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2020/21 SEASON LA ROCHELLE v TOULOUSE MATCH PREVIEW Match Facts Final – LA ROCHELLE v TOULOUSE, Saturday 22 May Venue Twickenham Stadium Kick-off 16:45 Referee Luke Pearce (Eng) Assistant Referee 1 Wayne Barnes (Eng) Assistant Referee 2 Matthew Carley (Eng) TMO Tom Foley (Eng) Citing Commissioner Eugene Ryan (Ire) • This will be the first time these clubs have met in European competition, however Toulouse have won six of their last seven clashes against La Rochelle in the TOP 14 (L1). • La Rochelle will be participating in their first Heineken Champions Cup final, they have reached this stage in the Challenge Cup though, suffering a 16-36 defeat to fellow TOP 14 side ASM Clermont Auvergne in 2018/19. • Toulouse have won the Heineken Champions Cup on four occasions and will be aiming to lift the trophy for a record fifth time; three of their previous four final victories came against fellow TOP 14 opposition – Perpignan in 2002/03, Stade Français in 2004/05 and Biarritz in 2009/10. • In total, Toulouse have reached the Heineken Champions Cup final for the seventh time, each of their previous six matches at this stage have been decided by seven points or fewer, including a 20-27 defeat to Wasps in their only previous final at Twickenham. • La Rochelle have won their last four completed matches in the Heineken Champions Cup, their best run in the competition, while Toulouse have also won their last four matches and have suffered just one defeat in the 12 matches they’ve played since the beginning of last season (W11). • Toulouse are one of just five sides to maintain a 100% scrum success rate in the Heineken Champions Cup this season, winning each of their 21 scrums, while they’ve also managed to win 29% of scrums on the opposition feed, the best rate of any club. • Only Lyon (14.5) have averaged more offloads per game in the Champions Cup this season than La Rochelle (11.3) and Toulouse (10.3); La Rochelle have also allowed their opponents to offload less often than against any other side (4.5 per game). • Gregory Alldritt (La Rochelle) has made 59 carries in the Champions Cup this season, more than any other player, whilst he’s also beaten 10 defenders – the joint most of any forward, alongside teammate Will Skelton and Bristol Bears’ Nathan Hughes. • Toulouse’s Antoine Dupont has scored the joint most tries of any player in the Heineken Champions Cup this season (4, level with three other players), while he has the best average gain of any player to make 30+ carries this campaign (7.8m per carry) and ranks second for both offloads (7) and defenders beaten (20). • La Rochelle’s Wian Liebenberg has averaged 16.9 tackles per 80 minutes in the Heineken Champions Cup in 2020/21, the best rate of any player to play at least 160 minutes, recording a tackle success rate of 91% in the process. MATCH PREVIEW 2020/21 Results and Standings 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 Scarlets 2 2 0 0 51 19 32 6 2 1 0 9 6 Edinburgh Rugby 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 Northampton Saints 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 Dragons 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 Munster Rugby 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 Gloucester Rugby 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 Connacht Rugby 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 Glasgow Warriors 2 0 0 2 0 70 -70 0 10 0 0 0 Results - La Rochelle Date Opponent Venue F A Result TF TA TB LB Round 12/12/2020 Edinburgh Rugby A 13 8 W 2 1 1 19/12/2020 Bath Rugby H 28 0 W 4 0 X 2 02/04/2021 Gloucester Rugby A 27 16 W 2 1 Round of 16 10/04/2021 Sale Sharks H 45 21 W 6 2 QF 02/05/2021 Leinster Rugby H 32 23 W 2 2 SF Results – Toulouse Date Opponent Venue F A Result TF TA TB LB Round 11/12/2020 Ulster Rugby A 29 22 W 4 3 X 1 20/12/2020 Exeter Chiefs H 28 0 W 4 0 X 2 03/04/2021 Munster Rugby A 40 33 W 4 4 Round of 16 11/04/2021 ASM Clermont Auvergne A 21 12 W 0 0 QF 01/05/2021 Bordeaux-Bègles H 21 9 W 2 0 SF MATCH PREVIEW Tournament Records Compared La Rochelle Toulouse Played 18 178 Wins 11 123 Draws 0 5 Losses 7 50 Win % 61% 69% Total Points For 425 4748 Total Points Against 364 3320 Largest Winning Margin 28 (v Bath Rugby, 19/12/2020) 92 (v Ebbw Vale, 19/9/1998) Heaviest Losing Margin -19 (@ Exeter Chiefs, 18/1/2020) -60 (@ Wasps, 26/10/1996) Head-to-head record These sides have never met in this competition MATCH PREVIEW 2020/21 Performance Data Team Averages Rank La Rochelle Toulouse Rank 8 27.4 Points 27.8 7 9 3.2 Tries 2.5 13 18 67% Goalkicking % 79% 10 18 89.4 Carries 100.3 12 15 323.0 Metres Made 361.0 11 13 7.2 Clean Breaks 6.3 16 10 19.0 Defenders Beaten 22.5 4 5 9.0 Offloads 10.3 2 19 107.0 Passes 116.5 15 15 23.2 Kicks From Hand 28.3 4 19 101.0 Tackles 123.8 10 3 13.0 Missed Tackles 17.8 9 4 89% Tackle % 87% 7 5 8.8 Penalties Conceded 10.3 7 7 0.2 Yellow Cards 0.5 13 1 0.0 Red Cards 0.0 1 4 9.4 Turnovers Conceded 12.8 17 18 4.8 Turnovers Won 4.8 19 8 89% Lineout Success % 87% 10 14 91% Scrum Success % 100% 1 5 97% Ruck Success % 95% 14 MATCH PREVIEW Appearance Data La Rochelle Name Appearances Starts Subs Minutes Points Tries Arthur Joly 4 1 3 100 0 0 Arthur Retière 2 1 1 84 5 1 Brice Dulin 2 2 0 160 0 0 Dany Priso 3 1 2 102 0 0 Dillyn Leyds 4 4 0 309 10 2 Facundo Bosch 4 1 3 92 0 0 Geoffrey Doumayrou 4 3 1 262 10 2 Gregory Alldritt 4 3 1 263 10 2 Ihaia West 4 3 1 276 48 0 Jules Favre 2 1 1 58 0 0 Jules Lebail 1 0 1 9 0 0 Jules Plisson 3 1 2 64 9 0 Jérémy Sinzelle 1 1 0 80 5 1 Kevin Gourdon 4 3 1 249 0 0 Levani Botia 4 4 0 265 0 0 Martin Alonso 1 0 1 10 0 0 Mathieu Tanguy 1 0 1 24 0 0 Pierre Aguillon 2 0 2 45 0 0 Pierre Bourgarit 4 3 1 228 0 0 Raymond Rhule 4 4 0 309 15 3 Reda Wardi 4 3 1 218 0 0 Remi Bourdeau 1 0 1 12 0 0 Romain Sazy 3 3 0 201 0 0 Tawera Kerr-Barlow 4 4 0 299 0 0 Thomas Berjon 1 0 1 11 0 0 Thomas Lavault 4 1 3 119 0 0 Uini Atonio 4 3 1 220 0 0 Victor Vito 3 3 0 232 0 0 Wian Liebenberg 4 3 1 194 0 0 Will Skelton 4 4 0 296 5 1 MATCH PREVIEW Toulouse Name Appearances Starts Subs Minutes Points Tries Alban Placines 4 2 2 152 0 0 Alexis Balès 1 0 1 17 0 0 Antoine Dupont 4 4 0 300 20 4 Antoine Miquel 1 0 1 6 0 0 Baptiste Germain 3 0 3 4 0 0 Charlie Faumuina 4 4 0 239 0 0 Cheslin Kolbe 4 4 0 319 10 2 Clement Castets 3 0 3 68 0 0 Cyril Baille 4 4 0 226 0 0 David Ainuu 1 0 1 21 0 0 Dimitri Delibes 1 0 1 16 0 0 Dorian Aldegheri 3 0 3 60 0 0 Emmanuel Meafou 1 0 1 22 0 0 Francois Cros 3 3 0 231 0 0 Guillaume Marchand 1 0 1 10 0 0 Jerome Kaino 3 3 0 207 0 0 Joe Tekori 4 1 3 114 0 0 Juan Cruz Mallia 1 0 1 1 0 0 Julien Marchand 4 4 0 253 5 1 Louis-Benoit Madaule 1 0 1 22 0 0 Matthis Lebel 4 4 0 293 10 2 Maxime Medard 4 4 0 253 0 0 Peato Mauvaka 3 0 3 57 0 0 Pita Ahki 4 3 1 267 0 0 Richie Arnold 3 3 0 199 0 0 Rodrigue Neti 1 0 1 26 0 0 Romain Ntamack 4 4 0 320 52 0 Rory Arnold 4 4 0 262 5 1 Rynhard Elstadt 2 1 1 120 0 0 Selevasio Tolofua 3 3 0 211 0 0 Sofiane Guitoune 1 1 0 80 0 0 Thibaud Flament 2 0 2 36 0 0 Thomas Ramos 1 1 0 80 9 0 Yannick Youyoutte 1 0 1 18 0 0 Yoann Huget 1 0 1 40 0 0 Zack Holmes 3 3 0 240 0 0 MATCH PREVIEW Appearance Charts La Rochelle Name Sale Sharks Leinster Rugby Edinburgh Rugby Gloucester Rugby A Joly s3 3 s3 s3 A Retière - 11* - s9 B Dulin - - 15 15 D Leyds 14 15* 14* 14 D Priso - 1 s1 s1 F Bosch s2 2 s2 s2 G Alldritt 8 s6 6* 6* G Doumayrou 13 s14 13** 13 I West s10 10 10 10 J Favre - 14 s13 - J Lebail - - s9 - J Plisson 10 s15 - s10 J Sinzelle 15* - - - K Gourdon 7 7 7 s8 L Aouf u - - - L Botia 12 12 12 12 M Alonso s12 - - - M Tanguy s5 - - - P Aguillon - - s12 s12 P Bourgarit 2 s2 2 2 R Bourdeau s6 - - - R Rhule 11* 13 11** 11 R Sazy - 4 4 4 R Wardi 1 s1 1 1 T Berjon u s13 - - T Kerr-Barlow 9 9 9 9 T Lavault 4 s4 s4 s4 U Atonio 3 s3 3 3 V Vito - 8 8 8 W Liebenberg 6 6 s7 7 W Skelton 5 5 5 5* KEY: Number denotes position, s: substitute, u: unused replacement, *: try scored MATCH PREVIEW Toulouse Bègles Name - Ulster Rugby Munster RugbyMunster Bordeaux ASM Clermont Auvergne A Balès s9 - - - A Dupont 9* 9** 9 9* A Miquel - - - s8 A Placines 7 s7 s8 6 B Germain - s9 s9 s9 C Baille 1 1 1 1 C Castets - s1 s1 s1 C Faumuina 3 3 3 3 C Kolbe 11** 14 14 14 D Ainuu s3 - - - D Aldegheri - s3 s3 s3 D Delibes - s15 - - E Meafou s5 - - - F Cros - 6 7 7 G Marchand s2 - - - J Cruz Mallia - - - s14 J Kaino - 8 8 8 J Marchand 2 2* 2 2 J Tekori 5 s5 s5 s4 L Madaule s7 - - - M Lebel 14 11* 11 11* M Medard 15 15 15 15 P Ahki s14 12 12 12 P Mauvaka - s2 s2 s2 R Arnold 4* 4 4 4 R Arnold - 5 5 5 R Elstadt 6 - - s6 R Neti s1 - - - R Ntamack 12 10 10 10 S Guitoune 13 - - - S Tolofua 8 7 6 - T Flament - s4 s6 - T Ramos 10 - - - Y Huget - - s14 - Y Youyoutte s4 - - - Z Holmes - 13 13 13 KEY: Number denotes position, s: substitute, u: unused replacement, *: try scored MATCH PREVIEW La Rochelle v Toulouse: Leading Scorers – Heineken Champions Cup 2020/21 Points Rank Matches Points Penalties Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 4 52 14 5 0 0 2 Ihaia West La Rochelle 4 48 11 6 1 0 3 Antoine Dupont