Player coach: Scott Murray
Scott Murray will make his coaching debut for Mont-de-Marsan after stepping as the club's new forwards coach this week.
The former Scotland lock took over from Marc Dantin with the side rooted to the bottom of the Top 14, although they ended an 11-game losing streak with victory over Bordeaux last weekend.
Murray also starts for the side in the second row, hoping that his side improve on their current lowly stat of 54 tackles made, the lowest in the competition so far.
The teams:
Mont de Marsan: 15 Yohann Durquet, 14 Jordan Beaulavon, 13 Julien Cabannes, 12 Tamaz Mchedlidze, 11 William Ryder, 10 Alexandre Douvesy, 9 Arnaud Pic, 8 Alexandre Ricaud, 7 Vincent Farre, 6 Yann Brethous, 5 Scott Murray, 4 Sebastian De Chaves, 3 Mathieu Giudicelli, 2 Ephraïm Taukafa, 1 Julian Fiorini.
Replacements: 16 Thomas Bordes, 17 Morgan Phelipponneau, 18 Pieter Grobler, 19 Vickus Liebenberg, 20 Aldric Lescure, 21 Benat Arrayet, 22 Christofer Baegert, 23 Simon Lucu.
Bordeaux-Begles: 15 Rafael Carballo, 14 Thierry Brana, 13 Michel Denetre, 12 Charles Brousse, 11 Avesini Vasuinubu, 10 Baptiste Serin, 9 Julien Seron, 8 Damien Larrieu, 7 Matthew Clarkin, 6 Gauthier Gibouin, 5 Andrew Chauveau, 4 Carolis Navickas, 3 Tamato Leupolu, 2 Fabien Rofes, 1 Hikairo Forbes.
Replacements: 16 Stéphane Fort, 17 Franck Labbe, 18 Nicolas Descamps, 19 François Tisseau, 20 Louis Madaule, 21 Félix Le Bourhis, 22 Nicolas Sanchez, 23 Hugh Chalmers.
Date: Friday, December 14
Kick-off: 19:00 GMT
Venue: Stade Guy Boniface
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Assistant referees: JP Doyle (England), Kevin Stuart (England)
Agen v Bucharest Wolves
Agen: 15 Romain Edmond-Samue, 14 Belisario Agulla, 13 Vincent Roux, 12 Benjamin Petre, 11 Jean-Francois Coux, 10 Mathieu Lamoulie, 9 Alexi Bales, 8 Uelenitoni Fono, 7 Pierre Julien, 6 Antoine Erbani, 5 William Demotte, 4 Léo Bastien, 3 Gert Muller, 2 Marc Barthomeuf, 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Marc Barthomeuf, 17 Yannick Pitton, 18 Viliamu Afatia, 19 Lisiate Fa'aoso, 20 Remi Vaquin, 21 Miguel Avramovic, 22 Leka Tagotago, 23 Louis Bataille.
Bucharest Wolves: 15 Ionut Niacsu, 14 Ionut Botezatu, 13 Cristian Dinis, 12 Florin Vlaicu, 11 Marian Apostol, 10 Mike Wiringi, 9 Grigoras Diaconescu, 8 Daniel Carpo, 7 Adrian Ion, 6 Alexandru Mitu, 5 Dorin Lazar, 4 Cristian Munteanu, 3 Vlad Badalicescu, 2 Eugen Capatana, 1 Tura Turashvili.
Replacements: 16 Andrei Radoi, 17 Flavius Dobre, 18 Romulus Boar, 19 Alex Valcu, 20 Daniel Ianus, 21 Florin Surugiu, 22 Valentin Popirlan, 23 Andrei Filip.
Date: Friday, December 14
Kick-off: 19:00 GMT
Venue: Stade Armandie
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
Assistant referees: Sean Davey (England), Steve Lee (England)
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