Montpellier 35 - 29 19/01/2020 GGL Stadium Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng) Att: 9,900

35 (21) FT (HT) 29 (21)

Levan Chilachava (3), Gabriel Ngandebe (23, 28), Yvan (34), (36), Tries Reilhac (52, 77) (40+1), Kyle Godwin (43) Handre Pollard (4, 24, 30, 52, 78) Conversions (35, 38, 40+2) Penalty Goals Jack Carty (57) Drop Goals

Carries Home Attack Away Carries Paul Willemse 14 Possession Colby Fainga'a 14 14 52% 48% Dominic Robertson-McCoy 12 Kelian Galletier 13 Territory 12 51% 49% Metres Made Carries Metres Made Johan Goosen 54 158 133 John Porch 64 Gabriel Ngandebe 51 Metres Made Tiernan O'Halloran 55 Kelian Galletier 44 463 353 Kyle Godwin 51 Kicks From Hand Lineouts Won 29 34 Lineouts Won Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg 9 Line Breaks Gavin Thornbury 6 2 11 6 Jarrad Butler 4 Axis Title Kelian Galletier 1 Defenders Beaten Joe Maksymiw 2 41 20 Tackles Offloads Tackles Fulgence Ouedraogo 18 18 3 Jarrad Butler 19 Kelian Galletier 15 Rucks/Mauls Won Dominic Robertson-McCoy 15 14 119 108 Gavin Thornbury 15 Rucks/Mauls Lost 3 2

Home Defence Away Tackles Made 167 169 Missed Tackles 20 41 Tackle Success 89% 80%

Home Penalties / Turnovers Away Total Penalties Conceded 11 6 Total Turnovers Conceded 13 13

Home Set Piece Away Lineouts Won Own Throw 11 15 Lineouts Lost Own Throw 0 1 Lineout Success 100% 94% Lineout Steals 0 0 Scrums Won 6 3 Scrums Lost 1 1 Scrums Success 86% 75% Montpellier 35 - 29 Connacht Rugby 19/01/2020 GGL Stadium 16:15 Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng) Assistant ref: Tom Foley (Eng) Assistant ref: Hamish Smales (Eng) TMO: David Grashoff (Eng), Citing Commissioner: John Byett (Eng)

Match Statistics Heineken Man of the Match - (Connacht Rugby) Match Statistics App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Name Name App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Johan Goosen 15 Tiernan O'Halloran 2 Gabriel Ngandebe 14 John Porch 1 Arthur Vincent 13 Kyle Godwin 1 Jan Serfontein 12 Bundee Aki 2 11 Matt Healy 1 5 Handre Pollard 10 Jack Carty 3 1 Benoit Paillaugue 9 Kieran Marmion 1 Ushangi Tcheishvili 1 Paddy McAllister 2 1 3 Dominic Robertson-McCoy 1 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg 4 Joe Maksymiw Paul Willemse 5 Gavin Thornbury Fulgence Ouedraogo 6 Eoghan Masterson Yacouba Camara 7 Colby Fainga'a Kelian Galletier (c) 8 Jarrad Butler (c)

Vincent Giudicelli 16 17 Mohammed Haouas 18 Conor Kenny Martin Devergie 19 Kahn Fotuali'i 20 Eoin McKeon 21 22 Conor Fitzgerald Konstantine Mikautadze 23 Montpellier 35 - 29 Connacht Rugby 19/01/2020 GGL Stadium Referee: Matthew Carley (Eng) Att: 9,900

Match Timeline

Match Time Home Score Away Match Time

Montpellier Connacht Rugby 3:45 Levan Chilachava - Try 5 - 0 4:34 Handre Pollard - Conversion 7 - 0 23:29 Gabriel Ngandebe - Try 12 - 0 24:19 Handre Pollard - Conversion 14 - 0 28:50 Gabriel Ngandebe - Try 19 - 0 30:01 Handre Pollard - Conversion 21 - 0 21 - 5 Matt Healy - Try 34:35 21 - 7 Jack Carty - Conversion 35:37 21 - 12 John Porch - Try 36:54 21 - 14 Jack Carty - Conversion 38:10 21 - 19 Kieran Marmion - Try 41:57 21 - 21 Jack Carty - Conversion 42:27 21 - 21 42:34 42:34 End of first half 21 - 21 21 - 26 Kyle Godwin - Try 43:28 On - Denis Buckley 48:52 Off - Paddy McAllister 48:52 51:04 On - Anthony Bouthier 51:04 Off - Arthur Vincent 51:05 On - Vincent Giudicelli 51:05 Off - Bismarck Du Plessis 51:06 Off - Ushangi Tcheishvili 51:06 On - Mikheil Nariashvili 51:07 Off - Levan Chilachava 51:07 On - Mohammed Haouas 52:01 Yvan Reilhac - Try 26 - 26 52:25 Handre Pollard - Conversion 28 - 26 On - Eoin McKeon 52:57 Off - Eoghan Masterson 52:57 Off - Kieran Marmion 54:26 On - Caolin Blade 54:26 28 - 29 Jack Carty - Penalty 57:13 57:49 On - Kahn Fotuali'i 57:49 Off - Benoit Paillaugue Off - Tiernan O'Halloran 57:54 On - Tom Daly 57:54 Off - Joe Maksymiw 58:49 On - Niall Murray 58:49 Off - Dominic Robertson-McCoy 63:49 On - Conor Kenny 63:49 68:41 On - Thomas Darmon 68:41 Off - Handre Pollard 68:42 Off - Paul Willemse 68:42 On - Konstantine Mikautadze On - Jonny Murphy 68:43 Off - Dave Heffernan 68:43 Off - Conor Kenny 70:02 On - Dominic Robertson-McCoy 70:02 On - Conor Fitzgerald 70:07 Off - Jack Carty 70:07 70:18 On - Martin Devergie 70:18 Off - Yacouba Camara 70:39 Off - Anthony Bouthier 70:39 On - Handre Pollard 77:31 Yvan Reilhac - Try 33 - 29 78:56 Handre Pollard - Conversion 35 - 29 79:34 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg - Yellow card 35 - 29 84:31 End of second half 35 - 29 35 - 29 84:31