2020/21 SEASON
FINAL REVIEW
ROUND REVIEW
Results
Final
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Date Score 21/05/2021 Leicester Tigers Montpellier 17-18
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
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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 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
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Final Top Performers
Points BENOIT PAILLAUGUE Montpellier 8 GEORGE FORD Leicester Tigers 7 HARRY WELLS Leicester Tigers 5 JASPER WIESE Leicester Tigers 5 VINCENT RATTEZ Montpellier 5 JOHAN GOOSEN Montpellier 5
Carries JASPER WIESE Leicester Tigers 15 FREDDIE STEWARD Leicester Tigers 12 ANTHONY BOUTHIER Montpellier 11 HANRO LIEBENBERG Leicester Tigers 10 NEMANI NADOLO Leicester Tigers 9
Metres ANTHONY BOUTHIER Montpellier 109 FREDDIE STEWARD Leicester Tigers 59 JASPER WIESE Leicester Tigers 46 GABRIEL NGANDEBE Montpellier 44 HANDRE POLLARD Montpellier 38
Defenders Beaten FREDDIE STEWARD Leicester Tigers 3 ARTHUR VINCENT Montpellier 3 DAN KELLY Leicester Tigers 3 BENOIT PAILLAUGUE Montpellier 3 VINCENT RATTEZ Montpellier 3
Offloads JAN SERFONTEIN Montpellier 1 GUILHEM GUIRADO Montpellier 1 JOHAN GOOSEN Montpellier 1 CYLE BRINK Leicester Tigers 1 DAN KELLY Leicester Tigers 1 NEMANI NADOLO Leicester Tigers 1 BENOIT PAILLAUGUE Montpellier 1 GABRIEL NGANDEBE Montpellier 1 ARTHUR VINCENT Montpellier 1
Tackles JACQUES DU PLESSIS Montpellier 15 ENZO FORLETTA Montpellier 14 PAUL WILLEMSE Montpellier 11 MATIAS MORONI Leicester Tigers 11 ALEX LOZOWSKI Montpellier 11
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2020/21 Challenge Cup - Leading Scorers
Points
Rank Matches Points Penalties Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Benoit Paillaugue Montpellier 3 42 8 4 0 2 2 George Ford Leicester Tigers 4 40 7 8 1 0 3 John Cooney Ulster Rugby 3 33 2 11 0 1 4 Paolo Garbisi Benetton Rugby 2 31 8 1 0 1 4 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 2 31 6 5 1 0 6 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 30 6 6 0 0 6 Paddy Jackson London Irish 3 30 4 9 0 0 8 Zack Henry Leicester Tigers 3 22 3 4 0 1 8 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 4 22 4 5 0 0 10 Ben Spencer Bath Rugby 3 21 1 9 0 0
Tries
Rank Matches Tries 1 Pierre Bruno Zebre Rugby Club 3 4 2 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 5 3 2 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 3 2 Rob Herring Ulster Rugby 3 3 2 Sam Parry Ospreys 3 3 2 Will Stuart Bath Rugby 3 3 7 21 Players - - 2
Goal-kicking
Rank Matches Penalties Conversions Attempts* % 1 Paddy Jackson London Irish 3 4 9 15 87% 2 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 6 6 14 86% 3 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 2 6 5 13 85% 4 Ben Spencer Bath Rugby 3 1 9 12 83% 5 John Cooney Ulster Rugby 3 2 11 16 81% 6 George Ford Leicester Tigers 4 7 8 19 79% 7 Paolo Garbisi Benetton Rugby 2 8 1 12 75% 7 Benoit Paillaugue Montpellier 3 8 4 17 71% 9 Zack Henry Leicester Tigers 3 3 4 10 70% 10 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 4 4 5 13 69% *10+ attempts
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2020/21 Challenge Cup – Top Performers
Carries
Rank Matches Carries 1 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 5 69 2 Freddie Steward Leicester Tigers 5 53 3 Zach Mercer Bath Rugby 2 40 4 Albert Tuisue London Irish 4 38 5 Stuart McCloskey Ulster Rugby 3 36 6 Jacob Stockdale Ulster Rugby 3 34 6 Peter Lucock Newcastle Falcons 4 34 8 Sean Reidy Ulster Rugby 3 32 9 Anthony Bouthier Montpellier 4 31 9 Anthony Watson Bath Rugby 3 31
Metres
Rank Matches Metres 1 Freddie Steward Leicester Tigers 5 261 2 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 5 240 3 Jacob Stockdale Ulster Rugby 3 236 4 Anthony Watson Bath Rugby 3 232 5 Kini Murimurivalu Leicester Tigers 5 226 6 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 225 7 Anthony Bouthier Montpellier 4 222 8 Tom Parton London Irish 4 214 9 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 211 10 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 3 208
Breaks
Rank Matches Clean Breaks 1 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 8 2 Jacob Stockdale Ulster Rugby 3 6 2 Robert Baloucoune Ulster Rugby 3 6 4 Cooper Vuna Newcastle Falcons 3 5 4 Harry Potter Leicester Tigers 2 5 4 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 3 5 4 Kieran Williams Ospreys 3 5 4 Kini Murimurivalu Leicester Tigers 5 5 4 Ollie Sleightholme Northampton Saints 2 5 10 11 Players - - 4
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Defenders Beaten
Rank Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 5 22 2 Freddie Steward Leicester Tigers 5 15 3 George North Ospreys 3 13 4 Kini Murimurivalu Leicester Tigers 5 12 5 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 11 6 Jacob Stockdale Ulster Rugby 3 10 6 Michael Lowry Ulster Rugby 3 10 6 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 10 6 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 10 6 Renato Giammarioli Zebre Rugby Club 3 10
Offloads
Rank Matches Offloads 1 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 5 6 2 George Nott London Irish 3 5 2 Renato Giammarioli Zebre Rugby Club 3 5 2 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres Olympique 2 5 2 Thibault Debaes Pau 2 5 6 Ahsee Tuala Northampton Saints 2 4 6 George North Ospreys 3 4 6 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 3 4 6 Joe Cokanasiga Bath Rugby 3 4 10 Agustin Creevy London Irish 3 3 10 Fraser Dingwall Northampton Saints 2 3 10 Jessy Jegerlehner Agen 2 3 10 Matias Orlando Newcastle Falcons 2 3 10 Matt Scott Leicester Tigers 4 3 10 Michael Lowry Ulster Rugby 3 3 10 Micky Young Newcastle Falcons 2 3 10 Taqele Naiyaravoro Northampton Saints 2 3 10 Terrence Hepetema London Irish 2 3
Tackles
Rank Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 Enzo Forletta Montpellier 4 61 5 2 George Martin Leicester Tigers 3 54 4 3 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 5 53 6 4 Teimana Harrison Northampton Saints 2 52 1 5 Harry Wells Leicester Tigers 6 51 6 6 Joe Heyes Leicester Tigers 6 50 3 7 Cameron Henderson Leicester Tigers 4 48 4 8 Nick Timoney Ulster Rugby 3 47 7 9 Albert Tuisue London Irish 4 46 2 9 Blair Cowan London Irish 3 46 4
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Lineouts
Rank Matches Lineouts Won (inc. steals) Lineout Steals 1 Hanro Liebenberg Leicester Tigers 4 25 1 2 Rob Simmons London Irish 2 21 0 3 Harry Wells Leicester Tigers 6 17 0 4 Darren Barry Newcastle Falcons 2 16 0 5 Cory Hill Cardiff Blues 2 15 1 5 Florian Verhaeghe Montpellier 3 15 5 5 Justin Tipuric Ospreys 2 15 1 8 Guillaume Ducat Bayonne 1 14 2 9 Baptiste Heguy Bayonne 2 13 2 9 Justin Clegg Worcester Warriors 2 13 0
Turnovers
Rank Matches Turnovers Won 1 Matias Moroni Leicester Tigers 5 6 2 Alexandre Becognee Montpellier 3 5 2 Bismarck Du Plessis Montpellier 4 5 2 Matt Scott Leicester Tigers 4 5 2 Paul Willemse Montpellier 3 5 6 George North Ospreys 3 4 6 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 4 6 Tommy Reffell Leicester Tigers 4 4 9 Albert Tuisue London Irish 4 3 9 Aneurin Owen Dragons 1 3 9 Bastien Chalureau Montpellier 2 3 9 Cameron Redpath Bath Rugby 2 3 9 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 3 9 Jeremy Fernandez Castres Olympique 2 3 9 Kyle Cooper Newcastle Falcons 4 3
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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 Marco Manfredi 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 Richard Palframan 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 Eduardo Bello Zebre Rugby Club Bath Rugby 02/04/2021 John Porch Connacht Rugby 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 Adam Beard Ospreys Newcastle Falcons 03/04/2021 Jordi Murphy Ulster Rugby Harlequins 04/04/2021 Kyle Cooper Newcastle Falcons Leicester Tigers 10/04/2021 Paul Willemse Montpellier Benetton Rugby 10/04/2021 Yacouba Camara Montpellier Benetton Rugby 10/04/2021 Mark Wilson Newcastle Falcons Leicester Tigers 10/04/2021 Quarter-Finals Mark Tampin Newcastle Falcons Leicester Tigers 10/04/2021 Samuel Matavesi Northampton Saints Ulster Rugby 10/04/2021 David Ribbans Northampton Saints Ulster Rugby 10/04/2021 Nick Isiekwe Northampton Saints Ulster Rugby 10/04/2021 Tom Youngs Leicester Tigers Ulster Rugby 30/04/2021 Semi-finals Enzo Forletta Montpellier Bath Rugby 01/05/2021 Guilhem Guirado Montpellier Leicester Tigers 21/05/2021 Final Alexandre Becognee Montpellier Leicester Tigers 21/05/2021
Red Cards
Round Name Club Opposition Match Date Charlie Rorke Stade Français Paris Benetton Rugby 11/12/2020 1 Leonardo Sarto 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 Quarter-Finals Kyle Cooper Newcastle Falcons Leicester Tigers 10/04/2021