23 - 20 Montpellier 17/11/2019 The Sportsground Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng) Att: 6,229

23 (13) FT (HT) 20 (10)

Paul Boyle (37), Tom McCartney (40+4), Tries Aaron Cruden (1), (62) (52) (53) Conversions Benoit Paillaugue (1, 63) Jack Carty (15), Conor Fitzgerald (67) Penalty Goals Benoit Paillaugue (22, 46) Drop Goals

Carries Home Attack Away Carries 13 Possession Anthony Bouthier 14 Kyle Godwin 11 50% 50% 13 Colby Fainga'a 11 Territory 12 49% 51% Metres Made Carries Metres Made Kyle Godwin 57 113 129 Anthony Bouthier 89 Colby Fainga'a 56 Metres Made Caleb Timu 61 52 348 407 Gabriel Ngandebe 58 Kicks From Hand Lineouts Won 31 21 Lineouts Won Colby Fainga'a 5 Line Breaks 5 3 6 4 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg 4 Axis Title Robin Copeland 3 Defenders Beaten Kelian Galletier 3 14 26 Tackles Offloads Tackles 18 6 11 Jan Serfontein 13 Ultan Dillane 15 Rucks/Mauls Won Mohammed Haouas 13 Colby Fainga'a 15 91 95 Yacouba Camara 13 Rucks/Mauls Lost 5 7

Home Defence Away Tackles Made 150 138 Missed Tackles 26 14 Tackle Success 85% 91%

Home Penalties / Turnovers Away Total Penalties Conceded 5 10 Total Turnovers Conceded 11 16

Home Set Piece Away Lineouts Won Own Throw 16 13 Lineouts Lost Own Throw 3 0 Lineout Success 84% 100% Lineout Steals 0 1 Scrums Won 5 5 Scrums Lost 0 0 Scrums Success 100% 100% Connacht Rugby 23 - 20 Montpellier 17/11/2019 The Sportsground 13:00 Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng) Assistant ref: Hamish Smales (Eng) Assistant ref: Simon McConnell (Eng) TMO: Graham Hughes (Eng), Citing Commissioner: Dennis Jones (Wal)

Match Statistics Heineken Man of the Match - Caolin Blade (Connacht Rugby) Match Statistics App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Name Name App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Darragh Leader 15 Anthony Bouthier 1 14 Gabriel Ngandebe 13 Arthur Vincent Tom Daly 12 Jan Serfontein Kyle Godwin 11 1 1 Jack Carty 10 Aaron Cruden 1 1 Caolin Blade 9 Benoit Paillaugue (c) 2 2 Denis Buckley 1 1 Tom McCartney (c) 2 Youri Delhommel Dominic Robertson-McCoy 3 Mohammed Haouas Cillian Gallagher 4 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg Ultan Dillane 5 Paul Willemse 1 1 Paul Boyle 6 Kelian Galletier Colby Fainga'a 7 Yacouba Camara Robin Copeland 8 Caleb Timu

Dave Heffernan 16 Matthew Burke 17 Gregory Fichten Conor Kenny 18 Joe Maksymiw 19 Eoghan Masterson 20 Enzo Sanga Stephen Kerins 21 1 Conor Fitzgerald 22 Henry Immelman David Horwitz 23 Connacht Rugby 23 - 20 Montpellier 17/11/2019 The Sportsground Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng) Att: 6,229

Match Timeline

Match Time Home Score Away Match Time

Connacht Rugby Montpellier 0 - 5 Aaron Cruden - Try 1:10 0 - 7 Benoit Paillaugue - Conversion 1:49 8:35 On - Joe Maksymiw 8:35 Off - Cillian Gallagher 15:14 Jack Carty - Penalty 3 - 7 3 - 10 Benoit Paillaugue - Penalty 22:52 37:28 Paul Boyle - Try 8 - 10 Off - Arthur Vincent 38:15 On - Henry Immelman 38:15 8 - 10 Paul Willemse - Yellow card 43:16 44:21 Tom McCartney - Try 13 - 10 13 - 10 45:36 45:36 End of first half 13 - 10 Off - Henry Immelman 40:51 On - Arthur Vincent 40:51 13 - 13 Benoit Paillaugue - Penalty 46:44 On - Jacques Du Plessis 51:05 Off - Paul Willemse 51:05 52:24 Caolin Blade - Try 18 - 13 53:33 Jack Carty - Conversion 20 - 13 On - Bismarck Du Plessis 53:50 Off - Youri Delhommel 53:50 On - Julien Bardy 55:07 Off - Kelian Galletier 55:07 On - Gregory Fichten 55:11 Off - Mikheil Nariashvili 55:11 Off - Aaron Cruden 56:33 On - Henry Immelman 56:33 20 - 18 Anthony Bouthier - Try 62:46 20 - 20 Benoit Paillaugue - Conversion 63:44 64:02 Off - Joe Maksymiw 64:02 On - Eoghan Masterson Off - Benoit Paillaugue 64:09 On - Enzo Sanga 64:09 64:50 On - Conor Fitzgerald 64:50 Off - Jack Carty 67:02 Conor Fitzgerald - Penalty 23 - 20 On - Jannie du Plessis 70:50 Off - Mohammed Haouas 70:50 73:25 Off - Dominic Robertson-McCoy 73:25 On - Conor Kenny 73:26 Off - Tom McCartney 73:26 On - Off - Yacouba Camara 73:50 On - Fulgence Ouedraogo 73:50 23 - 20 80:08 80:08 End of second half 23 - 20