Top 14: Grenoble v Stade Francais preview
Last Updated: 19/12/14 7:12pm
Grenoble will put their unbeaten home record at Stade des Alpes to the test when they host Stade Francais on Friday night
Grenoble have won their last four matches in all competitions while in the Top 14 their only two defeats in the last seven rounds have come in away games at Castres and Toulon.
Peter Krimble is back in their starting XV after recovering from injury and will partner Hendrik Roodt in the second row, while hooker Arnaud Héguy will captain the side in the absence of the injured Fabien Gengenbacher.
Stade Francais are boosted by the return of internationals Sergio Parisse and Pascal Pape while flanker Antoine Burban makes a return from injury. At fly-half Jules Plisson is preferred to former Springbok fly-half Morné Steyn.
Grenoble: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Alipate Ratini, 13 Jackson Willison, 12 Nigel Hunt, 11 Benjamin Thiéry, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski, 9 James Hart, 1 Alexandre Dardet. 2 Arnaud Héguy (c), 3 Dayna Edwards, 4 Peter Kimlin, 5 Hendrik Roodt, 6 Henry Vanderglas, 7 Fabien Alexandre, 8 Rory Grice.
Replacements: 16 Laurent Bouchet, 17 Remy Hugues, 18 Thibaud Rey, 19 Florian Faure, 20 Joannes Henry, 21 Chris Farrell, 22 Xavier Mignot, 23 Richard Choirat
Stade Français: 15 Djibril Camara, 14 Waisale Nayacalevu, 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 12 Jonathan Danty, 11 Julien Arias, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Jérôme Fillol, 1 Zurabi Zhvania, 2 Rémi Bonfils, 3 Rabah Slimani, 4 Hugh Pyle, 5 Pascal Pape, 6 Antoine Burban, 7 Sergio Parisse, 8 Raphaël Lakafia.
Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Santiago Garcia, 18 Gerhard Mostert, 19 Jono Ross, 20 Julien Tomas, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Morné Steyn, 23 Davit Kubriashvili.
Watch Grenoble v Stade Francais live on Sky Sports 1HD from 7.30pm on Friday
