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Venue:<\/strong> Gtech Community Stadium <\/span>Date:<\/strong> Friday, 9 December <\/span>Kick-off: <\/strong>20:00 GMT<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Coverage:<\/strong> Live score updates on BBC local radio and on the BBC Sport website<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | Fly-half Paddy Jackson will steer London Irish as they begin their first Champions Cup run in more than a decade against French champions Montpellier.<\/span><\/p>\n Benhard van Rensburg comes into the centres with Australian internationals Rob Simmons and Adam Coleman at lock.<\/span><\/p>\n Samoa’s So’otala Fa’aso’o returns at number eight.<\/span><\/p>\n Fa’aso’o will line up against England international Zach Mercer, who is part of the visitors’ line-up.<\/span><\/p>\n Former Northampton scrum-half Cobus Reinach is part of an exciting backline that also features Italy’s Paolo Garbisi at inside centre and former All Black George Bridge on the wing.<\/span><\/p>\n London Irish’s eighth-place finish in last year’s Premiership secured them the final qualifying spot for the Champions Cup and a return to Europe’s top table for the first time since they finished bottom of their pool in the 2011-12 competition.<\/span><\/p>\n Victory over Newcastle ended a run of five successive Premiership defeats and lifted Declan Kidney’s side off the bottom of the table.<\/span><\/p>\n London Irish will play South Africa’s Stormers, who won the United Rugby Championship last season, home and away before concluding their pool stage with a return fixture against Montpellier in January.<\/span><\/p>\n Montpellier are fifth in the Top 14 this season and will hope to improve on their quarter-final defeat by eventual champions La Rochelle in this competition last season.<\/span><\/p>\n London Irish lock Rob Simmons:<\/strong> “We understand that it’s huge for the club. To have been out of that and now be seated at the top table of the top teams is a real challenge. <\/span><\/p>\n “As rugby players, we enjoy challenging ourselves and we get to challenge ourselves against some top, top teams.”<\/span><\/p>\n Montpellier centre Arthur Vincent: <\/strong>“We arrive with a lot of humility. We are still small in this competition. The Champions Cup goes faster, hits harder. <\/span><\/p>\n “As soon as a match is lost, qualification becomes complicated. It’s a very high level in all areas, close to an international Test.”<\/span><\/p>\n London Irish: <\/strong>Loader; Cinti, Joseph, Van Rensburg, Hassell-Collins; Jackson, White; Gigena, Creevy, Chawatama, Simmons, Coleman, Rogerson, Gonzalez, Fa’aso’o<\/span><\/p>\n Replacements:<\/em> Willemse, Fischetti, Hoskins, Munga Cunningham-South, Powell, Jennings, Morisi.<\/span><\/p>\n Montpellier:<\/strong> Bouthier; Lam, Darmon, Garbisi, Bridge; Carbonel, Reinach; Forletta, Paenga-Amosa, Haouas, Chalureau, Verhaeghe, Camara, Becognee, Mercer<\/span><\/p>\n |