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2020/21 SEASON R O U N D O F 1 6 PREVIEW ROUND PREVIEW Fixtures Round of 16 Date Time Home Away Venue 02/04/2021 16:00 Zebre Rugby Club Bath Rugby Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 02/04/2021 17:30 London Irish Cardiff Blues Brentford Community Stadium 02/04/2021 21:00 Montpellier Glasgow Warriors GGL Stadium 03/04/2021 15:00 Ospreys Newcastle Falcons Liberty Stadium 03/04/2021 16:00 Benetton Rugby Agen Stadio Comunale di Monigo 03/04/2021 17:30 Dragons Northampton Saints Rodney Parade 03/04/2021 20:00 Leicester Tigers Connacht Rugby Mattioli Woods Welford Road 04/04/2021 20:00 Harlequins Ulster Rugby Twickenham Stoop 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 Tied match If the scores are tied at the end of full time, then 20 minutes (two periods of 10 minutes) of extra time will be played. If at the end of extra time the scores are still level, then the winners will be team which has scored the most tries in the game, including extra time. If the teams are level on points and tries at the end of extra time, then the winners will be determined by a place kicking competition as follows: Each team will be asked to nominate THREE goalkickers. The kickers need not to be predetermined, but they must come from the players on the pitch at the final whistle. No substituted or dismissed player will be permitted to take part. The end at which the competition takes place will be determined by a toss of a coin. The team to kick first will also be determined by a toss of a coin. Each kicker will have two kicks from designated positions on the 22 and 10 metre lines and after each team has completed their six kicks a winner will be declared. If the teams remain deadlocked, the competition will continue on a sudden-death basis. ROUND PREVIEW Match Officials Referee Assistant Referee Assistant Referee TMO Citing Commissioner Zebre Rugby Club v Bath Rugby Pierre Brousset (Fra) Andrea Piardi (Ita) Gianluca Gnecchi (Ita) Eric Briquet Campin (Fra) Richard McGhee (Sco) London Irish v Cardiff Blues Nika Amashukeli (Geo) Andrew Jackson (Eng) Gareth Holsgrove (Eng) Eric Gauzins (Fra) Jay Curts (Mex) Montpellier v Glasgow Warriors Karl Dickson (Eng) Maxime Chalon (Fra) Vincent Blasco (Fra) Ian Tempest (Eng) Stuart Scott (Wal) Ospreys v Newcastle Falcons Ludovic Cayre (Fra) Dan Jones (Wal) Gwyn Morris (Wal) Philippe Bonhoure (Fra) Stefano Marrama (Ita) Benetton Rugby v Agen Christophe Ridley (Eng) Marius Mitrea (Ita) Filippo Russo (Ita) Sara Cox (Eng) Dave Guyan (Eng) Dragons v Northampton Saints Alexandre Ruiz (Fra) Craig Evans (Wal) Aled Evans (Wal) Patrick Dellac (Fra) Ciaran Scally (Ire) Leicester Tigers v Connacht Rugby Adam Jones (Wal) Jack Makepeace (Eng) Phil Watters (Eng) Sean Brickell (Wal) Patrice Frantschi (Fra) Harlequins v Ulster Rugby Romain Poite (Fra) Adam Leal (Eng) Hamish Smales (Eng) Denis Grenouillet (Fra) Dana Teagarden (Ger) ROUND PREVIEW Standings Rank Pl W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts 1 London Irish 2 2 0 0 60 25 35 9 3 2 0 10 2 Ospreys 2 2 0 0 77 44 33 9 6 2 0 10 3 Cardiff Blues 2 2 0 0 61 20 41 7 2 1 0 9 4 Leicester Tigers 2 2 0 0 67 37 30 7 3 1 0 9 5 Zebre Rugby Club 2 1 1 0 43 41 2 5 4 0 0 6 6 Agen 2 1 0 1 36 34 2 5 5 1 0 5 7 Benetton Rugby 2 1 0 1 44 48 -4 7 7 1 0 5 8 Newcastle Falcons 2 1 0 1 46 50 -4 5 6 0 0 4 9 Pau 2 1 0 1 41 46 -5 5 6 0 0 4 10 Bayonne 2 0 1 1 45 53 -8 5 6 0 0 2 11 Worcester Warriors 2 0 0 2 49 62 -13 6 7 1 1 2 12 Brive 2 0 0 2 33 57 -24 2 6 0 1 1 13 Castres Olympique 2 0 0 2 32 65 -33 5 8 0 0 0 14 Stade Français Paris 2 0 0 2 20 72 -52 3 11 0 0 0 ROUND PREVIEW 2020/21 Challenge Cup - Team Averages Overall Points Tries Lineout % Scrum % Tackling % Goalkicking % Agen 14.0 2.5 100% 40% 87% 50% Bayonne 22.5 2.5 82% 82% 87% 80% Benetton Rugby 22.0 3.5 76% 100% 85% 50% Brive 16.5 1.0 89% 83% 86% 80% Cardiff Blues 25.5 3.5 87% 100% 87% 100% Castres Olympique 16.0 2.5 90% 88% 83% 50% Leicester Tigers 33.5 3.5 86% 100% 90% 75% London Irish 30.0 4.5 69% 94% 89% 70% Newcastle Falcons 23.0 2.5 87% 100% 85% 73% Ospreys 37.5 4.5 97% 100% 89% 86% Pau 20.5 2.5 79% 100% 87% 78% Stade Français Paris 10.0 1.5 90% 67% 88% 50% Worcester Warriors 23.5 3.0 96% 75% 88% 64% Zebre Rugby Club 21.5 2.5 79% 94% 87% 64% Attack Carries Rank Metres Rank Clean Breaks Rank Defenders Beaten Rank Agen 38.0 14 129.5 14 1.0 14 5.5 13 Bayonne 117.0 3 446.5 2 7.0 4 18.5 2 Benetton Rugby 66.0 11 231.5 10 8.5 2 9.5 11 Brive 90.5 5 183.0 11 3.0 12 10.0 10 Cardiff Blues 60.0 12 138.0 13 4.5 10 5.5 13 Castres Olympique 89.0 6 302.5 6 6.0 7 14.5 6 Leicester Tigers 73.5 9 301.5 7 6.0 7 11.0 9 London Irish 92.5 4 380.0 4 8.0 3 15.5 5 Newcastle Falcons 136.5 2 549.5 1 14.0 1 30.0 1 Ospreys 88.0 7 318.5 5 6.5 5 17.0 4 Pau 138.0 1 424.5 3 6.5 5 17.5 3 Stade Français Paris 45.0 13 151.5 12 2.0 13 9.5 11 Worcester Warriors 79.0 8 269.0 8 4.5 10 14.5 6 Zebre Rugby Club 67.5 10 268.0 9 5.0 9 12.5 8 ROUND PREVIEW Defence Tackles Rank Tackling Success % Rank Turnovers Won Rank Agen 47.5 14 87% 6 2.5 10 Bayonne 56.5 11 87% 6 3.0 8 Benetton Rugby 56.0 12 85% 12 2.5 10 Brive 94.5 7 86% 11 3.0 8 Cardiff Blues 53.5 13 87% 6 1.5 13 Castres Olympique 135.5 1 83% 14 5.0 4 Leicester Tigers 135.5 1 90% 1 8.5 2 London Irish 133.5 3 89% 2 7.0 3 Newcastle Falcons 89.5 8 85% 12 5.0 4 Ospreys 121.0 5 89% 2 9.5 1 Pau 86.0 9 87% 6 2.5 10 Stade Français Paris 69.5 10 88% 4 1.0 14 Worcester Warriors 124.5 4 88% 4 4.0 6 Zebre Rugby Club 97.5 6 87% 6 3.5 7 Discipline Penalties Conceded Rank Yellow Cards Rank Red Cards Rank Agen 8.5 4 0.0 1 0.0 1 Bayonne 10.5 9 0.5 6 0.0 1 Benetton Rugby 3.0 1 0.0 1 0.5 13 Brive 12.5 12 0.5 6 0.0 1 Cardiff Blues 3.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 Castres Olympique 14.0 13 1.0 11 0.0 1 Leicester Tigers 12.0 11 1.5 13 0.0 1 London Irish 10.5 9 0.0 1 0.0 1 Newcastle Falcons 10.0 8 0.5 6 0.0 1 Ospreys 9.5 6 0.0 1 0.0 1 Pau 9.5 6 1.0 11 0.0 1 Stade Français Paris 6.0 3 0.5 6 0.5 13 Worcester Warriors 15.5 14 1.5 13 0.0 1 Zebre Rugby Club 9.0 5 0.5 6 0.0 1 ROUND PREVIEW 2020/21 Challenge Cup - Leading Scorers Points Rank Matches Points Penalties Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 30 6 6 0 0 2 Jamie Shillcock Worcester Warriors 2 17 3 4 0 0 3 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 1 16 4 2 0 0 4 Sam Parry Ospreys 2 15 0 0 0 3 4 Antonio Rizzi Zebre Rugby Club 2 15 2 2 0 1 6 Tommaso Allan Benetton Rugby 1 14 1 3 0 1 7 Zack Henry Leicester Tigers 1 13 3 2 0 0 8 Enzo Herve Brive 1 12 4 0 0 0 9 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 2 11 3 1 0 0 9 Tedo Abzhandadze Brive 1 11 3 1 0 0 Tries Rank Matches Tries 1 Sam Parry Ospreys 2 3 2 Albert Tuisue London Irish 2 2 2 Antoine Bouzerand Castres Olympique 1 2 2 James Stokes London Irish 2 2 2 Phil Cokanasiga London Irish 2 2 2 Sam Stuart Newcastle Falcons 2 2 7 56 Players - - 1 Goalkicking % Rank Matches Penalties Conversions Attempts % 1 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 1 4 2 6 100% 2 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 6 6 14 86% 3 Zack Henry Leicester Tigers 1 3 2 6 83% 4 Enzo Herve Brive 1 4 0 5 80% 4 Manuel Ordas Bayonne 1 2 2 5 80% 4 Tedo Abzhandadze Brive 1 3 1 5 80% 7 Antonio Rizzi Zebre Rugby Club 2 2 2 6 67% 7 George Ford Leicester Tigers 1 2 2 6 67% 9 Jamie Shillcock Worcester Warriors 2 3 4 11 64% 10 Carlo Canna Zebre Rugby Club 1 2 1 5 60% ROUND PREVIEW 2020/21 Challenge Cup – Top Performers Carries Rank Matches Carries 1 Lekima Tagitagivalu Pau 2 24 2 Clement Clavieres Castres Olympique 2 23 2 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 23 4 Dan Evans Ospreys 2 22 5 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres Olympique 2 21 5 Watisoni Votu Pau 2 21 7 Mathieu Ugena Pau 2 20 7 Rob Farrar Newcastle Falcons 2 20 7 Thibault Debaes Pau 2 20 10 Albert Tuisue London Irish 2 19 10 Charlie Maddison Newcastle Falcons 2 19 10 Eoghan Barrett Pau 2 19 10 James Stokes London Irish 2 19 Metres Rank Matches Metres 1 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 225 2 Dan Evans Ospreys 2 171 3 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 169 4 Clement Clavieres Castres Olympique 2 142 5 Kini Murimurivalu Leicester Tigers 2 121 6 Tom Parton London Irish 2 120 7 Brandon Fajardo Bayonne 2 117 8 George North Ospreys 2 109 9 Eoghan Barrett Pau 2 102 10 Ed Fidow Worcester Warriors 1 97 Breaks Rank Matches Breaks 1 Cooper Vuna Newcastle Falcons 2 5 2 James Stokes London Irish 2 4 2 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 1 4 2 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 4 2 Zach Kerr Newcastle Falcons 1 4 6 Arthur Duhau Bayonne 2 3 6 Dan Evans Ospreys 2 3 6 Hallam Amos Cardiff Blues 1 3 6 Hugo Zabalza Bayonne 2 3 6 Joel Matavesi Newcastle Falcons 2 3 6 Marco Barbini Benetton Rugby 1 3 6 Sam Stuart Newcastle Falcons 2 3 6 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 3 ROUND PREVIEW Defenders Beaten Rank Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 11 2 George North Ospreys 2 10 3 Bill Meakes London Irish 2 8 3 Joris Jurand Brive 2 8 3 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 8 6 Morgan Morris Ospreys 2 7 6 Thibault Debaes Pau 2 7 8 Dan Evans Ospreys 2 6 8 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 1 6 8 Matt Protheroe Ospreys 2 6 8 Monty Ioane Benetton Rugby 1 6 8 Ollie Lawrence Worcester Warriors 1 6 8 Rob Farrar Newcastle Falcons 2 6 Offloads Rank Matches Offloads 1 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres Olympique 2 5 1 Thibault Debaes Pau 2 5 3 George North Ospreys 2 4 4 Agustin Creevy London Irish 1 3 4 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 1 3 6 27 Players - - 2 Tackles Rank Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres Olympique 2 29 2 2 Dorian Clerc Castres Olympique 2 28 1 2 Justin Clegg Worcester Warriors 2 28 1 4 Dan Lydiate Ospreys 2 26 3 5 Albert Tuisue London Irish 2 25 1 6 Maxime Mbanda Zebre Rugby Club 2 24 1 7 Rhys Davies Ospreys 2 23 2 8 Joe Heyes Leicester Tigers 2 22 3 9 Sam Lewis Worcester Warriors 1 20 2 10 Gareth Thomas Ospreys 2 19 1 10 Louis Le Brun Castres Olympique 2 19 3 10 Lovejoy Chawatama London Irish 2 19 1 10 Tom Marshall Newcastle Falcons 2 19 0 ROUND PREVIEW Lineouts Rank Matches Lineouts Won (inc.