14 last August, or the return (on the bench) of international pillar Damba Bamba, injured (adductors) since the end of January.
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The starting XV: 15. Thaakir Abrahams - 14. Xavier Mignot, 13. Alfred Parisien, 12. Kyle Godwin, 11. Monty Ioane - 10. Paddy Jackson, 9. Martin Page-Relo - 8. Jordan Taufua (cap), 7. Beka Saginadze, 6. Marvin Okuya - 5. Loann Goujon, Theo William - 3. Paul Tafili, 2. William Marchand, 1. Vivien Devisme.
Substitutes: 16. Yanis Charcosset, 17. Demba Bamba, 18. Ave Maalo, 19. Mickael Guillard, 20. Arno Botha, 21. Maxime Gouzou, 22. Ethan Dumortier, 23. Liam Rimet.