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2020/21 SEASON QUARTER - FINALS PREVIEW

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Fixtures

Quarter-finals

Date Time Home Away Venue 09/04/2021 20:00 Recreation Ground 10/04/2021 12:30 Mattioli Woods Welford Road 10/04/2021 20:00 Rugby Franklin’s Gardens 10/04/2021 21:00 Montpellier GGL Stadium

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.

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Match Officials

Referee Assistant Referee Assistant Referee TMO Citing Commissioner

Bath Rugby v London Irish Frank Murphy (Ire) Anthony Woodthorpe (Eng) Phil Watters (Eng) (Wal) Dana Teagarden (Ger)

Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons Romain Poite (Fra) Wayne Barnes (Eng) Craig Maxwell-Keys (Eng) Denis Grenouillet (Fra) Ciaran Scally (Ire)

Northampton Saints v Alex Ruiz (Fra) Jack Makepeace (Eng) Jonathan Healy (Eng) Patrick Dellac (Fra) Sebastien Lorant-Raze (Fra)

Montpellier v Benetton Rugby Karl Dickson (Eng) Maxime Chalon (Fra) Laurent Cardona (Fra) Trevor Fisher (Eng) Gary Gordon (Sco)

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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 2 2 0 0 77 44 33 9 6 2 0 10

3 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 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 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 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

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2020/21 Challenge Cup - Team Averages

Overall Points Tries Lineout % Scrum % Tackling % Goal Kicking % Agen 14.7 2.0 91% 73% 87% 83% Bath 35.0 5.0 82% 100% 86% 100% Bayonne 22.5 2.5 82% 82% 87% 80% Benetton 24.3 3.7 73% 90% 86% 47% Brive 16.5 1.0 89% 83% 86% 80% 28.7 3.7 93% 91% 83% 85% Castres 16.0 2.5 90% 88% 83% 50% 32.0 4.0 93% 100% 77% 71% 39.0 5.0 100% 89% 85% 86% Warriors 21.0 0.0 79% 100% 86% 100% Harlequins 21.0 3.0 100% 33% 82% 100% Leicester 38.3 4.7 86% 100% 88% 75% London Irish 33.7 4.7 73% 95% 89% 78% Montpellier 26.0 2.0 88% 100% 87% 75% Newcastle Falcons 24.0 3.0 86% 91% 83% 79% Northampton 43.0 6.0 76% 100% 89% 86% Ospreys 33.0 4.0 91% 92% 92% 89% Pau 20.5 2.5 79% 100% 87% 78% Stade Francais 10.0 1.5 90% 67% 88% 50% Ulster 57.0 8.0 87% 100% 91% 89% Worcester 23.5 3.0 96% 75% 88% 64% Zebre 23.3 2.7 80% 95% 87% 71%

Attack

Carries Rank Metres Rank Clean Breaks Rank Defenders Beaten Rank Agen 59.3 21 174.7 21 2.0 21 9.3 21 Bath 82.0 14 332.0 12 4.0 18 14.0 15 Bayonne 117.0 7 446.5 6 7.0 11 18.5 8 Benetton 71.3 19 263.7 18 8.3 7 11.3 18 Brive 90.5 11 183.0 20 3.0 20 10.0 19 Cardiff Blues 77.3 17 221.7 19 7.7 9 9.3 21 Castres 89.0 12 302.5 15 6.0 15 14.5 13 Connacht 143.0 2 575.0 1 8.0 8 34.0 1 Dragons 117.0 7 482.0 2 9.0 5 18.0 10 133.0 5 386.0 9 7.0 11 23.0 4 Harlequins 149.0 1 310.0 14 4.0 18 21.0 7 Leicester 79.0 15 381.3 10 7.0 11 17.7 11 London Irish 103.3 10 420.3 8 9.3 4 21.3 6 Montpellier 71.0 20 352.0 11 9.0 5 13.0 17 Newcastle Falcons 134.0 4 481.0 3 11.0 2 23.0 4 Northampton 131.0 6 466.0 4 11.0 2 26.0 3 Ospreys 85.0 13 319.3 13 7.3 10 18.3 9 Pau 138.0 3 424.5 7 6.5 14 17.5 12 Stade Francais 45.0 22 151.5 22 2.0 21 9.5 20 Ulster 116.0 9 462.0 5 20.0 1 27.0 2 Worcester 79.0 15 269.0 17 4.5 17 14.5 13 Zebre 76.7 18 295.7 16 4.7 16 13.7 16

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Defence

Tackles Rank Tackling Success % Rank Turnovers Won Rank Agen 62.3 21 87% 8 2.7 17 Bath 102.0 12 86% 13 3.0 11 Bayonne 56.5 22 87% 8 3.0 11 Benetton 73.7 19 86% 13 2.7 17 Brive 94.5 13 86% 13 3.0 11 Cardiff Blues 79.7 17 83% 18 2.7 17 Castres 135.5 7 83% 18 5.0 6 Connacht 106.0 11 77% 22 2.0 21 Dragons 143.0 5 85% 17 4.0 8 Glasgow Warriors 77.0 18 86% 13 3.0 11 Harlequins 125.0 9 82% 21 3.0 11 Leicester 149.7 3 88% 5 7.3 2 London Irish 132.3 8 89% 3 5.3 5 Montpellier 155.0 2 87% 8 7.0 3 Newcastle Falcons 88.3 15 83% 18 5.0 6 Northampton 142.0 6 89% 3 3.0 11 Ospreys 149.0 4 92% 1 8.7 1 Pau 86.0 16 87% 8 2.5 20 Stade Francais 69.5 20 88% 5 1.0 22 Ulster 213.0 1 91% 2 6.0 4 Worcester 124.5 10 88% 5 4.0 8 Zebre 94.3 14 87% 8 3.7 10

Discipline

Penalties Conceded Rank Yellow Cards Rank Red Cards Rank Agen 11.3 15 0.0 1 0.3 18 Bath 10.0 9 1.0 12 0.0 1 Bayonne 10.5 12 0.5 6 0.0 1 Benetton 6.0 1 0.0 1 0.3 18 Brive 12.5 16 0.5 6 0.0 1 Cardiff Blues 6.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 Castres 14.0 19 1.0 12 0.0 1 Connacht 8.0 4 1.0 12 0.0 1 Dragons 11.0 14 1.0 12 0.0 1 Glasgow Warriors 14.0 19 1.0 12 1.0 22 Harlequins 13.0 17 0.0 1 0.0 1 Leicester 13.0 17 1.3 19 0.0 1 London Irish 10.0 9 0.3 5 0.3 18 Montpellier 18.0 22 2.0 21 0.0 1 Newcastle Falcons 10.3 11 0.7 9 0.0 1 Northampton 8.0 4 3.0 22 0.0 1 Ospreys 10.7 13 0.7 9 0.0 1 Pau 9.5 7 1.0 12 0.0 1 Stade Francais 6.0 1 0.5 6 0.5 21 Ulster 8.0 4 1.0 12 0.0 1 Worcester 15.5 21 1.5 20 0.0 1 Zebre 9.7 8 0.7 9 0.0 1

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2020/21 Challenge Cup - Leading Scorers

Points Rank Matches Points Penalties Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Cardiff Blues 2 31 6 5 1 0 2 Ospreys 2 30 6 6 0 0 3 Zack Henry Leicester 2 22 3 4 0 1 3 London Irish 2 22 2 8 0 0 5 Zebre 3 20 0 0 0 4 6 Dragons 1 19 2 4 0 1 7 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 3 17 3 4 0 0 7 Jamie Shillcock Worcester 2 17 3 4 0 0 9 Alex Lozowski Montpellier 1 16 4 2 0 0 10 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 15 0 0 0 3 10 Ospreys 3 15 0 0 0 3 10 Zebre 2 15 2 2 0 1 10 Adam Hastings Glasgow Warriors 1 15 5 0 0 0

Tries

Rank Matches Tries 1 Pierre Bruno Zebre 3 4 2 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 3 2 Sam Parry Ospreys 3 3 4 London Irish 3 2 4 Antoine Bouzerand Castres 1 2 4 Ashton Hewitt Dragons 1 2 4 Charlie Clare Leicester 3 2 4 Ospreys 3 2 4 Dewaldt Duvenage Benetton 2 2 4 James Stokes London Irish 2 2 4 Phil Cokanasiga London Irish 2 2 4 Rob Herring Ulster 1 2 4 Sam Stuart Newcastle Falcons 2 2 4 Sean Reidy Ulster 1 2 4 Taqele Naiyaravoro Northampton 1 2

Goalkicking %

Rank Matches Penalties Conversions Attempts % 1 Adam Hastings Glasgow Warriors 1 5 0 5 100% 1 Ben Spencer Bath 1 0 5 5 100% 3 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 6 6 14 86% 3 James Grayson Northampton 1 1 5 7 86% 3 John Cooney Ulster 1 1 5 7 86% 3 Sam Davies Dragons 1 2 4 7 86% 7 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 2 6 5 13 85% 8 Paddy Jackson London Irish 2 2 8 12 83% 9 Enzo Herve Brive 1 4 5 80% 9 Manuel Ordas Bayonne 1 2 2 5 80% 9 Tedo Abzhandadze Brive 1 3 1 5 80% * 5+ attempts

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2020/21 Challenge Cup – Top Performers

Carries

Rank Matches Carries 1 Albert Tuisue London Irish 3 31 2 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 30 3 Zebre 3 28 4 Leicester 2 27 5 Kieran Williams Ospreys 3 26 5 Ospreys 3 26 7 Kyle Cooper Newcastle Falcons 3 25 7 Peter Lucock Newcastle Falcons 3 25 9 Lekima Tagitagivalu Pau 2 24 10 Clement Clavieres Castres 2 23 10 Newcastle Falcons 2 23

Metres

Rank Matches Metres 1 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 225 2 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 207 3 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 169 4 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 164 5 Jordan Williams Dragons 1 162 6 London Irish 3 152 7 Renato Giammarioli Zebre 3 150 8 Clement Clavieres Castres 2 142 8 Jasper Wiese Leicester 2 142 10 Monty Ioane Benetton 2 141

Breaks

Rank Matches Breaks 1 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 6 2 Newcastle Falcons 2 5 2 Kieran Williams Ospreys 3 5 4 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 4 4 James Stokes London Irish 2 4 4 Jayden Hayward Benetton 2 4 4 Pierre Bruno Zebre 3 4 4 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 4 4 Robert Baloucoune Ulster 1 4 4 Zach Kerr Newcastle Falcons 1 4

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Defenders Beaten

Rank Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Jasper Wiese Leicester 2 14 2 Ospreys 3 13 3 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 11 4 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 10 4 Renato Giammarioli Zebre 3 10 6 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 9 7 Bill Meakes London Irish 2 8 7 Joris Jurand Brive 2 8 7 Monty Ioane Benetton 2 8 7 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 8 7 Tyrone Green Harlequins 1 8

Offloads

Rank Matches Offloads 1 George Nott London Irish 2 5 1 Renato Giammarioli Zebre 3 5 1 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres 2 5 1 Thibault Debaes Pau 2 5 5 George North Ospreys 3 4 5 Jayden Hayward Benetton 2 4 7 Agustin Creevy London Irish 2 3 7 Fraser Dingwall Northampton 1 3 7 Jessy Jegerlehner Agen 2 3 7 Taqele Naiyaravoro Northampton 1 3

Tackles

Rank Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 Joe Heyes Leicester 3 35 3 2 Blair Cowan London Irish 2 33 2 3 Cameron Henderson Leicester 2 31 4 3 Zebre 3 31 1 5 Albert Tuisue London Irish 3 30 2 5 London Irish 2 30 2 7 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres 2 29 2 8 Dorian Clerc Castres 2 28 1 8 Justin Clegg Worcester 2 28 1 8 Lovejoy Chawatama London Irish 3 28 1

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Lineouts

Rank Matches Lineouts Won (inc. steals) Lineout Steals 1 Darren Barry Newcastle Falcons 2 16 0 2 Cardiff Blues 2 15 1 2 Ospreys 2 15 1 4 Guillaume Ducat Bayonne 1 14 2 5 Baptiste Heguy Bayonne 2 13 2 5 Justin Clegg Worcester 2 13 0 7 Esteban Abadie Brive 2 11 2 7 Benetton 2 11 1 7 Rob Simmons London Irish 1 11 0 10 Maxime Mbanda Zebre 3 10 0

Turnovers

Rank Matches Turnovers 1 George North Ospreys 3 4 1 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 4 3 Aneurin Owen Dragons 1 3 3 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 3 3 Jeremy Fernandez Castres 2 3 3 Kyle Cooper Newcastle Falcons 3 3 3 Leicester 2 3 8 Alexandre Becognee Montpellier 1 2 8 Worcester 2 2 8 Blair Cowan London Irish 2 2 8 Newcastle Falcons 1 2 8 Ospreys 2 2 8 George Nott London Irish 2 2 8 Giosue Zilocchi Zebre 2 2 8 Guy Porter Leicester 3 2 8 Leicester 1 2 8 Jake Kerr Leicester 1 2 8 James Grayson Northampton 1 2 8 Jordan Taufua Leicester 2 2 8 Ulster 1 2 8 Cardiff Blues 2 2 8 Kevin Kornath Castres 2 2 8 Ma'afu Fia Ospreys 3 2 8 Leicester 2 2 8 Ospreys 2 2 8 Scott Steele Harlequins 1 2 8 Sione Tui Stade Francais 1 2 8 Tomas Baravalle Benetton 2 2

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Disciplinary Update

Yellow Cards

Round Name Club Opposition Match Date Mark Wilson Newcastle Falcons Cardiff Blues 11/12/2020 Waisea Nayacalevu Stade Français Paris Benetton Rugby 11/12/2020 Luc Mousset Bayonne Zebre Rugby Club 12/12/2020 Armand Batlle Castres Olympique Ospreys 12/12/2020 1 Hubert Texier Pau Worcester Warriors 12/12/2020 Charly Malie Pau Worcester Warriors 12/12/2020 Caleb Montgomery Worcester Warriors Pau 12/12/2020 Zebre Rugby Club Bayonne 12/12/2020 Mesake Doge Brive Zebre Rugby Club 18/12/2020 Alexis Decaux Castres Olympique Newcastle Falcons 18/12/2020 Joe Heyes Leicester Tigers Bayonne 19/12/2020 2 Nephi Leatigaga Leicester Tigers Bayonne 19/12/2020 Cyle Brink Leicester Tigers Bayonne 19/12/2020 Worcester Warriors Ospreys 19/12/2020 Ethan Waller Worcester Warriors Ospreys 19/12/2020 Miles Reid Bath Rugby Zebre Rugby Club 02/04/2021 Nick Grigg Glasgow Warriors Montpellier 02/04/2021 Ben Loader London Irish Cardiff Blues 02/04/2021 Martin Devergie Montpellier Glasgow Warriors 02/04/2021 Bastien Chalureau Montpellier Glasgow Warriors 02/04/2021 Zebre Rugby Club Bath Rugby 02/04/2021 Leicester Tigers 03/04/2021 Elliot Dee Dragons Northampton Saints 03/04/2021 Round of 16 Charlie Clare Leicester Tigers Connacht Rugby 03/04/2021 Mark Wilson Newcastle Falcons Ospreys 03/04/2021 Ollie Sleightholme Northampton Saints Dragons 03/04/2021 JJ Tonks Northampton Saints Dragons 03/04/2021 Alex Coles Northampton Saints Dragons 03/04/2021 Justin Tipuric Ospreys Newcastle Falcons 03/04/2021 Ospreys Newcastle Falcons 03/04/2021 Jordi Murphy Ulster Rugby Harlequins 04/04/2021

Red Cards

Round Name Club Opposition Match Date Charlie Rorke Stade Français Paris Benetton Rugby 11/12/2020 1 Benetton Rugby Stade Français Paris 11/12/2020

TJ Ioane Glasgow Warriors Montpellier 02/04/2021

Round of 16 William Goodrick-Clarke London Irish Cardiff Blues 02/04/2021

Jamie-Jerry Taulagi Agen Benetton Rugby 03/04/2021