2020/21 SEASON QUARTER - FINALS PREVIEW ROUND PREVIEW Fixtures Quarter-finals Date Time Home Away Venue 09/04/2021 20:00 Bath Rugby London Irish Recreation Ground 10/04/2021 12:30 Leicester Tigers Newcastle Falcons Mattioli Woods Welford Road 10/04/2021 20:00 Northampton Saints Ulster Rugby Franklin’s Gardens 10/04/2021 21:00 Montpellier Benetton Rugby GGL Stadium 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 Bath Rugby v London Irish Frank Murphy (Ire) Anthony Woodthorpe (Eng) Phil Watters (Eng) Ben Whitehouse (Wal) Dana Teagarden (Ger) Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons Romain Poite (Fra) Wayne Barnes (Eng) Craig Maxwell-Keys (Eng) Denis Grenouillet (Fra) Ciaran Scally (Ire) Northampton Saints v Ulster Rugby Alex Ruiz (Fra) Jack Makepeace (Eng) Jonathan Healy (Eng) Patrick Dellac (Fra) Sebastien Lorant-Raze (Fra) Montpellier v Benetton Rugby Karl Dickson (Eng) Maxime Chalon (Fra) Laurent Cardona (Fra) Trevor Fisher (Eng) Gary Gordon (Sco) 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 % Goal Kicking % Agen 14.7 2.0 91% 73% 87% 83% Bath 35.0 5.0 82% 100% 86% 100% Bayonne 22.5 2.5 82% 82% 87% 80% Benetton 24.3 3.7 73% 90% 86% 47% Brive 16.5 1.0 89% 83% 86% 80% Cardiff Blues 28.7 3.7 93% 91% 83% 85% Castres 16.0 2.5 90% 88% 83% 50% Connacht 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 38.3 4.7 86% 100% 88% 75% London Irish 33.7 4.7 73% 95% 89% 78% Montpellier 26.0 2.0 88% 100% 87% 75% Newcastle Falcons 24.0 3.0 86% 91% 83% 79% Northampton 43.0 6.0 76% 100% 89% 86% Ospreys 33.0 4.0 91% 92% 92% 89% Pau 20.5 2.5 79% 100% 87% 78% Stade Francais 10.0 1.5 90% 67% 88% 50% Ulster 57.0 8.0 87% 100% 91% 89% Worcester 23.5 3.0 96% 75% 88% 64% Zebre 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 82.0 14 332.0 12 4.0 18 14.0 15 Bayonne 117.0 7 446.5 6 7.0 11 18.5 8 Benetton 71.3 19 263.7 18 8.3 7 11.3 18 Brive 90.5 11 183.0 20 3.0 20 10.0 19 Cardiff Blues 77.3 17 221.7 19 7.7 9 9.3 21 Castres 89.0 12 302.5 15 6.0 15 14.5 13 Connacht 143.0 2 575.0 1 8.0 8 34.0 1 Dragons 117.0 7 482.0 2 9.0 5 18.0 10 Glasgow Warriors 133.0 5 386.0 9 7.0 11 23.0 4 Harlequins 149.0 1 310.0 14 4.0 18 21.0 7 Leicester 79.0 15 381.3 10 7.0 11 17.7 11 London Irish 103.3 10 420.3 8 9.3 4 21.3 6 Montpellier 71.0 20 352.0 11 9.0 5 13.0 17 Newcastle Falcons 134.0 4 481.0 3 11.0 2 23.0 4 Northampton 131.0 6 466.0 4 11.0 2 26.0 3 Ospreys 85.0 13 319.3 13 7.3 10 18.3 9 Pau 138.0 3 424.5 7 6.5 14 17.5 12 Stade Francais 45.0 22 151.5 22 2.0 21 9.5 20 Ulster 116.0 9 462.0 5 20.0 1 27.0 2 Worcester 79.0 15 269.0 17 4.5 17 14.5 13 Zebre 76.7 18 295.7 16 4.7 16 13.7 16 ROUND PREVIEW Defence Tackles Rank Tackling Success % Rank Turnovers Won Rank Agen 62.3 21 87% 8 2.7 17 Bath 102.0 12 86% 13 3.0 11 Bayonne 56.5 22 87% 8 3.0 11 Benetton 73.7 19 86% 13 2.7 17 Brive 94.5 13 86% 13 3.0 11 Cardiff Blues 79.7 17 83% 18 2.7 17 Castres 135.5 7 83% 18 5.0 6 Connacht 106.0 11 77% 22 2.0 21 Dragons 143.0 5 85% 17 4.0 8 Glasgow Warriors 77.0 18 86% 13 3.0 11 Harlequins 125.0 9 82% 21 3.0 11 Leicester 149.7 3 88% 5 7.3 2 London Irish 132.3 8 89% 3 5.3 5 Montpellier 155.0 2 87% 8 7.0 3 Newcastle Falcons 88.3 15 83% 18 5.0 6 Northampton 142.0 6 89% 3 3.0 11 Ospreys 149.0 4 92% 1 8.7 1 Pau 86.0 16 87% 8 2.5 20 Stade Francais 69.5 20 88% 5 1.0 22 Ulster 213.0 1 91% 2 6.0 4 Worcester 124.5 10 88% 5 4.0 8 Zebre 94.3 14 87% 8 3.7 10 Discipline Penalties Conceded Rank Yellow Cards Rank Red Cards Rank Agen 11.3 15 0.0 1 0.3 18 Bath 10.0 9 1.0 12 0.0 1 Bayonne 10.5 12 0.5 6 0.0 1 Benetton 6.0 1 0.0 1 0.3 18 Brive 12.5 16 0.5 6 0.0 1 Cardiff Blues 6.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 1 Castres 14.0 19 1.0 12 0.0 1 Connacht 8.0 4 1.0 12 0.0 1 Dragons 11.0 14 1.0 12 0.0 1 Glasgow Warriors 14.0 19 1.0 12 1.0 22 Harlequins 13.0 17 0.0 1 0.0 1 Leicester 13.0 17 1.3 19 0.0 1 London Irish 10.0 9 0.3 5 0.3 18 Montpellier 18.0 22 2.0 21 0.0 1 Newcastle Falcons 10.3 11 0.7 9 0.0 1 Northampton 8.0 4 3.0 22 0.0 1 Ospreys 10.7 13 0.7 9 0.0 1 Pau 9.5 7 1.0 12 0.0 1 Stade Francais 6.0 1 0.5 6 0.5 21 Ulster 8.0 4 1.0 12 0.0 1 Worcester 15.5 21 1.5 20 0.0 1 Zebre 9.7 8 0.7 9 0.0 1 ROUND PREVIEW 2020/21 Challenge Cup - Leading Scorers Points Rank Matches Points Penalties Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 2 31 6 5 1 0 2 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 30 6 6 0 0 3 Zack Henry Leicester 2 22 3 4 0 1 3 Paddy Jackson London Irish 2 22 2 8 0 0 5 Pierre Bruno Zebre 3 20 0 0 0 4 6 Sam Davies Dragons 1 19 2 4 0 1 7 Brett Connon Newcastle Falcons 3 17 3 4 0 0 7 Jamie Shillcock Worcester 2 17 3 4 0 0 9 Alex Lozowski Montpellier 1 16 4 2 0 0 10 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 15 0 0 0 3 10 Sam Parry Ospreys 3 15 0 0 0 3 10 Antonio Rizzi Zebre 2 15 2 2 0 1 10 Adam Hastings Glasgow Warriors 1 15 5 0 0 0 Tries Rank Matches Tries 1 Pierre Bruno Zebre 3 4 2 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 3 2 Sam Parry Ospreys 3 3 4 Albert Tuisue London Irish 3 2 4 Antoine Bouzerand Castres 1 2 4 Ashton Hewitt Dragons 1 2 4 Charlie Clare Leicester 3 2 4 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 2 4 Dewaldt Duvenage Benetton 2 2 4 James Stokes London Irish 2 2 4 Phil Cokanasiga London Irish 2 2 4 Rob Herring Ulster 1 2 4 Sam Stuart Newcastle Falcons 2 2 4 Sean Reidy Ulster 1 2 4 Taqele Naiyaravoro Northampton 1 2 Goalkicking % Rank Matches Penalties Conversions Attempts % 1 Adam Hastings Glasgow Warriors 1 5 0 5 100% 1 Ben Spencer Bath 1 0 5 5 100% 3 Stephen Myler Ospreys 2 6 6 14 86% 3 James Grayson Northampton 1 1 5 7 86% 3 John Cooney Ulster 1 1 5 7 86% 3 Sam Davies Dragons 1 2 4 7 86% 7 Jarrod Evans Cardiff Blues 2 6 5 13 85% 8 Paddy Jackson London Irish 2 2 8 12 83% 9 Enzo Herve Brive 1 4 5 80% 9 Manuel Ordas Bayonne 1 2 2 5 80% 9 Tedo Abzhandadze Brive 1 3 1 5 80% * 5+ attempts ROUND PREVIEW 2020/21 Challenge Cup – Top Performers Carries Rank Matches Carries 1 Albert Tuisue London Irish 3 31 2 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 30 3 Renato Giammarioli Zebre 3 28 4 Jasper Wiese Leicester 2 27 5 Kieran Williams Ospreys 3 26 5 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 26 7 Kyle Cooper Newcastle Falcons 3 25 7 Peter Lucock Newcastle Falcons 3 25 9 Lekima Tagitagivalu Pau 2 24 10 Clement Clavieres Castres 2 23 10 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 23 Metres Rank Matches Metres 1 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 225 2 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 207 3 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 169 4 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 164 5 Jordan Williams Dragons 1 162 6 Tom Parton London Irish 3 152 7 Renato Giammarioli Zebre 3 150 8 Clement Clavieres Castres 2 142 8 Jasper Wiese Leicester 2 142 10 Monty Ioane Benetton 2 141 Breaks Rank Matches Breaks 1 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 6 2 Cooper Vuna Newcastle Falcons 2 5 2 Kieran Williams Ospreys 3 5 4 Dan Evans Ospreys 3 4 4 James Stokes London Irish 2 4 4 Jayden Hayward Benetton 2 4 4 Pierre Bruno Zebre 3 4 4 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 4 4 Robert Baloucoune Ulster 1 4 4 Zach Kerr Newcastle Falcons 1 4 ROUND PREVIEW Defenders Beaten Rank Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Jasper Wiese Leicester 2 14 2 George North Ospreys 3 13 3 Tom Arscott Newcastle Falcons 2 11 4 Morgan Morris Ospreys 3 10 4 Renato Giammarioli Zebre 3 10 6 Ollie Hassell-Collins London Irish 2 9 7 Bill Meakes London Irish 2 8 7 Joris Jurand Brive 2 8 7 Monty Ioane Benetton 2 8 7 Remy Baget Bayonne 2 8 7 Tyrone Green Harlequins 1 8 Offloads Rank Matches Offloads 1 George Nott London Irish 2 5 1 Renato Giammarioli Zebre 3 5 1 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres 2 5 1 Thibault Debaes Pau 2 5 5 George North Ospreys 3 4 5 Jayden Hayward Benetton 2 4 7 Agustin Creevy London Irish 2 3 7 Fraser Dingwall Northampton 1 3 7 Jessy Jegerlehner Agen 2 3 7 Taqele Naiyaravoro Northampton 1 3 Tackles Rank Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 Joe Heyes Leicester 3 35 3 2 Blair Cowan London Irish 2 33 2 3 Cameron Henderson Leicester 2 31 4 3 Maxime Mbanda Zebre 3 31 1 5 Albert Tuisue London Irish 3 30 2 5 Matt Rogerson London Irish 2 30 2 7 Stéphane Onambele Mbarga Castres 2 29 2 8 Dorian Clerc Castres 2 28 1 8 Justin Clegg Worcester 2 28 1 8 Lovejoy Chawatama London Irish 3 28 1 ROUND PREVIEW Lineouts Rank Matches Lineouts Won (inc.