Round 2.

The following players have been nominated by their clubs as Additional Players for Round 2 of the 2018/19 Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments. The players replaced in the squads (maximum of 41 players for Heineken Champions Cup clubs) have been deregistered.

Nominations are subject to union approval.

HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP

Castres Olympique
Additional player: Paul SAUZARET
Nationality: French
Position: Hooker
Deregistered: Marc-Antoine Rallier

Additional player: Lucas THARIN
Nationality: French
Position: Centre/wing
Deregistered: Geoffrey Palis

Gloucester Rugby
Additional player: Gareth EVANS
Nationality: English
Position: Back row
Deregistered: Jaco Kriel

Additional player: Alex CRAIG
Nationality: English
Position: Second row
Deregistered: Mariano Galarza

Saracens
Additional player: Christian JUDGE
Nationality: English
Position: Prop
Deregistered: Billy Walker

CHALLENGE CUP

La Rochelle
Additional player: Thomas BERJON
Nationality: French
Position: Scrum half
Deregistered: Alec Maloir

Notes:

Each club may select three Additional Players during the course of the pool stage, one of whom must be a front row player. The nominated Additional Player will replace a registered member of the club’s squad and no Heineken Champions Cup squad will exceed 41 players at any time during the pool stage.

The deregistered player may return to the squad at a later date during the pool stage and replace the Additional Player he was originally replaced by. Clubs must ensure that the Additional Player has not been nominated in a match squad of another club in the same tournament during the current season.

The Additional Player will be eligible to play in the next round of pool matches if his nomination is received by EPCR by noon GMT on the Tuesday before the match.

The player must have at least a three-month contract with the club.