2020/21 SEASON

LA ROCHELLE v

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Match Facts

Final – v TOULOUSE, Saturday 22 May Venue 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 (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 – 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 (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 and ’ Nathan Hughes.

• Toulouse’s 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.

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2020/21 Results and Standings

Pool A

Rank Pl W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts 1 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 -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 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 2 0 0 2 19 51 -32 2 6 0 1 1 11 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 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 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 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

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 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

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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

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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

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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 2 2 0 160 0 0 3 1 2 102 0 0 4 4 0 309 10 2 4 1 3 92 0 0 4 3 1 262 10 2 Gregory Alldritt 4 3 1 263 10 2 4 3 1 276 48 0 Jules Favre 2 1 1 58 0 0 Jules Lebail 1 0 1 9 0 0 3 1 2 64 9 0 Jérémy Sinzelle 1 1 0 80 5 1 4 3 1 249 0 0 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 4 3 1 228 0 0 4 4 0 309 15 3 Reda Wardi 4 3 1 218 0 0 Remi Bourdeau 1 0 1 12 0 0 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 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

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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 4 4 0 239 0 0 4 4 0 319 10 2 Clement Castets 3 0 3 68 0 0 4 4 0 226 0 0 David Ainuu 1 0 1 21 0 0 Dimitri Delibes 1 0 1 16 0 0 3 0 3 60 0 0 Emmanuel Meafou 1 0 1 22 0 0 Francois Cros 3 3 0 231 0 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 3 3 0 207 0 0 Joe Tekori 4 1 3 114 0 0 Juan Cruz Mallia 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 0 253 5 1 Louis-Benoit Madaule 1 0 1 22 0 0 4 4 0 293 10 2 Maxime Medard 4 4 0 253 0 0 3 0 3 57 0 0 4 3 1 267 0 0 3 3 0 199 0 0 Rodrigue Neti 1 0 1 26 0 0 4 4 0 320 52 0 4 4 0 262 5 1 Rynhard Elstadt 2 1 1 120 0 0 3 3 0 211 0 0 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 1 0 1 40 0 0 3 3 0 240 0 0

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Appearance Charts

La Rochelle

Name

SaleSharks

LeinsterRugby

EdinburghRugby GloucesterRugby 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

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Toulouse

Bègles

Name -

Ulster Rugby Ulster

Munster Rugby Munster

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

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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 Toulouse 4 20 0 0 0 4 4 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 15 0 0 0 3 5 Cheslin Kolbe Toulouse 4 10 0 0 0 2 5 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 10 0 0 0 2 5 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 10 0 0 0 2 5 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 4 10 0 0 0 2 5 Matthis Lebel Toulouse 4 10 0 0 0 2 10 Jules Plisson La Rochelle 3 9 3 0 0 0 10 Thomas Ramos Toulouse 1 9 1 3 0 0

Tries

Rank Matches Tries 1 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 4 2 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 3 3 Cheslin Kolbe Toulouse 4 2 3 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 2 3 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 2 3 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 4 2 3 Matthis Lebel Toulouse 4 2 8 Arthur Retière La Rochelle 2 1 8 Julien Marchand Toulouse 4 1 8 Jérémy Sinzelle La Rochelle 1 1 8 Rory Arnold Toulouse 4 1 8 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 1

Goalkicking %

Rank Matches Penalties Conversions Attempts % 1 Thomas Ramos Toulouse 1 1 3 5 80% 2 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 4 14 5 24 79% 3 Ihaia West La Rochelle 4 11 6 25 68% 4 Jules Plisson La Rochelle 3 3 0 5 60%

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La Rochelle v Toulouse: Top Performers – Heineken Champions Cup 2020/21

Carries

Rank Matches Carries 1 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 4 59 2 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 38 3 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 36 4 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 32 4 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 32 6 Maxime Medard Toulouse 4 29 6 Tawera Kerr-Barlow La Rochelle 4 29 8 Charlie Faumuina Toulouse 4 27 9 Julien Marchand Toulouse 4 26 10 Levani Botia La Rochelle 4 24

Metres

Rank Matches Metres 1 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 279 2 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 217 3 Cheslin Kolbe Toulouse 4 177 4 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 162 5 Tawera Kerr-Barlow La Rochelle 4 158 6 Matthis Lebel Toulouse 4 156 7 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 4 133 8 Kevin Gourdon La Rochelle 4 130 9 Maxime Medard Toulouse 4 126 10 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 4 124

Breaks

Rank Matches Breaks 1 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 8 2 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 6 2 Matthis Lebel Toulouse 4 6 4 Cheslin Kolbe Toulouse 4 5 5 Kevin Gourdon La Rochelle 4 4 5 Tawera Kerr-Barlow La Rochelle 4 4 7 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 3 7 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 3 7 Zack Holmes Toulouse 3 3 10 Jérémy Sinzelle La Rochelle 1 2 10 Pierre Bourgarit La Rochelle 4 2 10 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 4 2 10 Victor Vito La Rochelle 3 2

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Defenders Beaten

Rank Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 20 2 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 17 3 Pita Ahki Toulouse 4 13 4 Cheslin Kolbe Toulouse 4 12 5 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 4 10 5 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 10 7 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 9 8 Levani Botia La Rochelle 4 8 8 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 8 10 Kevin Gourdon La Rochelle 4 7 10 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 4 7

Offloads

Rank Matches Offloads 1 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 7 2 Maxime Medard Toulouse 4 6 3 Charlie Faumuina Toulouse 4 5 3 Julien Marchand Toulouse 4 5 3 Victor Vito La Rochelle 3 5 6 Cyril Baille Toulouse 4 4 6 Kevin Gourdon La Rochelle 4 4 6 Selevasio Tolofua Toulouse 3 4 6 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 4 10 Brice Dulin La Rochelle 2 3 10 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 3 10 Levani Botia La Rochelle 4 3 10 Pierre Bourgarit La Rochelle 4 3 10 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 3 10 Reda Wardi La Rochelle 4 3 10 Tawera Kerr-Barlow La Rochelle 4 3

Tackles

Rank Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 Wian Liebenberg La Rochelle 4 41 4 2 Victor Vito La Rochelle 3 38 1 2 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 38 3 4 Reda Wardi La Rochelle 4 36 3 4 Richie Arnold Toulouse 3 36 4 6 Francois Cros Toulouse 3 35 7 6 Pierre Bourgarit La Rochelle 4 35 4 8 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 34 3 9 Jerome Kaino Toulouse 3 31 3 10 Rory Arnold Toulouse 4 30 1

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Tackle %

Rank Matches Attempted Tackles* Tackle % 1 Victor Vito La Rochelle 3 39 97% 2 Rory Arnold Toulouse 4 31 97% 3 Charlie Faumuina Toulouse 4 30 97% 4 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 41 93% 5 Reda Wardi La Rochelle 4 39 92% 6 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 37 92% 7 Jerome Kaino Toulouse 3 34 91% 8 Wian Liebenberg La Rochelle 4 45 91% 9 Julien Marchand Toulouse 4 32 91% 10 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 4 31 90% *min. 30 attempts

Lineouts

Rank Matches Lineouts Won (inc. steals) Lineout Steals 1 Rory Arnold Toulouse 4 19 2 2 Victor Vito La Rochelle 3 15 0 3 Francois Cros Toulouse 3 12 1 4 Richie Arnold Toulouse 3 10 1 5 Romain Sazy La Rochelle 3 8 0 6 Kevin Gourdon La Rochelle 4 6 0 7 Gregory Alldritt La Rochelle 4 5 0 8 Alban Placines Toulouse 4 4 2 9 Rynhard Elstadt Toulouse 2 3 0 9 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 3 0

Lineout Throw %

Rank Matches Throws Throw Success % 1 Peato Mauvaka Toulouse 3 9 100% 2 Facundo Bosch La Rochelle 4 13 92% 3 Pierre Bourgarit La Rochelle 4 32 88% 4 Julien Marchand Toulouse 4 48 83% *min. 5 throws

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Turnovers

Rank Matches Turnovers 1 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 5 2 Julien Marchand Toulouse 4 4 2 Pierre Bourgarit La Rochelle 4 4 4 Levani Botia La Rochelle 4 3 4 Tawera Kerr-Barlow La Rochelle 4 3 4 Will Skelton La Rochelle 4 3 7 Dany Priso La Rochelle 3 2 7 Joe Tekori Toulouse 4 2 7 Pita Ahki Toulouse 4 2 7 Selevasio Tolofua Toulouse 3 2 7 Uini Atonio La Rochelle 4 2 7 Wian Liebenberg La Rochelle 4 2

Kicks in play

Rank Matches Kicks in Play 1 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 35 2 Ihaia West La Rochelle 4 32 3 Tawera Kerr-Barlow La Rochelle 4 27 4 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 4 26 5 Jules Plisson La Rochelle 3 22 6 Brice Dulin La Rochelle 2 15 7 Cheslin Kolbe Toulouse 4 15 7 Maxime Medard Toulouse 3 14 9 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 8 9 Thomas Ramos Toulouse 1 6

Passes

Rank Matches Passes 1 Tawera Kerr-Barlow La Rochelle 4 244 2 Antoine Dupont Toulouse 4 199 3 Ihaia West La Rochelle 4 67 4 Romain Ntamack Toulouse 4 43 5 Raymond Rhule La Rochelle 4 27 6 Maxime Medard Toulouse 3 25 7 Geoffrey Doumayrou La Rochelle 4 22 8 Dillyn Leyds La Rochelle 4 22 9 Pita Ahki Toulouse 4 22 10 Victor Vito La Rochelle 3 21