Sale Sharks 14 - 17 Bordeaux-Bègles 15/12/2018 AJ Bell Stadium 15:00 Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ire) Assistant ref: Kieran Barry (Ire) Assistant ref: Chris Busby (Ire) Citing Commissioner: Eddie Walsh (Ire) Match Statistics Man of the Match - Baptiste Serin (Bordeaux-Bègles) Match Statistics App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Name Name App Try Con Pen Drop YC RC Chris Ashton 15 Romain Buros Denny Solomona 14 Nicolas Plazy Sam James 13 Simon Desaubies 1 1 Luke James 12 Lucas Lebraud Byron McGuigan 11 Geoffrey Cros 2 Robert du Preez 10 Lucas Meret Faf de Klerk 9 Baptiste Serin (c) 2 1 1 Tom Bristow 1 Thierry Paiva Curtis Langdon 2 Florian Dufour 2 1 Alexandru Tarus 3 Lasha Tabidze Josh Beaumont 4 Kane Douglas James Phillips 5 Luke Jones Jean-Luc du Preez 6 Luke Braid Ben Curry 7 Cameron Woki Josh Strauss (c) 8 Leroy Houston 1 Rob Webber 16 Adrien Pélissié Ross Harrison 17 Jefferson Poirot WillGriff John 18 Viliamu Afatia Bryn Evans 19 Jandré Marais Tom Curry 20 Beka Gorgadze Will Cliff 21 Yann Lesgourgues Connor Doherty 22 Blair Connor Arron Reed 23 Darly Domvo Sale Sharks 14 - 17 Bordeaux-Bègles 15/12/2018 AJ Bell Stadium Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ire) Att: 3,049 Match Timeline Match Time Home Score Away Match Time Sale Sharks Bordeaux-Bègles 12:10 Luke James - Try 5 - 0 12:50 Robert du Preez - Conversion 7 - 0 7 - 5 Florian Dufour - Try 33:02 7 - 7 Baptiste Serin - Conversion 34:34 40:33 Alexandru Tarus - Yellow card 7 - 7 40:51 End of first half 7 - 7 On - Jandré Marais 40:12 Off - Kane Douglas 40:12 40:13 On - WillGriff John 40:13 Off - Ben Curry 44:37 Tom Bristow - Red card 7 - 7 7 - 12 Florian Dufour - Try 45:48 On - Beka Gorgadze 46:02 Off - Jandré Marais 46:02 7 - 14 Baptiste Serin - Conversion 46:32 48:04 On - Ross Harrison 48:04 Off - Denny Solomona 49:00 Off - Alexandru Tarus 49:00 On - Ben Curry 7 - 17 Baptiste Serin - Penalty 50:34 50:39 On - Rob Webber 50:39 Off - Curtis Langdon 54:29 Off - Josh Strauss 54:29 On - Bryn Evans Off - Thierry Paiva 54:34 On - Jefferson Poirot 54:34 Off - Florian Dufour 54:35 On - Adrien Pélissié 54:35 56:47 Rob Webber - Try 12 - 17 58:11 Robert du Preez - Conversion 14 - 17 58:22 Off - Ben Curry 58:22 On - Tom Curry Off - Lasha Tabidze 62:10 On - Viliamu Afatia 62:10 Off - Baptiste Serin 62:11 On - Yann Lesgourgues 62:11 Off - Nicolas Plazy 73:06 On - Blair Connor 73:06 14 - 17 Simon Desaubies - Yellow card 80:22 81:19 End of second half 14 - 17.