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2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage | |||
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Season | 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup | ||
Date | 13 October 2018 – 18 January 2019 | ||
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The 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup pool stage is the first stage of the competition in the fifth season of the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The competition involves twenty teams competing across five pools of four teams for eight quarter-final places – awarded to the five pool winners and the three top-ranked pool runners-up. The pool stage begins on 13 October 2018 and is due to be completed on 18 January 2019.
Seeding
The 20 competing teams were seeded and split into four tiers; seeding was based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team was seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower competition.[1] [2]
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Teams will be taken from a league in order of rank and put into a tier. A draw will be used to allocate two second seeds to Tier 1; the remaining team goes into Tier 2. This allocation indirectly determines which fourth-seeded team entered Tier 2, while the others enter Tier 3.
Given the nature of the Continental Shield – a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro14 – the two qualifiers from that competition were automatically included in Tier 4 and are seeded equally, despite officially being ranked 1 and 2 from that competition.
The brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, 1 Top 14 indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).
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Pool stage
The draw will take place on 20 June 2018 in the Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Teams in the same pool will play each other twice, both at home and away in the group stage, that will begin in October 2018, and continue through to January 2019, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter-finals.
Teams will be awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive four points for a win, two points for a draw, one attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.[3]
In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:
- Where teams have played each other
- The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
- If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
- If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
- Where teams remain tied and/or have not played each other in the competition (i.e. are from different pools)
- The club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
- If equal, the club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
- If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
- If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.
Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals. | |
Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals. |
Pool 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 304 | 117 | +187 | 44 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 30 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 282 | 127 | +155 | 51 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 179 | 201 | −22 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 49 | 369 | −320 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 October 2018 12:30 |
Timișoara Saracens ![]() | 17–54 | ![]() |
Try: Popa 22' c Simionescu 57' c Con: Samoa (2/2) 24', 58' Pen: Samoa (1/2) 2' | Report[4] | Try: Dee (2) 9' c, 38' m Brown 32' c Howells 39' c Griffiths (2) 50' c, 71' c Penalty try 68' R. Davies 79' c Con: Lewis (6/7) 10', 33', 40', 51', 72', 80' |
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR) |
13 October 2018 15:00 |
Northampton Saints ![]() | 20–41 | ![]() |
Try: Collins 77' c Ribbans 80' c Con: Grayson (2/2) 77', 80' Pen: Biggar (2/2) 13', 25' | Report[5] | Try: Betham (2) 21' m, 37' m Yato (2) 34' c, 63' c Slimani 51' c Iturria 60' c Con: Laidlaw (4/6) 35', 52', 60', 64' Pen: Laidlaw (1/1) 14' |
Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 11,712 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) |
19 October 2018 19:45 |
Dragons ![]() | 21–35 | ![]() |
Try: Dee 44' c Sage 63' c Penalty try 80'+1 Con: Lewis (2/2) 44', 63' | Report[6] | Try: Ribbans 4' c Mitchell 13' c Franks 48' c Reinach 69' c Con: Biggar (2/2) 4', 15' Grayson (2/2) 49', 70' |
Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR) |
20 October 2018 15:00 |
(1 BP) Clermont ![]() | 70–12 | ![]() |
Try: Yato (2) 6' c, 61' c Betham 17' c Naqalevu (3) 23' c, 38' c, 78' c Tuicuvu (3) 65' c, 67' c, 73' c Iturria 80' c Con: Fernandez (10/10) 7', 18', 24', 39', 61', 66', 68', 74', 79', 80' | Report[7] | Try: Doge 35' c Samoa 57' m Con: Samoa (1/2) 36' |
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 16,110 Referee: Ben Blain (SRU) |
8 December 2018 12:30 |
Timișoara Saracens ![]() | 14–47 | ![]() |
Try: Zaharia 15' c Muresan 67' c Con: Conache (1/1) 17' Rupanu (1/1) 68' | Report[8] | Try: Beheregaray 5' m Raka (2) 12' c, 80' c Uhila 39' c Cancoriet 50' c Moala 56' c Jedrasiak 75' c Con: Nanai-Williams (6/7) 13', 40', 52', 57', 76', 80' |
Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Craig Evans (WRU) |
8 December 2018 15:00 |
(1 BP) Northampton Saints ![]() | 48–14 | ![]() |
Try: Burrell (2) 1' m, 45' c Ratuniyarawa 10' c Fish 39' c Naiyaravoro (2) 50' m, 56' m Mitchell 52' m Sleightholme 79' c Con: Biggar (4/8) 11', 40', 45', 80' | Report[9] | Try: Warren 41' c Cudd 77' c Con: Lewis (2/2) 42', 78' |
Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 10,637 Referee: Thomas Charabas (FFR) |
- Cancelled due to unplayable pitch caused by extreme weather (snow), with no suitable alternative venue available. Game would later be awarded an automatic bonus point win to Northampton Saints.[10]
15 December 2018 13:00 |
(1 BP) Clermont ![]() | 49–24 | ![]() |
Try: Cancoriet (2) 4' c, 32' c Naqalevu (2) 18' c, 68' c Betham 26' c Lee 45' c Cassang 76' c Con: Laidlaw (7/7) 5', 19', 27', 33', 46', 69', 77' | Report[11] | Try: Dee 24' c Wainwright 38' c R. Williams 65' c Con: Lewis (3/3) 24', 39', 67' Pen: Lewis (1/1) 13' |
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Tom Foley (IRFU) |
11 January 2019 19:30 |
(1 BP) Dragons ![]() | 59–3 | ![]() |
Try: Amos (2) 11' m, 27' m Talbot-Davies (2) 39' c, 59' c R. Davies (2) 41' c, 69' c Screech 56' c J. Williams 66' c c Fry 68' c Con: Tovey (7/9) 40', 41', 57', 60', 67', 68', 70' | Report[12] | Pen: Samoa (1/3) 2' |
Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (FFR) |
12 January 2019 20:00 |
(1 BP) Clermont ![]() | 48–40 | ![]() |
Try: Timani 1' c Yato 9' c Betham (2) 28' m, 58' c Fofana (2) 32' m, 47' m Grosso 77' c Con: Parra (4/6) 3', 10', 47', 59' Laidlaw (1/1) 78' Pen: Parra (1) 25' | Report[13] | Try: Dingwall 4' m Mitchell 7' c Harrison (3) 44' c, 49' c, 67' c Reinach 56' c Con: Biggar (1/2) 7' Grayson (4/4) 45', 50', 57', 68' |
Stade Marcel-Michelin Attendance: 15,629 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU) |
18 January 2019 19:45 |
Dragons ![]() | 7–49 | ![]() |
Try: J. Williams 77' c Con: Lewis (1/1) 78' | Report[14] | Try: Fernandez 9' c Fischer 13' c Jedrasiak (2) 16' c, 74' c Grosso (2) 22', 30' Betham 57' c Con: Fernandez (7/7) 9', 14', 17', 23', 30', 58', 75' |
Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Ian Tempest (RFU) |
18 January 2019 19:45 |
(1 BP) Northampton Saints ![]() | 111–3 | ![]() |
Try: Marshall (2) 3' c, 16' c Hutchinson 19' c Mitchell (3) 23' c, 29' m, 54' m Sleightholme (4) 32' c, 46' c, 56' c, 71' c Kellaway 39' m Eadie (2) 48' c, 66' c Coles 59' c Ludlam 61' c Tuitavake 64' m Con: Grayson (11/14) 3', 17', 20', 25', 33', 46', 49', 57', 60', 62', 66' Hutchinson (2/2) 71', 80'+1 | Report[15] | Pen: Samoa (1/1) 12' |
Franklin's Gardens Attendance: 11,739 Referee: Joy Neville (IRFU) |
Pool 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 125 | +25 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 141 | 105 | +36 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
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6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 89 | 127 | −38 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 140 | 163 | −23 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
13 October 2018 15:00 |
(1 BP) Ospreys ![]() | 27–0 | ![]() |
Try: Hook 6' c North 46' c L. Morgan 56' m H. Morgan 80' m Con: S. Davies (1/1) 7' Hook (1/3) 47' Pen: Hook (1/1) 36' | Report[16] |
Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,072 Referee: Tom Foley (IRFU) |
13 October 2018 20:00 |
Stade Français ![]() | 27–38 | ![]() |
Try: Hamdaoui 14' c Panis 63' c Van Zyl 73' c Con: Plisson (1/1) 15' Steyn (2/2) 63', 73' Pen: Plisson (2/3) 1', 37' | Report[17] | Try: Cox 8' c Howe (2) 25' c, 40' c Hill 51' c Shillcock 70' c Con: Lance (5/5) 9', 26', 40'+1, 52', 71' Pen: Lance (1/3) 23' |
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,880 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU) |
20 October 2018 13:00 |
Pau ![]() | 21–15 | ![]() |
Try: Blanc 30' m Penalty try 35' Pen: Hastoy (3/3) 12', 45', 62' | Report[18] | Try: Yobo 57' m Van Zyl 68' c Con: Steyn (1/2) 69' Pen: Plisson (1/2) 3' |
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 9,730 Referee: Hamish Smales (RFU) |
20 October 2018 15:00 |
Worcester Warriors ![]() | 27–21 | ![]() |
Try: Shillcock 11' c Olivier 16' c Singleton 36' c Con: Shillcock (3/3) 12', 17', 37' Pen: Shillcock (2/2) 64', 69' | Report[19] | Try: Allen 43' c, 73' c McCusker 57' c Con: Hook (1/1) 44' Evans (2/2) 58', 75' |
Sixways Stadium Attendance: 6,823 Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR) |
7 December 2018 19:00 |
Pau ![]() | 21–6 | ![]() |
Try: Slade (2) 1' c, 41' c Blanc 77' c Con: Slade (2/2) 2', 41' Hastoy (1/1) 77' Pen: Slade (0/1) | Report[20] | Pen: Shillcock (2/3) 9', 27' |
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 6,149 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU) |
8 December 2018 15:00 |
(1 BP) Ospreys ![]() | 51–20 | ![]() |
Try: Allen (2) 12' c, 30' c R. Jones 44' c Penalty Try Morgan 74' c Watkin 80' c Con: S. Davies (3/3) 13', 31', 45' Hook (2/2) 75', 80'+5 Pen: S. Davies (3/3) 8', 21', 40'+3 | Report[21] | Try: Yobo 25' c Arias 70' c Con: Steyn (2/2) 26', 71' Pen: Steyn (2/2) 6', 19' |
Liberty Stadium Attendance: 5,893 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (RFU) |
14 December 2018 19:45 |
Stade Français ![]() | 12–3 | ![]() |
Pen: Sánchez (4/4) 6', 21', 41', 60' | Report[22] | Pen: Hook (1/1) 52' C. Evans (0/1) |
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 6,540 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU) |
15 December 2018 15:00 |
Worcester Warriors ![]() | 23–7 | ![]() |
Try: Adams 9' c Fa'osiliva 14' c Con: Weir (2/2) 11', 16' Pen: Weir (3/3) 25', 40'+1, 44' | Report[23] | Try: Mowen 7' c Con: Slade (1/1) 8' |
Sixways Stadium Attendance: 6,773 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU) |
11 January 2019 19:45 |
(1 BP) Stade Français ![]() | 35–14 | ![]() |
Try: Fickou 9' c Ensor 47' c Arias 57' c Arrate 69' c Steyn 79' c Con: Plisson (3/3) 10', 48', 71' Steyn (2/2) 58', 80' | Report[24] | Try: Penalty Try 40'+3 Slade 61' c Con: Hastoy (1/1) 61' |
Stade Jean-Bouin Attendance: 4,250 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU) |
12 January 2019 15:00 |
(1 BP) Ospreys ![]() | 18–20 | ![]() |
Try: Giles 17' m Cracknell 33' c Con: Price (1/2) 34' Pen: Price (1/1) 24' S. Davies (1/1) 74' | Report[25] | Try: Arr 10' c Lawrence 47' m Hammond 56' m Con: Van Breda (1/3) 11' Drop: Mills (1/1) 79' |
Liberty Stadium Attendance: 6,184 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR) |
January 2019 |
(1 BP) Pau ![]() | 26–21 | ![]() |
Try: Pinto 28' c Ramsay 59' c Nueno 64' c Bouchet 74' m Con: Hastoy (3/4) 29', 60', 65' | Report[26] | Try: Thomas-Wheeler 41' c Kôtze (2) 46' c, 61' c Con: S. Davies (3/3) 42', 47', 62' |
Stade du Hameau Attendance: 4,524 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU) |
January 2019 |
(1 BP) Worcester Warriors ![]() | 36–31 | ![]() |
Try: Howe (2) 3' c, 77' m Kerrod 28' c Lewis 59' m Lawrence 73' c Hammond 80'+3 m Con: Pennell (3/6) 3', 29', 74' | Report[27] | Try: Chapuis 6' c Sempéré 19' c Coville 23' c Danty 37' c Con: Plisson (4/4) 7', 20', 24', 38' Pen: Plisson (0/1) Sánchez (1/1) 75' |
Sixways Stadium Attendance: 6,978 Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU) |
Pool 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts |
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 196 | 108 | +88 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 22 |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 120 | +26 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 137 | 171 | −34 | 17 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 117 | 197 | −80 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
12 October 2018 17:45 |
Perpignan ![]() | 24–41 | ![]() |
Try: Lucas 16' c Lemala 80'+3 m Con: Bousquet (1/1) 17' Pen: Bousquet (4/4) 30', 37', 40', 45' | Report[28] | Try: McGuigan (3) 6' c, 68' c, 76' c Webber 19' m Rensburg 37' c James 57' m Con: De Klerk (3/5) 8', 39', 69' Cliff (1/1) 77' Pen: De Klerk (1/2) 62' |
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 8,038 Referee: Joy Neville (IRFU) |
13 October 2018 15:00 |
Connacht ![]() | 22–10 | ![]() |
Try: Godwin (2) 13' c, 45' c Bealham 66' m Con: Carty (2/3) 14', 46' Pen: Carty (1/1) 23' | Report[29] | Try: Amosa 52' c Con: Meret (1/1) 53' Pen: Meret (1/1) 40' |
Galway Sportsgrounds Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU) |
20 October 2018 15:00 |
(1 BP) Sale Sharks ![]() | 34–14 | ![]() |
Try: Ashton (3) 36' c, 56' c, 63' c Beaumont 53' c Con: De Klerk (4/4) 38', 54', 57', 65' Pen: De Klerk (2/2) 19', 27' | Report[30] | Try: Delahunt 30' c Con: C. Fitzgerald (1/1) 32' Pen: C. Fitzgerald (2/2) 1', 16' |
AJ Bell Stadium Attendance: 4,249 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU) |
20 October 2018 18:00 |
Bordeaux Bègles ![]() | 25–25 | ![]() |
Try: Poirot 22' c Pélissié 55' c Gimbert 73' m Con: Serin (1/1) 23' Meret (1/2) 56' Pen: Serin (1/1) 12' Meret (1/1) 60' | Report[31] | Try: Shahn (2) 8' m, 37' m Pen: Jackson (3/3) 32', 48', 55' Seguy (2/2) 64', 71' |
Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 17,129 Referee: Tom Foley (IRFU) |
8 December 2018 15:00 |
Connacht ![]() | 22–10 | ![]() |
Try: Leader 9' c Aki 19' c Godwin 77' m Con: Horwitz (2/2) 10', 20' C. Fitzgerald (0/1) Pen: Horwitz (1/2) 44' | Report[32] | Try: Leiataua 65' c Con: Bousquet (1/1) 66' Pen: Bousquet (1/1) 47' |
Galway Sportsground Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU) |
8 December 2018 18:00 |
Bordeaux Bègles ![]() | 24–50 | ![]() |
Try: Donvo 5' c Amosa 70' c Dominici 80' c Con: Meret (3/3) 6', 71', 80'+2 Pen: Meret (1/1) 14' | Report[33] | Try: Odogwu (2) 9' m, 76' m Ashton (2) 28' c, 34' m Cliff 47' c Curry 38' c Solomona 64' c Con: Cliff (4/7) 30', 40', 48', 65' |
Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 12,600 Referee: Ian Davies (WRU) |
14 December 2018 19:00 |
Perpignan ![]() | 21–36 | ![]() |
Try: Farnoux 7' m Leiataua 41' m Fainga'anuku 46' m Con: Jackson (0/3) Pen: Jackson (1/1) 12' Ecochard (1/1) 59' | Report[34] | Try: O'Brien (2) 19' c, 34' m Heffernan 25' c Healy 67' c Kelleher 68' c Con: C. Fitzgerald (2/3) 20', 25' Carty (2/2) 68', 70' Pen: C. Fitzgerald (1/2) 40' |
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 5,166 Referee: Ian Tempest (RFU) |
15 December 2018 15:00 |
(1 BP) Sale Sharks ![]() | 14–17 | ![]() |
Try: James 12' c Webber 57' c Con: Du Preez (2/2) 12', 58' | Report[35] | Try: Dufour (2) 33', 45' Con: Serin (2/2) 34', 46' Pen: Serin (1/1) 50' |
AJ Bell Stadium Attendance: 3,049 Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU) |
11 January 2019 19:00 |
(1 BP) Perpignan ![]() | 27–34 | ![]() |
Try: Ecochard 14' c Duguivalu 45' Deligny 75' c Con: Jackson (3/3) 15', 45', 76' Pen: Jackson (2/2) 31', 61' | Report[36] | Try: Lesgourgues 9' c Woki 26' c Tilsley 40' c Plazy 42' m Amosa 66' m Con: Meret (2/4) 10', 40'+1 Domvo (1/1) 27' |
Stade Aimé Giral Attendance: 3,666 Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU) |
12 January 2019 15:00 |
Connacht ![]() | 20–18 | ![]() |
Try: Godwin 19' c Mitchell 21' c Con: Carty (2/2) 20', 22' Pen: Carty (1/1) 12' Horwitz (1/1) 71' | Report[37] | Try: Ashton 39' c De Klerk 49' m Con: De Klerk (1/2) 40' Pen: De Klerk (2/2) 61', 64' |
Galway Sportsground Attendance: 6,229 Referee: Pierre Brousset (FFR) |
19 January 2019 15:00 |
(1 BP) Bordeaux Bègles ![]() | 27–33 | ![]() |
Try: Amosa 23' c Poirot 38' c Serin 48' c Con: Meret (3/3) 24', 40', 49' Pen: Meret (2/2) 15', 26' | Report[38] | Try: Healy (2) 9' m, 70' c Roux 18' c O'Halloran 34' c Carty 77' c Con: Horwitz (2/3) 19', 35' Carty (2/2) 71', 78' |
Stade Chaban-Delmas Attendance: 11,899 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR) |
19 January 2019 15:00 |
(1 BP) Sale Sharks ![]() | 39–10 | ![]() |
Try: Ashton 8' c Reed 15' m Beaumont 47' c Wilkinson 58' c Bristow 69' Con: De Clerk (3/4) 9', 48', 59' Cliff (1/1) 70' Pen: De Clerk (1/1) 37' Cliff (1/1) 66' | Report[39] | Try: Pujol (2) 3' m, 78' m Con: Bousquet (0/1) Selponi (0/1) Pen: Bousquet (0/1) |
AJ Bell Stadium Attendance: 4,359 Referee: Craig Evans (WRU) |