2020/21 SEASON SEMI - FINALS PREVIEW ROUND PREVIEW Fixtures Semi-finals Date Time Home Away Venue 30/04/2021 20:00 Leicester Tigers Ulster Rugby Mattioli Woods Welford Road 01/05/2021 20:00 Bath Rugby Montpellier Recreation Ground 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 Leicester Tigers v Ulster Rugby Pascal Gauzere (Fra) Romain Poite (Fra) Alex Ruiz (Fra) Eric Gauzins (Fra) Jeff Mark (Wal) Bath Rugby v Montpellier Andrew Brace (Ire) Frank Murphy (Ire) Chris Busby (Ire) Brian Macniece (Ire) Eugene Ryan (Ire) 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 14.7 2.0 91% 73% 87% 83% Bath Rugby 30.5 4.5 87% 95% 89% 89% Bayonne 22.5 2.5 82% 82% 87% 80% Benetton Rugby 24.5 3.0 76% 85% 88% 61% Brive 16.5 1.0 89% 83% 86% 80% Cardiff Blues 28.7 3.7 93% 91% 83% 85% Castres Olympique 16.0 2.5 90% 88% 83% 50% Connacht Rugby 32.0 4.0 93% 100% 77% 71% Dragons 39.0 5.0 100% 89% 85% 86% Glasgow Warriors 21.0 0.0 79% 100% 86% 100% Harlequins 21.0 3.0 100% 33% 82% 100% Leicester Tigers 37.5 4.8 87% 100% 88% 76% London Irish 28.5 3.8 75% 96% 88% 81% Montpellier 28.5 2.5 80% 92% 89% 79% Newcastle Falcons 21.8 2.8 88% 88% 84% 76% Northampton Saints 35.0 5.0 78% 100% 91% 75% Ospreys 33.0 4.0 91% 92% 92% 89% Pau 20.5 2.5 79% 100% 87% 78% Stade Français Paris 10.0 1.5 90% 67% 88% 50% Ulster Rugby 45.0 6.5 87% 90% 89% 80% Worcester Warriors 23.5 3.0 96% 75% 88% 64% Zebre Rugby Club 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 Rugby 96.0 11 328.5 11 6.0 14 21.0 6 Bayonne 117.0 7 446.5 3 7.0 11 18.5 9 Benetton Rugby 74.5 20 280.8 17 8.0 7 10.3 18 Brive 90.5 12 183.0 20 3.0 20 10.0 19 Cardiff Blues 77.3 18 221.7 19 7.7 9 9.3 21 Castres Olympique 89.0 13 302.5 15 6.0 14 14.5 14 Connacht Rugby 143.0 2 575.0 1 8.0 7 34.0 1 Dragons 117.0 7 482.0 2 9.0 4 18.0 12 Glasgow Warriors 133.0 5 386.0 7 7.0 11 23.0 2 Harlequins 149.0 1 310.0 13 4.0 19 21.0 6 Leicester Tigers 82.5 16 384.8 9 8.5 5 18.3 10 London Irish 102.0 10 383.8 10 8.3 6 19.3 8 Montpellier 87.0 14 307.0 14 6.0 14 12.0 17 Newcastle Falcons 126.5 6 437.5 4 9.8 2 21.3 5 Northampton Saints 109.5 9 385.5 8 9.5 3 22.0 4 Ospreys 85.0 15 319.3 12 7.3 10 18.3 10 Pau 138.0 3 424.5 6 6.5 13 17.5 13 Stade Français Paris 45.0 22 151.5 22 2.0 21 9.5 20 Ulster Rugby 136.0 4 429.0 5 13.5 1 22.5 3 Worcester Warriors 79.0 17 269.0 18 4.5 18 14.5 14 Zebre Rugby Club 76.7 19 295.7 16 4.7 17 13.7 16 ROUND PREVIEW Defence Tackles Rank Tackling Success % Rank Turnovers Won Rank Agen 62.3 21 87% 11 2.7 18 Bath Rugby 114.0 11 89% 3 3.5 11 Bayonne 56.5 22 87% 11 3.0 13 Benetton Rugby 87.8 16 88% 6 2.8 17 Brive 94.5 13 86% 15 3.0 13 Cardiff Blues 79.7 18 83% 19 2.7 18 Castres Olympique 135.5 7 83% 19 5.0 7 Connacht Rugby 106.0 12 77% 22 2.0 21 Dragons 143.0 5 85% 17 4.0 8 Glasgow Warriors 77.0 19 86% 15 3.0 13 Harlequins 125.0 8 82% 21 3.0 13 Leicester Tigers 143.3 4 88% 6 6.5 3 London Irish 137.3 6 88% 6 5.8 5 Montpellier 124.5 9 89% 3 8.0 2 Newcastle Falcons 92.5 15 84% 18 5.5 6 Northampton Saints 171.5 1 91% 2 3.5 11 Ospreys 149.0 3 92% 1 8.7 1 Pau 86.0 17 87% 11 2.5 20 Stade Français Paris 69.5 20 88% 6 1.0 22 Ulster Rugby 162.0 2 89% 3 6.0 4 Worcester Warriors 124.5 9 88% 6 4.0 8 Zebre Rugby Club 94.3 14 87% 11 3.7 10 Discipline Penalties Conceded Rank Yellow Cards Rank Red Cards Rank Agen 11.3 14 0.0 1 0.3 17 Bath Rugby 11.0 11 0.5 6 0.0 1 Bayonne 10.5 9 0.5 6 0.0 1 Benetton Rugby 7.5 3 0.0 1 0.3 17 Brive 12.5 17 0.5 6 0.0 1 Cardiff Blues 6.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 Castres Olympique 14.0 19 1.0 13 0.0 1 Connacht Rugby 8.0 4 1.0 13 0.0 1 Dragons 11.0 11 1.0 13 0.0 1 Glasgow Warriors 14.0 19 1.0 13 1.0 22 Harlequins 13.0 18 0.0 1 0.0 1 Leicester Tigers 11.3 14 1.0 13 0.0 1 London Irish 10.3 8 0.3 5 0.3 17 Montpellier 16.0 22 2.0 21 0.0 1 Newcastle Falcons 12.0 16 1.3 19 0.3 17 Northampton Saints 11.0 11 3.0 22 0.0 1 Ospreys 10.7 10 0.7 11 0.0 1 Pau 9.5 6 1.0 13 0.0 1 Stade Français Paris 6.0 1 0.5 6 0.5 21 Ulster Rugby 9.0 5 0.5 6 0.0 1 Worcester Warriors 15.5 21 1.5 20 0.0 1 Zebre Rugby Club 9.7 7 0.7 11 0.0 1 ROUND PREVIEW 2020/21 Challenge Cup - Leading Scorers Points Rank Matches Points Penalties Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Paolo Garbisi Benetton Rugby 2 31 8 1 0 1 1 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 2 31 6 5 1 0 3 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 30 6 6 0 0 3 Paddy Jackson London Irish 3 30 4 9 0 0 5 John Cooney Ulster Rugby 2 26 1 9 0 1 6 Benoit Paillaugue Montpellier 1 23 3 2 0 2 7 Zack Henry Leicester Tigers 2 22 3 4 0 1 7 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 4 22 4 5 0 0 9 Pierre Bruno Zebre Rugby Club 3 20 0 0 0 4 10 Sam Davies Dragons 1 19 2 4 0 1 Tries Rank Matches Tries 1 Pierre Bruno Zebre Rugby Club 3 4 2 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 3 2 Rob Herring Ulster Rugby 2 3 2 Sam Parry Ospreys 3 3 2 Will Stuart Bath Rugby 2 3 6 18 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 John Cooney Ulster Rugby 2 1 9 13 77% 5 Paolo Garbisi Benetton Rugby 2 8 1 12 75% 6 Zack Henry Leicester Tigers 2 3 4 10 70% 7 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 4 4 5 13 69% 8 Jamie Shillcock Worcester Warriors 2 3 4 11 64% 9 Tommaso Allan Benetton Rugby 3 2 3 11 45% *10+ attempts ROUND PREVIEW 2020/21 Challenge Cup – Top Performers Carries Rank Matches Carries 1 Albert Tuisue London Irish 4 38 2 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 3 36 3 Peter Lucock Newcastle Falcons 4 34 4 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 30 4 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 3 30 4 Sebastian Negri Benetton Rugby 2 30 4 Tom Parton London Irish 4 30 8 Renato Giammarioli Zebre Rugby Club 3 28 9 Teimana Harrison Northampton Saints 2 27 10 Kieran Williams Ospreys 3 26 10 Kyle Cooper Newcastle Falcons 4 26 10 Mark Wilson Newcastle Falcons 4 26 10 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 26 10 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 26 10 Toa Halafihi Benetton Rugby 2 26 Metres Rank Matches Metres 1 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 225 2 Kini Murimurivalu Leicester Tigers 3 214 2 Tom Parton London Irish 4 214 4 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 211 5 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 3 208 6 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 207 7 Tom Penny Newcastle Falcons 2 180 8 Ben Loader London Irish 2 173 9 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 169 10 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 3 164 Breaks Rank Matches Breaks 1 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 8 2 Robert Baloucoune Ulster Rugby 2 6 3 Cooper Vuna Newcastle Falcons 3 5 3 Harry Potter Leicester Tigers 2 5 3 Jacob Stockdale Ulster Rugby 2 5 3 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 3 5 3 Kieran Williams Ospreys 3 5 3 Kini Murimurivalu Leicester Tigers 3 5 3 Ollie Sleightholme Northampton Saints 2 5 ROUND PREVIEW Defenders Beaten Rank Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Jasper Wiese Leicester Tigers 3 18 2 George North Ospreys 3 13 3 Kini Murimurivalu Leicester Tigers 3 11 3 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 11 5 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 10 5 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 3 10 5 Renato Giammarioli Zebre Rugby Club 3 10 8 Anthony Watson Bath Rugby 2 8 8 Ben Loader London Irish 2 8 8 Bill Meakes London Irish 2 8 8 Freddie Steward Leicester Tigers 3 8 8 Harry Potter Leicester Tigers 2 8 8 Joris Jurand Brive 2 8 8 Monty Ioane Benetton Rugby 3 8 8 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 8 8 Tyrone Green Harlequins 1 8 Offloads Rank Matches Offloads 1 George Nott London Irish 3 5 1 Renato Giammarioli Zebre Rugby Club 3 5 1 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres Olympique 2 5 1 Thibault Debaes Pau 2 5 5 Ahsee Tuala Northampton Saints 2 4 5 George North Ospreys 3 4 5 Jayden Hayward Benetton Rugby 3 4 Tackles Rank Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 Teimana Harrison Northampton Saints 2 52 1 2 Albert Tuisue London Irish 4 46 2 2 Blair Cowan London Irish 3 46 4 2 Cameron Henderson Leicester Tigers 3 46 4 5 Matt Rogerson London Irish 3 45 3 6 George Martin Leicester Tigers 2 40 3 7 Joe Heyes Leicester Tigers 4 39 3 7 Lovejoy Chawatama London Irish 4 39 2 9 Nick Timoney Ulster Rugby 2 38 5 10 Michele Lamaro Benetton Rugby 3 33 3 ROUND PREVIEW Lineouts Rank Matches Lineouts Won (inc.