With a try from Santiago Cordero, Connacht started scoring in the Challenge Cup
The leagues of Europe went into recess to give way to the start of the two cups of the old continent: the Champions and the Challenge Cup. I experienced the best of rugby in Disney+.
The latter began on Friday, with Argentine presencein what was the triumph of Gloucester by 15-10 about Edinburgh. In it english set were starters Matias Alemanno and Santiago Carreras. In the other meeting of the day, Montpellier he beat him 18-14 to Dragons.
The action continued on Saturday with four matches. The first was victory of Black Lions in a tight 22-19 facing Vannesfollowed by another close local victory, with a 17-16 exciting between Bayonne (Martin Villar, Rodrigo Bruni -a try- and Matthew Carreras in it initial XV) and Scarlets.
A little later, Lyon He continued with the trend and at home defeated Cardiff by 37-26while Connacht (Santiago Cordero holder) received Zebra (Bautista Stavile Bravin in the XV), being another win for the homeowners by 43-12.
Finally, on Sunday, Cheetahs and Perpignan tied 20-20, Paul he beat him 32-19 to Newcastle and Ospreys did the same for 30-14 about Lions.
OSPREYS 30-14 LIONS (Sunday)
Although Lions started the game better, even starting to win thanks to Franco Marais, the collective impressions in attack and defense condemned the team to missing key kicks and losing a player due to JC Pretorius’s warning. The homeowner took advantage of this, who little by little took over history, and with 10 stellar minutes between the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half, they pulled off a great game. In the winner, Jac Morgan, Keelan Giles, Kieran Hardy and Dan Edwards achieved a goal each, and on the visit, apart from Marais, Erich Cronjé also reached the opposite goal.
PAU 32-19 NEWCASTLE FALCONS (Sunday)
The home owner went from less to more and ended up achieving a great victory against a rival who, although he started with an advantage, found it impossible to withstand Pau’s clean and jerks and counteract his stance. Aaron Grandidier, Jimi Maximin, Youri Delhommel and Eliott Roudil scored tries for the home team, while Ollie Fletcher twice and Freddie Lockwood supported Newcastle.
CHEETAHS 20-20 PERPIGNAN (Sunday)
Both teams participated in a very frictional match that included round-trip sections in which it was much easier for them to score points. In any case, the parity never ceased, but not the pace of the game, which became increasingly dull as the minutes passed. Jeandré Rudolph, Louis van der Westhuizen and Daniel Maartens supported the home team, while Antoine Aucagne, Setareki Toganiyarava and Job Poulet did the same for the visit.
CONNACHT 43-12 ZEBRE PARMA (Saturday)
Although the Italians hit first, the Irish team quickly responded and progressively moved away on the scoreboard to end up scoring in their presentation. Santiago Cordero played for the hosts from the start, author of a try 70 minutes into the match, when everything was already defined. The other achievements of the winners were contributed by Chay Mullins (3), Dylan Tierney-Martin and Paul Boyle in duplicate; while for the visit, Bautista Stavile Bravin, the other Argentine who was there from the start, and Alessandro Fusco scored.
BLACK LIONS 22-19 VANNES (Saturday)
The Georgia team came out strong at the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium to take an important victory in their debut. It was a very tight and contested duel, with only one try for each side, where the difference was the better aim of Luka Matkava, author of five penalties and the conversion, which was key to the victory. The conquest for the hosts came from the hand of Akaki Tabutsadze; while Stephen Varney struck first for the French but it was not enough.
BAYONNE 17-16 SCARLETS (Saturday)
With three Argentines from the start, Rodrigo Bruni being the author of one of the conquests, the home team had to work and suffer to overcome the brave Welsh team. Despite leading for a long period of the game, the visitors took the lead with six minutes left, but Joris Segonds’ foot quickly resulted in the penalty that ended up giving the victory to the French, who also had the presence of Martín Villar and Mateo Carreras from the start. The account of conquests was opened by the aforementioned Bruni, followed by Camille Lopez. The only score for Dwayne Peel’s team was signed by Shaun Evans.
LYON 37-26 CARDIFF (Saturday)
The Matmut Stadium was the scene of a great game between Lyon and Cardiff that resulted in a 37-26 victory for the locals. Both halves were marked by parity, with a distribution of possession and dominance that kept the game open until the final stretch. The French supported Ethan Dumortier (x2), Yanis Charcosset, Alfred Parisien, Esteban Gonzalez accompanied by a penalty from the Frenchman, another from Martin Meliande, who also contributed three validations from Martin Meliande. Meanwhile, for the visit the achievements were from Haber Hamer-Webb, Ellis Bevan, Danny Southworth and Josh Adams, added to two conversions from Tinus de Beer and one from Callum Sheedy.
GLOUCESTER 15-10 EDINBURGH (Friday)
With Santiago Carreras and Matías Alemanno as starters for the local team, the home team was left with a closely contested match against the Scottish team. After equalizing in the first half, it was difficult for the visitors to hold on to their goal with the two warnings they suffered in the second half, but they were able to rescue a defensive bonus point by adding a penalty in the last play.
DRAGONS 14-18 MONTPELLIER (Friday)
A match in which everything happened in the first half, and there were no Argentines on the field, Montpellier knew how to take advantage of its good start to defeat Dragons as a visitor. The French started with everything and in just 20 minutes they won 18-0 thanks to the effectiveness of Barreau and the tries of Tambwe and Tauleigne, although the locals managed to wake up and scored. A victory from Basham, plus nine points from O’Brien left them within striking distance before the break. However, nothing happened in the complement and the result was immutable.
