2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage

2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage
Season	2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup
Date	12 October 2018 – 20 January 2019
Qualifiers
Seed 1	Saracens
Seed 2	Racing 92
Seed 3	Leinster
Seed 4	Edinburgh
Seed 5	Munster
Seed 6	Ulster
Seed 7	Toulouse
Seed 8	Glasgow Warriors
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Main article: 2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup

The 2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup pool stage is the first stage of the 24th season of European club rugby union, and the fifth under the European Rugby Champions Cup format.

The competition involves twenty teams, 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 began on the weekend of 12–14 October 2018, and ended following 6 rounds of games, on the weekend of 18–20 January 2019.

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Bath

Exeter

Gloucester

Leicester

Newcastle

Saracens

Wasps

Castres

Lyon

Montpellier

Racing

Toulon

Toulouse

Leinster

Munster

Ulster

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Cardiff

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Locations

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Brown: Pool 1; Red: Pool 2; Orange: Pool 3; Yellow: Pool 4; Green: Pool 5.]]

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Bath

Exeter

Gloucester

Leicester

Newcastle

Saracens

Wasps

Castres

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Montpellier

Racing

Toulon

Toulouse

Leinster

Munster

Ulster

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Cardiff

Scarlets

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Locations

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Locations of teams of the 2018–19 European Rugby Champions Cup group stage.
Brown: Pool 1; Red: Pool 2; Orange: Pool 3; Yellow: Pool 4; Green: Pool 5.

Seeding

The twenty competing teams are seeded and split into four tiers, each containing five teams.

For the purpose of creating the tiers, clubs are ranked based on their domestic league performances and on their qualification for the knockout phases of their championships. For example, a losing quarter-finalist would be seeded below a losing semi-finalist, even if they finished above them in the regular season. ^[1]

Rank	Top 14	Premiership	Pro14
1	Castres	Saracens	Leinster
2	Montpellier	Exeter Chiefs	Scarlets
3	Racing 92	Wasps	Glasgow Warriors
4	Lyon	Newcastle Falcons	Munster
5	Toulouse	Leicester Tigers	Edinburgh
6	Toulon	Bath	Cardiff Blues
7		Gloucester	Ulster

Based on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top seed clubs being put in Tier 1. The nature of the tier system means that a draw is needed to allocate two of the three second seed clubs to Tier 1 and to allocate one of the three fourth seed clubs to Tier 2. The tiers are shown below. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league (for example, "1 Top 14" indicates the team was seeded 1st from the Top 14).

Tier 1	Saracens (1 Prem)	Leinster (1 Pro14)	Castres (1 Top 14)	Scarlets (2 Pro14)	Montpellier (2 Top 14)
Tier 2	Exeter Chiefs (2 Prem)	Wasps (3 Prem)	Glasgow Warriors (3 Pro14)	Racing 92 (3 Top 14)	Newcastle Falcons (4 Prem)
Tier 3	Munster (4 Pro14)	Lyon (4 Top 14)	Leicester Tigers (5 Prem)	Edinburgh (5 Pro14)	Toulouse (5 Top 14)
Tier 4	Bath (6 Prem)	Cardiff Blues (6 Pro14)	Toulon (6 Top 14)	Ulster (Play-off Pro14)	Gloucester (CC)

Pool stage

The following restrictions will apply to the draw:

• Each pool will consist of four clubs, one from each Tier in the draw.
• Each pool must have one from each league drawn from Tier 1, 2, or 3. No pool will have a second team from the same league until the allocation of Tier 4 takes place.
• Where two Pro14 clubs compete in the same pool, they must be from different countries.

The draw took place on 20 June 2018, in Lausanne, Switzerland. ^[2]

Teams in the same pool play each other twice, at home and away, in the group stage that begins on the weekend of 12/13/14 October 2018, and continues through to 18/19/20 January 2019. The five pool winners and three best runners-up progress to the quarter-finals.

Teams are awarded group points based on match performances. Four points are awarded 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:

1. Where teams have played each other
   1. The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
   2. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
   3. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
2. Where teams remain tied and/or have not played each other in the competition (i.e. are from different pools)
   1. The club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
   2. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
   3. If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
   4. If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.

Key to colours

	Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
	Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.
	Cannot advance to the quarter-finals.

(Q) denotes the team has qualified for the quarter-finals as the pool winners
(q) denotes team has at least qualified for the quarter-finals as one of the three highest-scoring second-place teams

Pool 1

Team v t e	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Leinster (3)	6	5	0	1	204	88	116	27	10	4	1	25
Toulouse (7)	6	5	0	1	149	136	13	16	15	1	0	21
Bath	6	1	1	4	115	152	–37	14	19	1	3	10
Wasps	6	0	1	5	134	190	–92	13	26	1	1	4

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Round 1

12 October 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Leinster	52–3	Wasps
Try: Cronin 5' c L. McGrath (2) 40' c, 51' c Lowe (2) 41' c, 60' c Larmour 72' c Henshaw 74' m J. McGrath 79' m Con: Sexton (5/5) 6', 40'+4, 42', 53', 62' R. Byrne (1/3) '73	Report [5]	Pen: Sopoaga (1/1) 10'

RDS Arena Attendance: 18,055 Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)

13 October 2018 13:00

(1 BP) Bath	20–22	Toulouse
Try: Burns 28' c Roberts 24' c Con: Burns (2/2) 25', 30' Pen: Burns (2/5) 2', 47'	Report [6]	Try: Médard 7' c Guitoune (2) 34' m, 61' c Con: Ramos (2/3) 8', 62' Pen: Ramos (1/1) 53'

Recreation Ground Attendance: 12,284 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

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Round 2

20 October 2018 15:15

(1 BP) Wasps	35–35	Bath (1 BP)
Try: Bassett 17' c Simpson 41' c Zhvania 47' c Johnson 49' c Young 70' c Con: Sopoaga (5/5) 18', 43', 47', 50', 71'	Report [7]	Try: Cokanasiga 2' c Wright 20' c Rokoduguni 29' c Ewels 54' c Louw 63' c Con: Burns (5/5) 3', 21', 30', 55', 64'

Ricoh Arena Attendance: 15,221 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

21 October 2018 15:15

Toulouse	28–27	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Médard (2) 12' m, 68' c Guitoune 37' c Con: Ramos (2/3) 38', 69' Pen: Ramos (3/4) 1', 6', 17'	Report [8]	Try: O'Brien 32' c Ryan 46' c Cronin 52' c Con: Sexton (3/3) 34', 47', 53' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 21', 27'

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 17,852 Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

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Round 3

8 December 2018 15:15

(1 BP) Bath	10–17	Leinster
Try: Thomas 21' c Con: Wilson (1/1) 22' Pen: Wilson (1/2) 80' Drop: Wilson (0/1)	Report [9]	Try: Cronin 28' c Larmour 48' Con: Sexton (2/2) 30', 49' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 63’

Recreation Ground Attendance: 14,429 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

8 December 2018 17:30

Wasps	16–24	Toulouse
Try: Rowlands 32' c Con: Sopoaga (1/1) 33' Pen: Sopoaga (1/1) 3' Daly (2/2) 19', 57'	Report [10]	Try: Kolbe 13' m Guitoune 50' c Con: Ramos (1/2) 52' Pen: Ramos (4/4) 22', 30', 42', 63'

Ricoh Arena Attendance: 13,599 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

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Round 4

15 December 2018 15:15

(1 BP) Toulouse	42–27	Wasps
Try: Huget 1' m Tekori 13' c Ntamack 21' c Dupont (2) 41' c, 65' c Con: Ramos (4/5) 14', 22', 42', 66' Pen: Ramos (3/3) 34', 53', 77'	Report [11]	Try: Bassett 10' c Le Roux 26' c Neal 44' c Con: Searle (3/3) 11', 26', 45' Pen: Searle (2/2) 8', 36'

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 16,737 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

15 December 2018 17:30

(1 BP) Leinster	42–15	Bath
Try: Conan 6' c O'Loughlin 11' c Lowe 25' c Byrne 37' c Leavy 44' c Gibson-Park 67' c Con: Sexton (5/5) 7', 13', 26', 39', 45' Byrne (1/1) 68'	Report [12]	Try: Louw 19' c Underhill 51' m Con: Wilson (1/2) 20' Pen: Wilson (1/1) 2'

Aviva Stadium Attendance: 40,261 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

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Round 5

12 January 2019 13:00

(1 BP) Leinster	29–13	Toulouse
Try: Conan 34' c Kearney 50' m Cronin 59' c A. Byrne 75' c Con: R. Byrne (2/3) 35', 60' Reid (1/1) 76' Pen: R. Byrne (1/1) 7'	Report [13]	Try: Kolbe 80' c Con: Kolbe (1/1) 80' Pen: Ramos (2/2) 13', 40'+1

RDS Arena Attendance: 18,493 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

12 January 2019 15:15

Bath	18–16	Wasps (1 BP)
Try: Green 8' m Mercer 21' c Con: Priestland (1/2) 22' Pen: Priestland (2/2) 60', 78'	Report [14]	Try: Hughes 14' c Con: Sopoaga (1/1) 15' Pen: Sopoaga (2/3) 6', 44' Miller (1/1) 63' Searle (0/1)

Recreation Ground Attendance: 13,307 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

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Round 6

20 January 2019 15:15

Toulouse	20–17	Bath (1 BP)
Try: Tekori 13' c Dupont 30' c Con: Holmes (2/2) 14', 32' Pen: Holmes (1/1) 17' Ramos (1/2) 69'	Report [15]	Try: Rokoduguni 60' c Mercer 75' c Con: Priestland (2/2) 61', 75' Pen: Priestland (1/1) 23'

Stade Ernest-Wallon Attendance: 18,754 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

20 January 2019 15:15

Wasps	19–37	Leinster (1 BP)
Try: Hughes 52' c Robson 62' c Watson 77' m Con: Sopoaga (2/2) 52', 63' Searle (0/1)	Report [16]	Try: Ringrose 16' c Cronin (2) 33' c, 57' c Reid 68' c Con: R. Byrne (3/3) 17', 35', 59' Reid (1/1) 69' Pen: R. Byrne (2/2) 12', 28' Reid (1/1) 80'

Ricoh Arena Attendance: 16,002 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Pool 2

Team v t e	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Munster (5)	6	4	1	1	138	72	66	14	9	2	1	21
Exeter Chiefs	6	2	1	3	124	104	20	18	11	2	2	14
Castres	6	3	0	3	97	142	–45	11	16	1	1	14
Gloucester	6	2	0	4	122	163	–41	15	22	0	0	9

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Round 1

13 October 2018 15:00

Exeter Chiefs	10–10	Munster
Try: Cowan-Dickie 38' c Con: Steenson (1/1) 39' Pen: Steenson (1/1) 18'	Report [18]	Try: Stander 63' c Con: Carbery (1/1) 64' Pen: Carbery (1/1) 31'

Sandy Park Attendance: 12,749 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

14 October 2018 13:00

Gloucester	19–14	Castres (1 BP)
Try: Braley 34' c Con: Cipriani (1/1) 35' Pen: Cipriani (4/4) 10', 31', 51', 54'	Report [19]	Try: Laveau 57' m Pen: Dumora (2/2) 16', 71' Drop: Dumora (1/1) 32'

Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 9,993 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

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Round 2

20 October 2018 13:00

Castres	29–25	Exeter Chiefs (1 BP)
Try: Vialelle 16' c Mafi 44' c Con: Dumora (1/1) 17' Le Bourhis (1/1) 45' Pen: Dumora (4/4) 19', 31’, 34’, 51’ Drop: Dumora (1/1) 26'	Report [20]	Try: Cordero 7' c Kvesic 13' c Steenson 38' m Con: Steenson (2/3) 8', 14' Pen: Steenson (2/2) 48', 61'

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,600 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

20 October 2018 13:00

(1 BP) Munster	36–22	Gloucester
Try: Haley 20' m Carbery 50' c Marshall 34' c Arnold 55' c Conway 66' c Con: Carbery (4/5) 35', 51', 56', 67' Pen: Carbery (1/3) 29'	Report [21]	Try: Grobler 62' c Woodward 68' m Morgan 78' c Con: Twelvetrees (2/3) 63', 78' Pen: Cipriani (1/1) 24'

Thomond Park Attendance: 23,068 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)

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Round 3

8 December 2018 13:00

Exeter Chiefs	19–27	Gloucester
Try: Armand 6' m White 41' c Lawday 78' c Con: Steenson (2/3) 42', 78'	Report [22]	Try: Heinz 14' c Visagie 61' c Morgan 70' c Con: Cipriani (2/2) 15', 62' Twelvetrees (1/1) 71' Pen: O. Williams (0/1) Cipriani (2/2) 39', 45'

Sandy Park Attendance: 11,762 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

9 December 2018 13:00

Munster	30–5	Castres
Try: Scannell 42' c Stander 67' c Hanrahan 74' c Con: Hanrahan (3/3) 44', 68', 75' Pen: Hanrahan (3/3) 6', 20', 57'	Report [23]	Try: Laveau 80' m Con: Urdapilleta (0/1) Pen: Urdapilleta (0/1)

Thomond Park Attendance: 21,861 Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

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Round 4

14 December 2018 19:45

Gloucester	17–29	Exeter Chiefs (1 BP)
Try: Woodward (2) 29' m, 64' m Hudson 75' c Con: Cipriani (0/2) Twelvetrees (1/1) 76'	Report [24]	Try: Skinner 21' c Armand 39' c Yeandle 73' m Williams 78' c Con: Steenson (3/4) 22', 40', 79' Pen: Steenson (1/1) 54'

Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 11,905 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

15 December 2018 17:30

Castres	13–12	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Faʻanunu 23' c Con: Urdapilleta (1/1) 24' Pen: Urdapilleta (2/2) 10', 56' Spedding (0/1)	Report [25]	Pen: Carbery (4/4) 2', 19', 50', 66’

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,746 Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

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Round 5

11 January 2019 19:45

Gloucester	15–41	Munster (1 BP)
Try: Thorley 51' m Balmain 63' c Con: Twelvetrees (1/2) 63' Pen: Twelvetrees (1/1) 13'	Report [26]	Try: Carbery (2) 23' c, 67' c Scannell 40'+2 c Earls 55' c Conway 65' c Con: Carbery (5/5) 24', 40'+3, 57', 66', 68' Pen: Carbery (2/2) 19', 26'

Kingsholm Stadium Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)

13 January 2019 13:00

(1 BP) Exeter Chiefs	34–12	Castres
Try: Nowell 2' m J. Simmonds 16' m Hill 29' c O'Flaherty 43' c Slade 53' m Cowan-Dickie 65' m Con: J. Simmonds (2/6) 29', 45'	Report [27]	Try: Paris 8' m Combezou 46' c Con: Urdapilleta (1/2) 47'

Sandy Park Attendance: 11,800 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

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Round 6

19 January 2019 17:30

(1 BP) Castres	24–22	Gloucester (1 BP)
Try: Vialelle (2) 40' c, 50' c Batlle 71' m Vaipulu 80'+5 m Con: Kockott (2/3) 40'+2, 51' Caballero (0/1)	Report [28]	Try: Trinder 1' c Vellacott 19' c Williams 67' m Con: Williams (2/3) 2', 20' Pen: Williams (1/1) 56'

Stade Pierre-Fabre Attendance: 9,048 Referee: Adam Jones (WRU)

19 January 2019 17:30

Munster	9–7	Exeter Chiefs (1 BP)
Pen: Carbery (3/3) 6', 22', 72'	Report [29]	Try: Armand 12' c Con: J. Simmonds (1/1) 13'

Thomond Park Attendance: 26,276 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

Pool 3

Team v t e	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Saracens (1)	6	6	0	0	185	81	104	23	10	4	0	28
Glasgow Warriors (8)	6	4	0	2	147	119	28	19	16	3	0	19
Cardiff Blues	6	2	0	4	138	174	–36	19	22	2	0	10
Lyon	6	0	0	6	87	183	–96	10	23	0	0	0

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Round 1

14 October 2018 13:00

Lyon	21–30	Cardiff Blues
Try: Goujon 4' c Barassi 78' m Con: Beauxis (1/2) 5' Pen: Beauxis (3/3) 12', 35', 39'	Report [31]	Try: Robinson 28' c T. Williams 31' c Anscombe 62' c Con: Anscombe (3/3) 30', 31', 63' Pen: Anscombe (3/3) 43', 57', 80'

Matmut Stadium de Gerland Attendance: 12,197 Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

14 October 2018 15:15

Glasgow Warriors	3–13	Saracens
Pen: Hastings (1/4) 22'	Report [32]	Try: Rhodes 11' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 13' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 15', 38'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

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Round 2

20 October 2018 17:30

(1 BP) Saracens	29–10	Lyon
Try: Itoje 12' c Maitland 18' c Barritt 45' c Lewington 76' m Con: Farrell (3/4) 13', 19', 46' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 3'	Report [33]	Try: Lacombe 68' c Con: Beauxis (1/1) 68' Pen: Beauxis (1/1) 28'

Allianz Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

21 October 2018 15:15

Cardiff Blues	12–29	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Summerhill (2) 47' m, 77' c Con: Anscombe (1/2) 78'	Report [34]	Try: Hastings 1' m Van der Merwe 3' c Price 42' c Gray 67' c Con: Hastings (3/4) 5', 43', 67' Pen: Hastings (1/1) 25'

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 9,497 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

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Round 3

8 December 2018 13:00

Lyon	22–42	Glasgow Warriors (1 BP)
Try: Arnold 24' c Nakaitaci 53' m McLeod 65' c Con: Pélissié (1/1) 25' Palisson (0/1) Doussain (1/1) 66' Pen: Pélissié 11'	Report [35]	Try: Ashe (2) 20' c, 76' c Horne 38' c Hogg 58' m Jones 60' c Con: Hastings (4/5) 21', 39', 61', 77' Pen: Hastings (3/3) 3', 15', 49' Hogg (0/1) Drop: Hastings (0/1)

Matmut Stadium de Gerland Attendance: 12,667 Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

9 December 2018 13:00

(1 BP) Saracens	51–25	Cardiff Blues
Try: Wigglesworth 3' c Earl (2) 43' m, 46' c Maitland (2) 57' m, 59' c Spencer 68' c Judge 70' c Con: Farrell (5/7) 3', 47', 61', 68', 71' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 26', 40'+2	Report [36]	Try: Scully 10' m Morgan 18' c Robinson 74' c Con: Anscombe (2/3) 20', 75' Pen: Anscombe (2/2) 23', 31'

Allianz Park Attendance: 8,528 Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)

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Round 4

15 December 2018 13:00

Glasgow Warriors	21–10	Lyon
Try: Matawalu (2) 0' m, 21' c Con: Hastings (1/2) 22' Pen: Hastings (3/3) 12', 17', 66'	Report [37]	Try: Barassi 51' c Con: Doussain (1/1) 52' Pen: Doussain (1/1) 40'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

15 December 2018 13:00

Cardiff Blues	14–26	Saracens
Try: Lee-Lo 22' c Fish 36' c Con: Anscombe (2/2) 24', 38'	Report [38]	Try: Maitland 8' c George 76' c Con: Farrell (2/2) 9', 76' Pen: Farrell (4/5) 16', 32', 54', 73'

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 12,018 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)

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Round 5

13 January 2019 15:15

(1 BP) Glasgow Warriors	33–24	Cardiff Blues (1 BP)
Try: Stewart 26' c Cummings 32' c Fusaro 48' c Kebble 60' c Horne 77' m Con: Thomson (4/5) 27', 33', 49', 61'	Report [39]	Try: Lane (2) 36' m, 70' c Millard 58' m Navidi 64' c Con: J. Evans (2/4) 65', 70'

Scotstoun Stadium Attendance: 7,351 Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

13 January 2019 15:15

Lyon	10–28	Saracens (1 BP)
Try: Palisson 69' c Con: Palisson (1/1) 70' Drop: Wisniewski (1/1) 6'	Report [40]	Try: Tompkins (2) 22' c, 42' c Wray 30' c Spencer 58' c Con: Farrell (4/4) 23', 31', 44', 58'

Matmut Stadium de Gerland Attendance: 13,031 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

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Round 6

19 January 2019 13:00

(1 BP) Cardiff Blues	33–14	Lyon
Try: Summerhill (2) 22' c, 32' m Lane 43' c T. Williams 54' c Jones 60' c Con: Anscombe (4/5) 23', 44', 55', 61'	Report [41]	Try: Penalty try 14' Mignot 37' c Con: Palisson (1/1) 38'

Cardiff Arms Park Attendance: 6,692 Referee: Karl Dickson (RFU)

19 January 2019 13:00

(1 BP) Saracens	38–19	Glasgow Warriors
Try: Spencer 7' c Koch 17' c B. Vunipola 29' c Itoje 69' c Skelton 80' c Con: Spencer (3/3) 7', 18', 30' Lozowski (2/2) 70', 80' Pen: Spencer (1/1) 3'	Report [42]	Try: Seymour 9' m Price 13' c Wilson 20' c Con: Hastings (2/3) 14', 22'

Allianz Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

Pool 4

Team v t e	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Racing 92 (2)	6	5	0	1	196	121	75	26	15	5	1	26
Ulster (6)	6	5	0	1	131	128	3	18	16	2	0	22
Scarlets	6	1	0	5	145	170	–25	18	23	1	2	7
Leicester Tigers	6	1	0	5	115	168	–53	14	22	2	1	7

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Round 1

13 October 2018 17:30

(1 BP) Scarlets	13–14	Racing 92
Try: G. Davies 52' m McNicholl 57' m Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 9'	Report [44]	Try: Chouzenoux 39' c Penalty try 76' Con: Russell (1/1) 40'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 8,064 Referee: Matthew Carley (RFU)

13 October 2018 17:30

Ulster	24–10	Leicester Tigers
Try: O'Connor 43' c Addison 58' c Stockdale 72' c Con: Cooney (3/3) 44', 59', 73' Pen: Cooney (1/1) 68'	Report [45]	Try: Tuilagi 75' c Con: Ford (1/1) 76' Pen: Ford (1/1) 14'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 13,152 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR)

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Round 2

19 October 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Leicester Tigers	45–27	Scarlets
Try: Wells 8' c Thompson 36' m Kalamafoni 46' Tuilagi 63' c May 71' c Con: Ford (4/5) 8', 47', 64', 73' Pen: Ford (4/5) 2', 43', 68', 76'	Report [46]	Try: G. Davies 14' c Evans 52' c Thomson 59' c Con: Halfpenny (3/3) 15', 52', 60' Pen: Halfpenny (2/3) 28', 39'

Welford Road Stadium Attendance: 18,832 Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)

20 October 2018 17:30

(1 BP) Racing 92	44–12	Ulster
Try: Iribaren 27' c Lauret 31' c Imhoff 44' c Thomas 68' c Zebo 75' c Con: Russell (4/4) 28', 32', 44', 69' Iribaren (1/1) 76' Pen: Russell (3/3) 7', 40', 48'	Report [47]	Try: Shanahan 4' c Stockdale 20' m Con: Burns (1/2) 5'

Paris La Défense Arena Attendance: 13,168 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

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Round 3

7 December 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Scarlets	24–25	Ulster (1 BP)
Try: S. Evans (2) 25' c, 60' c Davis 79' c Con: Patchell (2/2) 26', 61' D. Jones (1/1) 79' Pen: Patchell (1/1) 1'	Report [48]	Try: Stockdale 8' m Speight 33' m Addison 49' c Coetzee 64' m Con: Cooney (1/4) 49' Pen: Cooney (1/2) 5'

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 7,421 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)

9 December 2018 15:15

(1 BP) Racing 92	36–26	Leicester Tigers (1 BP)
Try: Vakatawa 8' c Imhoff 12' m Zebo 23' c Chouzenoux 32' c Klemenczak 59' c Con: Russell (4/5) 9', 24', 33', 60' Pen: Russell (1/1) 48'	Report [49]	Try: Holmes 15' c Kalamafoni 36' c Tuilagi 42' m Thompstone 69' c Con: G. Ford (2/3) 16', 37' To'omua (1/1) 70'

Paris La Défense Arena Attendance: 16,538 Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU)

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Round 4

14 December 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Ulster	30–15	Scarlets
Try: Henderson (2) 32' c, 62' m Stockdale 50' m Cooney 66' c Con: Cooney (2/4) 33', 63' Pen: Cooney (2/2) 8', 57'	Report [50]	Try: J. Davies 48' m Prydie 77' c Con: Patchell (1/2) 49' Pen: Patchell (1/1) 38'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 12,124 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

16 December 2018 13:00

Leicester Tigers	11–34	Racing 92 (1 BP)
Try: Worth 32' m Pen: G. Ford (2/2) 5', 17'	Report [51]	Try: Iribaren 7' c Imhoff (2) 12' c, 79' c Vakatawa 20' c Con: Russell (4/4) 8', 14', 21', 79' Pen: Russell (2/2) 19', 48'

Welford Road Stadium Attendance: 19,909 [52] Referee: George Clancy (IRFU)

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Round 5

12 January 2019 15:15

Ulster	26–22	Racing 92 (2 BP)
Try: Baloucoune 7' m Stockdale (2) 13' m, 47' c Con: B. Burns (0/2) Addison (1/1) 48' Pen: B. Burns (1/1) 1' Addison (2/2) 25', 79'	Report [53]	Try: Vakatawa 20' m Zebo 27' m Dulin 58' m Klemenczak 63' c Con: Russell (0/3) Iribaren (1/1) 64'

Kingspan Stadium Attendance: 16,842 Referee: Andrew Jackson (RFU)

12 January 2019 17:30

(1 BP) Scarlets	33–10	Leicester Tigers
Try: R. Evans (2) 25' m, 46' c Owens 36' c McNicholl 49' c S. Evans 63' c Con: D. Jones (4/5) 36', 48', 50', 64'	Report [54]	Try: W. Evans 66' m Fitzgerald 76' m Con: J. Ford (0/2)

Parc y Scarlets Attendance: 8,087 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

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Round 6

19 January 2019 15:15

(1 BP) Leicester Tigers	13–14	Ulster
Try: To'omua 39' c Con: George Ford (1/1) 40'+1 Pen: George Ford (2/2) 31', 49'	Report [55]	Try: Moore 58' c Baloucoune 63' c Con: Cooney (2/2) 59', 64'

Welford Road Stadium Attendance: 20,146 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)

19 January 2019 15:15

(1 BP) Racing 92	46–33	Scarlets
Try: Imhoff 10' m Chavancy 25' c Zebo (2) 47' c, 72' c Vakatawa 52' c Iribaren 66' c Con: Machenaud (3/4) 27', 48', 53' Russell (2/2) 67', 73' Pen: Machenaud (1/1) 33' Iribaren (1/1) 80'	Report [56]	Try: S. Evans 21' c McNicholl (2) 45' c, 75' c Con: D. Jones (2/2) 22', 45' Hidalgo-Clyne (1/1) 76' Pen: D. Jones (4/5) 2', 19', 40', 50'

Paris La Défense Arena Attendance: 14,418 Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

Pool 5

Team v t e	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	Diff	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
Edinburgh (4)	6	5	0	1	154	83	71	16	11	2	1	23
Montpellier	6	3	0	3	158	116	42	21	11	3	1	16
Toulon	6	2	0	4	134	180	–46	16	21	1	1	10
Newcastle Falcons	6	2	0	4	102	169	–67	10	20	0	1	9

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Round 1

13 October 2018 15:15

Montpellier	21–15	Edinburgh (1 BP)
Try: Immelman 5' c Fall 31' c N'Gandebe 36' c Con: Pienaar (3/3) 6', 32', 37'	Report [58]	Try: McInally 19' c Fife 57' m Con: Hickey (1/1) 20' Pen: Hickey (1/1) 40'

Altrad Stadium Attendance: 10,450 Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

14 October 2018 15:15

(1 BP) Toulon	25–26	Newcastle Falcons
Try: Taofifénua 1' c Lakafia 36' m Guirado 55' c Con: Trinh-Duc (2/3) 1', 56' Pen: Trinh-Duc (2/2) 6', 62'	Report [59]	Try: Cooper 19' c Penalty try 50' Con: Hodgson (1/1) 20' Pen: Hodgson (4/4) 8', 22', 32', 70'

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,572 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)

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Round 2

20 October 2018 15:15

(1 BP) Edinburgh	40–14	Toulon
Try: Toolis 14' c Pyrgos 23' c McInally 43' c Dean 73' c Con: Van der Walt (3/3) 15', 24', 45' Hickey (1/1) 75' Pen: Van der Walt (3/3) 3', 27', 31'	Report [60]	Try: Taofifénua 20' c Ikpefan 71' c Con: Belleau (1/1) 22' Trinh-Duc (1/1) 72'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 7,056 Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

21 October 2018 13:00

Newcastle Falcons	23–20	Montpellier (1 BP)
Try: Graham 4' c Chick 80'+ 8 c Con: Hodgson (2/2) 6', 80'+9 Pen: Hodgson (3/3) 2', 26', 32'	Report [61]	Try: Willemse 67' m Pen: Pienaar (5/5) 10', 16', 52', 58', 72'

Kingston Park Attendance: 6,383 Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

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Round 3

7 December 2018 19:45

(1 BP) Edinburgh	31–13	Newcastle Falcons
Try: Watson 14' c Dean 43' c Penalty try 56' Kinghorn 71' c Con: Van der Walt (3/3) 16', 44', 72' Pen: Van der Walt (1/1) 34'	Report [62]	Try: Radwan 29' c Con: Connon (1/1) 30' Pen: Connon (2/2) 4', 38'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 6,803 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

8 December 2018 15:15

(1 BP) Toulon	38–28	Montpellier (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 30' Lakafia 46' c Monribot 70' c Nakosi 75' m Con: Belleau (2/3) 47', 72' Pen: Belleau (4/5) 4', 16', 43', 58'	Report [63]	Try: Immelman 36' Steyn 55' c Nagusa (2) 77' c, 79' c Con: Pienaar (4/4) 37', 56', 78', 80' Pen: Steyn (0/1)

Stade Mayol Attendance: 11,439 Referee: Luke Pearce (RFU)

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Round 4

16 December 2018 15:15

Montpellier	34–13	Toulon
Try: Serfontein 13' c Immelman 33' m Giudicelli 43' c Pienaar 50’ c Chilachava 78' m Con: Pienaar (3/4) 14', 44', 51' Paillaugue (0/1) Pen: Pienaar (1/1) 6'	Report [64]	Try: Gorgodze 55' c Con: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 56' Pen: Trinh-Duc (2/2) 4', 38'

Altrad Stadium Attendance: 7,800 Referee: John Lacey (IRFU)

16 December 2018 15:15

Newcastle Falcons	8–21	Edinburgh
Try: Sinoti 18' m Con: Flood (0/1) Pen: Flood (1/1) 27'	Report [65]	Try: Johnstone 42' c van der Merwe 73' m Con: van der Walt (1/2) 43' Pen: van der Walt (3/3) 22', 33', 60'

Kingston Park Attendance: 7,174 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (FFR)

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Round 5

12 January 2019 13:00

(1 BP) Montpellier	45–8	Newcastle Falcons
Try: Nagusa 15' m Reilhac 31' c Willemse 48' c Immelman (2) 54' c, 68' c Van Rensburg 58' c Ruffenach 72' m Con: Pienaar (5/7) 32', 49', 55', 59', 69'	Report [66]	Try: Kibirige 77' m Con: Flood (0/1) Pen: Flood (1/1) 21'

Altrad Stadium Attendance: 7,923 Referee: Marius Mitrea (FIR)

12 January 2019 17:30

Toulon	17–28	Edinburgh
Try: Guirado 1' m Isa 21' c Savea 71' m Con: Belleau (1/3) 22'	Report [67]	Try: Graham 14' m Kinghorn 43' c Johnstone 63' c Con: Van der Walt (2/3) 44', 64' Pen: Van der Walt (3/4) 9', 47', 61'

Stade Mayol Attendance: 13,096 Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU)

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Round 6

18 January 2019 19:45

Edinburgh	19–10	Montpellier
Try: Graham 60' c Con: Van der Walt (1/1) 62' Pen: Van der Walt (4/5) 12', 16', 32', 56'	Report [68]	Try: Jac. du Plessis 39' c Con: Pienaar (1/1) 40' Pen: Pienaar (1/1) 47'

Murrayfield Stadium Attendance: 11,802 Referee: JP Doyle (RFU)

18 January 2019 19:45

(1 BP) Newcastle Falcons	24–27	Toulon
Try: Matavesi 3' c Nagusa 70' c Young 71' c Con: Flood (3/3) 4', 70', 72' Pen: Flood (1/1) 27'	Report [69]	Try: Ikpefan 5' c Nakosi 30' c Soury 73' c Con: Carbonel (2/2) 5', 31' Belleau (1/1) 74' Pen: Carbonel (2/2) 37', 49'

Kingston Park Attendance: 6,694 Referee: Dan Jones (WRU)

See also

• 2018–19 European Rugby Challenge Cup

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