Euro Challenge Cup 22/23

[jimKRFC]

Don't think this comp deserves a separate match thread for every game but perhaps a summary?

USAP 5 - 19 Bristol; A scoreless second half but a good return to play for Fitz Harding, Ibitoye supposedly played well and (more importantly for Bristol) Joe Jenkins (academy 12) played well on his first start getting a try, an assist and putting in some big tackles.

[Timbo]

Heard lots of good things about Jenkins. Hopefully continues t on get game time.

[jimKRFC]

Round 2 results:
Emirates Lions 30 12 Stade Francais
Brive 24 31Connacht Rugby
Glasgow Warriors 26 18 USAP
RC Toulon29 7 Bath Rugby
Toyota Cheetahs 26 45 Scarlets
Aviron Bayonnais 7 45 Benetton Rugby
Newcastle Falcons 10 47 Cardiff Rugby
Dragons RFC 21 27 Section Paloise
Bristol 35 19 Zebre

Pool A:
Team Won Lost
Cardiff Rugby 2 0
Toulon 2 0
Bristol 2 0
Connacht 2 0
Glasgow 2 0
Zebre 0 2
Bath 0 2
Brive 0 2
Perpignan 0 2
Newcastle 0 2

[jimKRFC]

European Rugby Challenge Cup Pool B

Team Won Lost Draw
Scarlets 2 0 0
Lions 1 0 1
Benetton 1 1 0
Pau 1 1 0
Cheetahs 1 1 0
Dragons 0 1 1
St Francais 1 1 0
Bayonne 0 2 0

Pool A - top 4 have to play the bottom 4 again, so looks pretty settled and will be decided on bonus points
Pool B - way more open

[Which Tyler]

https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/ ... lenge-cup/

Odd, arcane little rule to fall foul of - though I can see the point of the rule (no ringers), I also can't really blame an administrator for screwing up on it - or the authorities for enforcing it once they'd noticed.

[jimKRFC]

https://www.bristolbearsrugby.com/news/ ... lenge-cup/

Odd, arcane little rule to fall foul of - though I can see the point of the rule (no ringers), I also can't really blame an administrator for screwing up on it - or the authorities for enforcing it once they'd noticed.

Typical Bristol admin stupidity.... the annoying thing was there was no need to take on Stooke. We had two locks (Hawkins and Eames) available and academy players available. It'll not cost a ton of money though the fine & the lost home fixtures....

I do wonder if Leicester are at risk of this with Oghre as well.

[Puja]

I do wonder if Leicester are at risk of this with Oghre as well.

Shit. That's a very good point.

ETA. A quick bit of research says that Oghre did not play in either of the Clermont games, but did play for about 5 minutes off the bench against Ospreys. So in theory, yes we should really lose the points for that game. Balls!

ETETA. It looks like the main issue was Bristol registering Stooke in the category of "Additional player" and him then leaving his contract early. I know Oghre stayed until the end of his short term contract, rather than leaving early, so they always knew he was only going to be here for a month, but I've obviously got no idea how he was registered. Soooo hopefully okay? Who knows. Hoping Leicester's paperwork department weren't caught out too.

Puja