With Santiago Cordero, Connacht beat Lyon in the Challenge Cup and qualified for the second round of the competition

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The activity began with Santiago Carreras and Mayco Vivas as starters in the rout of Gloucester in their stadium before Scarlets by 31-7, where the Cordoban changed his role to be the opener of the Cherry & Whitesshowing a good level throughout the 80 minutes.
The action continued with the victory of Perpignan of Jerónimo de la Fuente in view of Cardiff by 23-20ensuring their place in the round of 16, and Vannes, with the Chilean Iñaki Ayarza between the relays, he could not beat Edinburgh by 29-25. A little later, black lion fell for 41-16 in view of Bayonne.
Meanwhile, Ospreys thrashed 35-15 to Newcastlesealing its classification to the second instance, and Montpellier thrashed 28-5 Lions to also achieve their ticket to the playoffs. In the last meeting of the day, the Connacht of Santiago Cordero beat 52-24 Lyon of Thomas Lavanini and secured his place among the best 16.
The date ended on Sunday, when Cheetahs received Zebrawith Thomas Dominguez as owner and Juan Pitinari among the substitutes. The Italians held on as best they could but in the last game of the match the home owners took the victory by 22-18. Finally Dragonswith Rodrigo Martinez among the headlines, couldn’t in view of Paul (15–24), which also sealed their qualification for the round of 16.
DRAGONS 15-24 PAU (Sunday)
The French team took an important victory on their visit to Wales, where they had to work hard to overcome Dragons, who had Rodrigo Martinez in their XV. After a very tangled first half, the French were better at the beginning of the complement and then demonstrated their defensive power, which was the highlight of their game. The winning team’s tries came from Clément Mondinat and Dan Jooste; while for the home owners Aaron Wainwright scored at the end of the first half and Rio Dyer scored a goal close to the end of the second half. The difference was made by Axel Desperes, author of four penalties and a conversion so that his team placed second in Group 2, signing its classification to the second round of the competition.
CHEETAHS 22-18 ZEBRE PARMA (Sunday)
The South African team achieved its first victory in the competition, in a duel that was not suitable for the faint of heart. The home team struck quickly with Michael Annies’ goal, but the Italians responded with Simone Gesi’s try. At the end of the first half, Jeandre Rudolph gave partial victory to the hosts, who went into halftime with a 17-11 lead. But Tommaso di Bartolomeo quickly turned the score around. The visitor endured the continuous attacks of the South Africans for more than 30 minutes, but in the last play of the duel Cohen Jasper became a hero so that his team maintained the hope of qualifying for the playoffs.
CONNACHT 52-24 LYON (Saturday)
In a match of high offensive tension, Connacht categorically won thanks to the great actions of their backs, especially their driver Ben Murphy, who scored three tries. At home, Santiago Cordero started, while Tomás Lavanini was there from the start in Lyon. Bealham, Hurley-Langton, Jansen, Tierney-Martin, Aungier, Josh Murphy and Ben Murphy scored in triplicate for the Irish team, while Matavesi, Regard and Marchand did so for the French team.
MONTPELLIER 28-5 LIONS (Saturday)
With a solid performance, Montpellier easily defeated Lions 28-5 on Matchday 3 of the Challenge Cup. The French team, which had gone into the break 7-0 thanks to Marco Tauleigne’s try and Vincent’s effectiveness, pressed the accelerator in the complement and with a double from Alexis Bernadet and another conquest from Sam Simmonds they rounded off a great performance to remain at the top of the group with an ideal score.
OSPREYS 35-15 NEWCASTLE (Saturday)
The Welsh team became very strong at home and achieved a wonderful victory against the English. The Falcons started winning six minutes into the first half but then until the 78th minute they were unable to return to the rival goal. There, Ospreys took advantage of every opportunity they had to take points under their belt. The tries for the locals were supported by Jack Walsh, on two occasions, Sam Parry, Daniel Kasende and Kieran Hardy. For their part, Louis Brown and Max Pepper scored for Newcastle.
BLACK LION 16-41 BAYONNE (Saturday)
With a great second half, Bayonne – with Martín Villar and Rodrigo Bruni as starters and Lucas Paulos coming off the bench – scored a goal on their visit to Black Lion. The trymans of the French team were Heguy, Martín, Martocq, Tiberghien and Hannoun in duplicate. While Ivanishvili supported for the Georgians.
VANNES 25-29 EDINBURGH (Saturday)
Edinburgh He snatched the victory from Vannes in the second half and won the celebration in the Stade de la Rabine. With the conquests of Wes Goosen, Ali Price (2) and Duhan van der Merwethe Scottish team ensured victory against the French who scored with Joe Edwards, Robin Taccola and Tani Vili.
PERPIGNAN 23-20 CARDIFF (Saturday)
Just enough, but he came to victory. He had nothing left over and the result is an example of how even the duel was. The winning team had Jerónimo de la Fuente as starter and captain of the Catalans. Everything was friction and friction, and both teams had problems closing the game in the last few meters. Tommaso Allan, Tavite Veredamu and Lucas Velarte The local tries scored and the first one also excelled with 1 conversion and 2 penalties. For the Welsh, they reached the ingoal King Lee-Lo and Johan Mulder, and Tinus de Beer He made 2 conversions and 2 penalties.
GLOUCESTER 31-7 SCARLETS (Friday)
With an excellent performance by Santiago Carreraswho played the entire match as an opener, the Cherry & Whites clearly surpassed Scarlets to provisionally remain at the top of Pool 3. Although the final score was large, the highlight of the home team was their quick transitions, moving easily from defense to attack to hit the visitors when they least expected it. The conquests of the hosts came from the hand of Caolan Englefield, Jack Clement, George Barton, Seb Blake and Christian Wade; while Eddie James discounted for the Welsh.