Date: Thu 18 Oct 2012

Declan Danaher returns to captain a star studded London Irish side that will face Mont de Marsan in the Amlin Challenge Cup at Madejski Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 3pm).

Danaher returns to the back row in place of Ofisa Treviranus and England U20 star, Anthony Watson, will line up at full back in place of Steven Shingler.

London Irish Director of Rugby Brian Smith said: “Mont de Marsan showed a lot of guts and determination last weekend against Gloucester. We expect they’ll be fired up for another shot at an England based team and we look forward to meeting that challenge head on.”

London Irish team to face Mont de Marsan:

15. Anthony Watson; 14. Topsy Ojo*; 13. Jonathan Joseph*; 12. Guy Armitage; 11. Sailosi Tagicakibau*; 10. Ian Humphreys; 9. Tomás O’Leary*; 1. Max Lahiff; 2. David Paice*; 3. Halani Aulika*; 4. Bryn Evans; 5. Matt Garvey; 6. Declan Danaher (Captain); 7. Jamie Gibson; 8. Chris Hala’ufia*

Replacements: 16. Scott Lawson*; 17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa*; 18. Leo Halavatau; 19. Kieran Low; 20. Ofisa Treviranus; 21. Conor Gaston; 22. Steven Shingler; 23. Jack Moates

*Denotes Internationals