2020/21 SEASON QUART ER- FINALS REVIEW

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Results

Quarter-finals

Click on the score to access the official statistics for each match Date Home Away Score 10/04/2021 La Rochelle Sale 45-21 10/04/2021 Leinster Rugby 22-34 11/04/2021 Bordeaux-Bègles Racing 92 24-21 11/04/2021 ASM Clermont Auvergne Toulouse 12-21

Fixtures

Semi-finals Date Home Away Venue 01/02 May 2021 La Rochelle Leinster Rugby Stade Marcel-Deflandre 01/02 May 2021 Toulouse Bordeaux-Bègles Stade Ernest Wallon

2020/21 season weekends

Round 1 – 11/12/13 December 2020 Round 2 – 18/19/20 December 2020 Round of 16 – 2/3/4/ April 2021 Quarter-finals – 9/10/11 April 2021 Semi-finals – 30 April – 1/2 May 2021 Finals – 21/22 May 2021

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Pools

Pool A

Rank Pl W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts 1 Leinster Rugby 2 2 0 0 70 33 37 9 4 2 0 10 2 Wasps 2 2 0 0 57 22 35 9 3 2 0 10 3 Bordeaux-Bègles 2 2 0 0 63 20 43 8 1 1 0 9 4 La Rochelle 2 2 0 0 41 8 33 6 1 1 0 9 5 2 2 0 0 51 19 32 6 2 1 0 9 6 2 1 0 1 24 28 -4 2 4 0 1 5 7 RC Toulon 2 1 0 1 26 42 -16 2 6 0 0 4 8 Sale Sharks 2 0 0 2 29 42 -13 4 3 0 1 1 9 2 0 0 2 31 51 -20 3 5 0 1 1 10 Bath Rugby 2 0 0 2 19 51 -32 2 6 0 1 1 11 Montpellier 2 0 0 2 28 68 -40 3 10 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 2 16 71 -55 2 11 0 0 0

Pool B

Rank Pl W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts 1 Lyon 2 2 0 0 83 10 73 12 1 2 0 10 2 Racing 92 2 2 0 0 75 29 46 11 4 2 0 10 3 Toulouse 2 2 0 0 57 22 35 8 3 2 0 10 4 2 2 0 0 60 38 22 5 5 0 0 8 5 ASM Clermont Auvergne 2 1 0 1 82 77 5 11 8 2 0 6 6 Bristol Bears 2 1 0 1 65 69 -4 9 9 2 0 6 7 Exeter Chiefs 2 1 0 1 42 28 14 6 4 1 0 5 8 2 1 0 1 48 89 -41 6 12 1 0 5 9 Ulster Rugby 2 0 0 2 56 67 -11 7 9 1 2 3 10 2 0 0 2 40 53 -13 5 8 0 1 1 11 Harlequins 2 0 0 2 14 70 -56 2 9 0 0 0 12 2 0 0 2 0 70 -70 0 10 0 0 0

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Quarter-finals Top Performers

Points Bordeaux-Bègles 24 ROMAIN NTAMACK Toulouse 21 ROSS BYRNE Leinster Rugby 17 La Rochelle 15 ASM Clermont Auvergne 12 MAXIME MACHENAUD Racing 92 12

Carries Exeter Chiefs 21 MATTHIEU JALIBERT Bordeaux-Bègles 18 HUGO KEENAN Leinster Rugby 15 GREGORY ALLDRITT La Rochelle 14 RHYS RUDDOCK Leinster Rugby 13 WENCESLAS LAURET Racing 92 13 TEDDY BAUBIGNY Racing 92 13

Metres TOM O'FLAHERTY Exeter Chiefs 114 ASM Clermont Auvergne 99 RORY O'LOUGHLIN Leinster Rugby 93 La Rochelle 92 JAMES LOWE Leinster Rugby 84

Defenders Beaten TOM O'FLAHERTY Exeter Chiefs 11 GEOFFREY DOUMAYROU La Rochelle 6 JORDAN LARMOUR Leinster Rugby 5 Exeter Chiefs 5 6 PLAYERS 4

Offloads MATTHIEU JALIBERT Bordeaux-Bègles 4 HUGO KEENAN Leinster Rugby 3 9 PLAYERS 2

Tackles JOSH VAN DER FLIER Leinster Rugby 22 Exeter Chiefs 17 DAVE EWERS Exeter Chiefs 16 Exeter Chiefs 15 JACK CONAN Leinster Rugby 15 Bordeaux-Bègles 15

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2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup - Leading Scorers Points

Rank Matches Points Penalties Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Matthieu Jalibert Bordeaux-Bègles 4 63 13 7 0 2 2 AJ MacGinty Sale Sharks 3 47 8 9 0 1 3 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 3 41 11 4 0 0 4 Maxime Machenaud Racing 92 4 39 8 5 0 1 5 Ross Byrne Leinster Rugby 3 37 9 5 0 0 6 ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 35 5 10 0 0 7 JJ Hanrahan Munster Rugby 3 33 9 3 0 0 8 Callum Sheedy Bristol Bears 3 28 6 5 0 0 9 Exeter Chiefs 3 27 1 12 0 0 10 Ihaia West La Rochelle 3 26 6 4 0 0

Tries

Rank Matches Tries 1 Kotaro Matsushima ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 4 1 Bordeaux-Bègles 3 4 1 Xavier Mignot Lyon 2 4 4 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 3 3 4 ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 3 4 Gavin Coombes Munster Rugby 3 3 4 Jonny Hill Exeter Chiefs 3 3 4 La Rochelle 3 3 4 Teddy Thomas Racing 92 3 3 4 Tom O'Flaherty Exeter Chiefs 3 3

Goal-kicking Rank Matches Penalties Conversions Attempts* % 1 JJ Hanrahan Munster Rugby 3 9 3 13 92% 2 Camille Lopez ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 5 10 17 88% 3 AJ MacGinty Sale Sharks 3 8 9 20 85% 4 Matthieu Jalibert Bordeaux-Bègles 4 13 7 24 83% 4 Jonathan Wisniewski Lyon 2 3 7 12 83% 6 Joe Simmonds Exeter Chiefs 3 1 12 16 81% 7 Teddy Iribaren Racing 92 3 2 6 10 80% 8 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 3 11 4 19 79% 9 Callum Sheedy Bristol Bears 3 6 5 14 79% 10 Ross Byrne Leinster Rugby 3 9 5 18 78% 11 John Cooney Ulster Rugby 2 3 5 11 73% 12 Maxime Machenaud Racing 92 4 8 5 18 72% 13 Ihaia West La Rochelle 3 6 4 17 59% 14 Jimmy Gopperth Wasps 3 0 5 10 50% * 10+ attempts

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2020/21 Heineken Champions Cup – Top Performers Carries

Rank Matches Carries 1 Racing 92 4 46 2 Dave Ewers Exeter Chiefs 3 42 3 Matthieu Jalibert Bordeaux-Bègles 4 41 4 Mike Haley Munster Rugby 3 39 5 ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 38 5 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 3 38 7 Kotaro Matsushima ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 37 7 Rhys Ruddock Leinster Rugby 3 37 9 Viliame Mata Edinburgh Rugby 3 36 10 CJ Stander Munster Rugby 3 33 10 ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 33

Metres

Rank Matches Metres 1 Kurtley Beale Racing 92 4 309 2 Tom O'Flaherty Exeter Chiefs 3 293 3 Kotaro Matsushima ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 252 4 Romain Buros Bordeaux-Bègles 4 248 5 Mike Haley Munster Rugby 3 244 6 Teddy Thomas Racing 92 3 204 7 ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 202 8 Sale Sharks 3 201 9 Viliame Mata Edinburgh Rugby 3 195 10 Damian Penaud ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 194

Breaks Rank Matches Breaks 1 Kurtley Beale Racing 92 4 11 2 Damian Penaud ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 9 2 Xavier Mignot Lyon 2 9 4 Tom O'Flaherty Exeter Chiefs 3 8 5 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 3 7 6 Dave Kearney Leinster Rugby 3 6 6 Olly Woodburn Exeter Chiefs 3 6 8 Baptiste Couilloud Lyon 2 5 8 Dylan Cretin Lyon 2 5 8 Henry Purdy Bristol Bears 2 5 8 Henry Slade Exeter Chiefs 3 5 8 Josh Bassett Wasps 3 5 8 Kotaro Matsushima ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 5 8 Matthis Lebel Toulouse 3 5 8 Toby Arnold Lyon 2 5

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Defenders Beaten

Rank Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Damian Penaud ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 23 2 George Moala ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 20 3 Tom O'Flaherty Exeter Chiefs 3 19 4 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 3 15 4 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 3 15 6 Kotaro Matsushima ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 14 7 Kurtley Beale Racing 92 4 12 8 Romain Buros Bordeaux-Bègles 4 11 8 Santiago Cordero Bordeaux-Bègles 3 11 10 Damian de Allende Munster Rugby 3 10 10 Nathan Hughes Bristol Bears 3 10

Offloads

Rank Matches Offloads 1 Matthieu Jalibert Bordeaux-Bègles 4 10 2 Romain Buros Bordeaux-Bègles 4 6 3 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 3 5 3 Baptiste Couilloud Lyon 2 5 3 Jean-Luc du Preez Sale Sharks 4 5 3 Julien Marchand Toulouse 3 5 3 Max Malins Bristol Bears 2 5 3 Maxime Medard Toulouse 3 5 3 Yoram Moefana Bordeaux-Bègles 4 5

Tackles

Rank Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 56 7 2 Hamish Watson Edinburgh Rugby 3 50 3 3 Josh van der Flier Leinster Rugby 3 48 6 4 Daniel Thomas Bristol Bears 3 38 4 5 Cyril Cazeaux Bordeaux-Bègles 4 37 2 6 Lewis Ludlow Gloucester Rugby 3 36 1 7 Cobus Wiese Sale Sharks 4 35 9 7 Yoram Moefana Bordeaux-Bègles 4 35 5 9 Baptiste Chouzenoux Racing 92 4 34 0 9 Scott Higginbotham Bordeaux-Bègles 4 34 3 9 Stuart McInally Edinburgh Rugby 2 34 3

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Lineouts

Rank Matches Lineouts Won (inc. steals) Lineout Steals 1 Bordeaux-Bègles 4 20 3 2 Will Rowlands Wasps 2 19 1 3 Baptiste Chouzenoux Racing 92 4 17 2 3 Ben Toolis Edinburgh Rugby 2 17 0 3 Lewis Ludlow Gloucester Rugby 3 17 2 3 Rory Arnold Toulouse 3 17 2 7 Cobus Wiese Sale Sharks 4 16 0 8 Ultan Dillane Connacht Rugby 2 15 2 9 Judicael Cancoriet ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 14 0 9 Tadhg Beirne Munster Rugby 3 14 2

Turnovers

Rank Matches Turnovers 1 Sam Simmonds Exeter Chiefs 3 6 2 Fritz Lee ASM Clermont Auvergne 4 5 2 Thomas Young Wasps 3 5 4 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 3 4 4 Bevan Rodd Sale Sharks 4 4 4 Bismarck Du Plessis Montpellier 2 4 4 Josh van der Flier Leinster Rugby 3 4 4 Sam Dugdale Sale Sharks 2 4 4 Samuel Matavesi Northampton Saints 2 4 4 Taine Basham Dragons 2 4 4 Tom Curry Sale Sharks 2 4 4 Yoram Moefana Bordeaux-Bègles 4 4

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Disciplinary Update

Yellow Cards

Round Name Club Opposition Match Date Cameron Woki Bordeaux-Bègles Northampton Saints 11/12/2020 Bordeaux-Bègles Northampton Saints 11/12/2020 Maxime Médard Toulouse Ulster Rugby 11/12/2020 Sébastien Bézy ASM Clermont Auvergne Bristol Bears 12/12/2020 Aaron Jarvis Dragons Wasps 12/12/2020 Jared Rosser Dragons Wasps 12/12/2020 1 Will Rowlands Wasps Dragons 12/12/2020 Lima Sopoaga Wasps Dragons 12/12/2020 Sam Johnson Glasgow Warriors Exeter Chiefs 13/12/2020 Will Evans Harlequins Munster Rugby 13/12/2020 James Chisholm Harlequins Munster Rugby 13/12/2020 Alex Dombrandt Harlequins Munster Rugby 13/12/2020 Stephen Archer Munster Rugby Harlequins 13/12/2020 Alfie Barbeary Wasps Montpellier 18/12/2020 Judicael Cancoriet ASM Clermont Auvergne Munster Rugby 19/12/2020 Thibault Lanen ASM Clermont Auvergne Munster Rugby 19/12/2020 Louis Rees-Zammit Gloucester Rugby Ulster Rugby 19/12/2020 Shane Daly Munster Rugby ASM Clermont Auvergne 19/12/2020 Jean-Luc du Preez Sale Sharks Edinburgh Rugby 19/12/2020 2 Rob Herring Ulster Rugby Gloucester Rugby 19/12/2020 Alan O'Connor Ulster Rugby Gloucester Rugby 19/12/2020 Ethan McIlroy Ulster Rugby Gloucester Rugby 19/12/2020 Siale Piutau Bristol Bears Connacht Rugby 20/12/2020 Bundee Aki Connacht Rugby Bristol Bears 20/12/2020 Scott Steele Harlequins Racing 92 20/12/2020 Lewis Ludlow Gloucester Rugby La Rochelle 02/04/2021 Jannes Kirsten Exeter Chiefs Lyon 03/04/2021 Chris Farrrell Munster Rugby Toulouse 03/04/2021 Clement Castets Toulouse Munster Rugby 03/04/2021 Round of 16 Vivien Devisme Lyon Exeter Chiefs 03/04/2021 Xavier Chiocci Lyon Exeter Chiefs 03/04/2021 Zach Kibirige Wasps ASM Clermont Auvergne 03/04/2021 Cyril Cazeaux Bordeaux-Bègles Bristol Bears 04/04/2021 Kane Douglas Bordeaux-Bègles Bristol Bears 04/04/2021 Remi Lamerat Bordeaux-Bègles Racing 92 11/04/2021 Quarter-finals Baptiste Chouzenoux Racing 92 Bordeaux-Bègles 11/04/2021

Red Cards

Round Name Club Opposition Match Date 2 Henry Immelman Montpellier Wasps 18/12/2020