European Rugby Challenge Cup 2017/18

European Rugby Challenge Cup 2017/18
master	Cardiff Blues (2nd track)
Teams	20th
countries	England France Italy Ireland Russia Scotland Wales Romania
Games	67  (of which 67 played)
tries	457  (ø 6.82 per game)
spectator	438,380  (ø 6,543 per game)
Most of the points	Jack Carty , Connacht Jarrod Evans , Cardiff Blues (56 each)
Most attempts	Adam Radwan , Newcastle Falcons (10)
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The European Rugby Challenge Cup 2017/18 was the fourth edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup , the second-tier European cup competition in rugby union . This competition is the successor to the European Challenge Cup that existed from 1996 to 2014 . 20 teams from eight countries were involved. The competition began on October 11, 2017, and the final took place on May 11, 2018 in San Mamés in Bilbao . The Cardiff Blues from Wales won the title .

Attendees

The following teams were eligible to participate:

• the four teams from the English Premiership in England between 8th and 11th place
• the winner of the RFU Championship in England
• the five teams from the top 14 in France between 8th and 12th place
• the winner of Pro D2 and the winner of the regular season
• from the Pro12 the remaining five teams from Italy , Ireland , Scotland and Wales , which have no place for the European Rugby Champions Cup
• the loser of the play-off between the seventh place in the Premiership and the seventh place in the top 14 for the European Rugby Champions Cup
• the two winners of the qualifying competition

mode

There were five groups with four teams each. Each team played a home and an away game against the three group opponents. In the group stage, the teams received:

• four points for a win
• two points for a tie
• a bonus point for four or more attempts
• a bonus point for a loss of seven or less points

For the quarter-finals, the five group winners (classified according to the number of points won in places 1–5) and the three best runners-up (classified in places 6–8) qualified. Teams in places 1-4 had home rights in the quarterfinals. The first played against the eighth, the second against the seventh, the third against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth. In contrast to the European Challenge Cup, no team from the European Rugby Champions Cup 2017/18 took part in the finals.

qualification

Group A

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	4th	4th	0	0	172: 61	+ 111	4th	20th
2.	Petrarch rugby	4th	4th	0	0	149: 45	+ 104	3	19th
3.	Rugby Calvisano	4th	3	0	1	134: 92	+ 42	3	15th
4th	Dendermondse Rugby Club	4th	0	0	4th	50: 167	- 117	0	0

Group B

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Mogliano rugby	4th	2	0	2	129: 124	+ 5	4th	12
2.	CR El Salvador	4th	1	0	3	84: 105	- 21	2	6th
3.	Rugby Rovigo	4th	1	0	3	72:95	- 23	2	6th
4th	Heidelberg Rowing Club	4th	1	0	3	80: 181	- 99	1	5

October 15, 2016 15:00 CEST	Rugby Calvisano	60: 19	Heidelberg Rowing Club	Centro Sportivo San Michele, Calvisano

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October 15, 2016 16:00 CEST	Petrarch rugby	24: 13	Rugby Rovigo	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua

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October 15, 2016 17:00 CEST	CR El Salvador	57: 8	Dendermondse Rugby Club	Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid

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October 16, 2016 13:00 MSK	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	48:24	Mogliano rugby	Monino Stadium, Monino

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October 22, 2016 13:00 MSK	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	32: 5	CR El Salvador	Slava Stadium, Moscow

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October 22, 2016 15:00 CEST	Rugby Rovigo	19:22	Rugby Calvisano	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

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October 22, 2016 16:00 CEST	Petrarch rugby	31:22	Mogliano rugby	Centro Sportivo Memo Geremia, Padua

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December 10, 2016 13:00 CET	CR El Salvador	3:39	Petrarch rugby	Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid

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December 10, 2016 2:30 p.m. CET	Heidelberg Rowing Club	21:50	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	Sports center south, Heidelberg

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December 10, 2016 2:30 p.m. CET	Mogliano rugby	35: 26	Rugby Calvisano	Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano

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December 10, 2016 3:30 p.m. CET	Dendermondse Rugby Club	7:29	Rugby Rovigo	Sports complex Sint-Gillis, Dendermonde

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December 17, 2016 14:30 CET	Rugby Rovigo	11:42	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

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December 17, 2016 2:30 PM GMT	Rugby Calvisano	26: 19	CR El Salvador	Centro Sportivo San Michele, Calvisano

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December 17, 2016 14:30 CET	Heidelberg Rowing Club	7:55	Petrarch rugby	Sports center south, Heidelberg

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December 17, 2016 18:00 CET	Mogliano rugby	48: 19	Dendermondse Rugby Club	Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano

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January 14, 2017 3:30 p.m. CET	Dendermondse Rugby Club	16:33	Heidelberg Rowing Club	Sports complex Sint-Gillis, Dendermonde

Rugby Europe 1 Play-Off

April 1, 2017 15:00 GET	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	12: 17	Timișoara Saracens	Poladi Stadium , Rustavi

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April 22, 2017 6:00 PM ET	Timișoara Saracens	18:27	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu , Timișoara

Krasny Jar Krasnoyarsk qualified with an overall result of 39:35.

Rugby Europe 2 Play-Off

April 1, 2017 2:30 PM CEST	Mogliano rugby	0:46	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Stadio Maurizio Quaggia, Mogliano

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April 22, 2017 14:00 MSK	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	51: 7	Mogliano rugby	Slava Stadium, Moscow

Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk qualified with an overall result of 97: 7.

European Rugby Continental Shield Final

May 13, 2017 12:00 AM WEST	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	8:36	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh

draw

The participants were drawn into the preliminary round groups on June 8, 2017 in Neuchâtel . The betting order was based on performance in the respective championships.

Pot 1	Newcastle Falcons	Cardiff Blues	Stade Français	Gloucester RFC	CA Brive
Pot 2	Connacht rugby	Sale Sharks	Edinburgh rugby	Section Paloise	Newport Gwent Dragons
Pot 3	Worcester Warriors	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	London Irish	Union Bordeaux Bègles	Zebra
Pot 4	Stade Toulousain	US Oyonnax	SU Agen	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk

Group stage

Group winners, qualified for quarter-finals

Top three runners-up, qualified for quarter-finals

Group 1

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Newcastle Falcons	6th	6th	0	0	229: 122	+ 107	4th	28
2.	Newport Gwent Dragons	6th	3	0	3	156: 133	+ 23	4th	16
3.	Union Bordeaux Bègles	6th	3	0	3	190: 178	+ 12	4th	16
4th	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	6th	0	0	6th	91: 233	- 142	1	1

October 13, 2017 15:00 KRT	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	17:57	Union Bordeaux Bègles	Krasny Jar Stadium, Krasnoyarsk Spectators: 3,600 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys ( England )
		(7:29) Report

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October 14, 2017 5:30 pm WEST	Newcastle Falcons	32: 27	Newport Gwent Dragons	Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 4,052 Referee: Pierre Brousset ( France )
		(15: 6) Report

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October 21, 2017 15:00 MZ	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	21:28	Newport Gwent Dragons	Slava Stadium, Moscow Spectators: 800 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
		(0:14) report

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October 21, 2017 6:30 PM CEST	Union Bordeaux Bègles	20:21	Newcastle Falcons	Stade Chaban-Delmas , Bordeaux Spectators: 17,211 Referee: Frank Murphy ( Ireland )
		(17: 7) Report

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December 8, 2017 7:30 PM GMT	Newport Gwent Dragons	15: 0	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Rodney Parade , Newport Spectators: 3,417 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu ( Romania )
		(5: 0) report

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December 9, 2017 3:15 pm GMT	Newcastle Falcons	52:24	Union Bordeaux Bègles	Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 3,857 Referee: Ian Davies ( Wales )
		(38:17) Report

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December 15, 2017 19:30 GMT	Newport Gwent Dragons	25:27	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Rodney Parade, Newport Spectators: 3,949 Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland )
		(17:24) Report

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December 15, 2017 at 8:30 p.m. CET	Union Bordeaux Bègles	36: 27	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Spectators: 16,646 Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
		(21:13) Report

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January 13, 2018 21:00 CET	Union Bordeaux Bègles	36:28	Newport Gwent Dragons	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Spectators: 14,232 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
		(8:16) Report

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January 14, 2018 3:00 PM GMT	Newcastle Falcons	64: 7	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	Kingston Park, Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 3,653 Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
		(24: 0) report

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January 20, 2018 14:00 GET	Yenisei-STM Krasnoyarsk	19:33	Newcastle Falcons	Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Spectators: 500 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
		(7:26) Report

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January 20, 2018 3:00 PM GMT	Newport Gwent Dragons	33: 17	Union Bordeaux Bègles	Rodney Parade, Newport Spectators: 4,017 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
		(5: 3) report

Group 2

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Cardiff Blues	6th	5	0	1	99:95	+ 4	1	21st
2.	Stade Toulousain	6th	2	1	3	117: 120	- 3	4th	14th
3.	Sale Sharks	6th	2	1	3	110: 102	+ 8	2	12
4th	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	6th	2	0	4th	121: 130	- 9	3	11

October 13, 2017 7:00 p.m. WEST	Cardiff Blues	29: 19	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Spectators: 5,691 Referee: Frank Murphy ( Ireland )
		(14: 0) report

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October 13, 2017 8:00 p.m. WEST	Sale Sharks	20:20	Stade Toulousain	AJ Bell Stadium , Salford Spectators: 5,474 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
		(10:14) report

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October 20, 2017 19:00 CEST	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	27:24	Sale Sharks	Matmut Stadium , Vénissieux Spectators: 12,863 Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland )
		(10:14) report

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October 20, 2017 9:00 p.m. CEST	Stade Toulousain	15: 17	Cardiff Blues	Stade Ernest-Wallon , Toulouse Spectators: 12,245 Referee: Tony Foley ( England )
		(15:10) report

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December 7, 2017 8:45 PM CET	Stade Toulousain	30: 23	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse Spectators: 9,104 Referee: JP Doyle (England)
		(20: 6) Report

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December 9, 2017 3:00 PM GMT	Sale Sharks	24: 0	Cardiff Blues	AJ Bell Stadium, Sale Spectators: 5,494 Referee: Pierre Brousset ( France )
		(9: 0) report

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December 16, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. CET	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	21: 11	Stade Toulousain	Matmut Stadium, Vénissieux Spectators: 12,404 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
		(15: 8) Report

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December 17, 2017 3:15 pm GMT	Cardiff Blues	14: 6	Sale Sharks	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Spectators: 4,974 Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)
		(3: 3) report

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January 13, 2018 3:00 PM GMT	Sale Sharks	15: 13	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	AJ Bell Stadium, Sale Spectators: 3,259 Referee: Wayne Sheridan (Ireland)
		(5: 3) report

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January 14, 2018 5:30 PM GMT	Cardiff Blues	18: 13	Stade Toulousain	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
		(10:10) report

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January 20, 2018 18:00 CET	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	18:21	Cardiff Blues	Matmut Stadium, Vénissieux Spectators: 9,218 Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
		(12: 7) Report

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January 20, 2018 18:00 CET	Stade Toulousain	28:21	Sale Sharks	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse Spectators: 9,462 Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
		(14: 7) Report

Group 3

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Section Paloise	6th	6th	0	0	207: 125	+ 82	5	29
2.	Gloucester RFC	6th	4th	0	2	253: 129	+ 114	5	21st
3.	Zebra	6th	1	0	5	133: 257	- 124	4th	8th
4th	SU Agen	6th	1	0	5	148: 220	- 72	2	6th

October 12, 2017 8:45 PM CEST	Section Paloise	27:21	Gloucester RFC	Stade du Hameau , Pau Spectators: 8,600 Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
		(14: 0) report

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October 13, 2017 8:00 p.m. CEST	SU Agen	45:10	Zebra	Stade Armandie , Agen Spectators: 2,487 Referee: Ian Tempest ( England )
		(18: 3) Report

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October 19, 2017 7:45 pm WEST	Gloucester RFC	61:16	SU Agen	Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 9,489 Referee: Daniel Jones ( Wales )
		(28: 9) Report

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October 21, 2017 15:00 CEST	Zebra	33: 38	Section Paloise	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi , Parma Spectators: 1,700 Referees: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
		(30: 7) Report

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December 8, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. CET	SU Agen	21:40	Section Paloise	Stade Armandie, Agen Spectators: 4,547 Referee: Tom Foley (England)
		(14:21) Report

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December 9, 2017 2:30 p.m. CET	Zebra	26:33	Gloucester RFC	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma Spectators: 2,500 Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland )
		(19:14) Report

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December 14, 2017 20:45 CET	Section Paloise	26:12	SU Agen	Stade du Hameau, Pau Spectators: 8,129 Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
		(14: 0) report

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December 16, 2017 3:00 PM GMT	Gloucester RFC	69: 12	Zebra	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Spectators: 8,927 Referee: Pierre Brousset ( France )
		(45: 0) report

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January 12, 2018 19:30 CET	SU Agen	24:45	Gloucester RFC	Stade Armandie, Agen Spectators: 2,870 Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
		(5:28) Report

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January 13, 2018 6:00 PM CET	Section Paloise	42:14	Zebra	Stade du Hameau, Pau Spectators: 7,700 Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
		(28: 7) Report

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January 19, 2018 7:45 PM GMT	Gloucester RFC	24:34	Section Paloise	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Spectators: 12,489 Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
		(7:13) Report

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January 20, 2018 15:00 CET	Zebra	38:30	SU Agen	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma Spectators: 2,000 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu ( Romania )
		(19:20) report

Group 4

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Edinburgh rugby	6th	5	0	1	282: 98	+ 184	5	25th
2.	Stade Français	6th	3	0	3	151: 166	- 15	5	17th
3.	London Irish	6th	3	0	3	169: 154	+ 15	4th	16
4th	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	6th	1	0	5	106: 290	- 184	2	6th

October 14, 2017 3:00 p.m. KRT	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	34:29	Stade Français	Krasny Jar Stadium, Krasnoyarsk Spectators: 3,600 Referee: Ian Davies ( Wales )
		(24:17) Report

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October 14, 2017 15:00 WEST	London Irish	14:37	Edinburgh rugby	Madejski Stadium , Reading Spectators: 4,099 Referee: Daniel Jones (Wales)
		(11:20) report

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October 21, 2017 12:00 PM	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	14: 73	Edinburgh rugby	Fili Stadium, Moscow Spectators: 1,000 Referees: Thomas Charabas ( France )
		(0:31) report

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October 21, 2017 8:45 PM CEST	Stade Français	7:44	London Irish	Stade Jean-Bouin , Paris Spectators: 5,666 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu ( Romania )
		(7:24) report

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December 8, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. CET	Stade Français	39:24	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Spectators: 8,562 Referee: Daniel Jones (Wales)
		(17:12) Report

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December 9, 2017 7:35 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	50:20	London Irish	Myreside Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 3,560 Referee: Sean Gallagher ( Ireland )
		(26:10) Report

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December 15, 2017 7:35 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	78-0	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	Myreside Stadium, Edinburgh Spectators: 2,773 Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
		(47: 0) report

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December 16, 2017 3:15 pm GMT	London Irish	20:35	Stade Français	Madejski Stadium, Reading Spectators: 5,800 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
		(10: 5) Report

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January 12, 2018 7:35 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	34:33	Stade Français	Myreside Stadium, Edinburgh Spectators: 4,468 Referee: Tom Foley ( England )
		(12: 6) Report

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January 13, 2018 3:00 PM GMT	London Irish	47: 17	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	Madejski Stadium, Reading Spectators: 4,746 Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland )
		(7:10) Report

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January 20, 2018 5:00 PM GET	Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk	17:24	London Irish	Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi Spectators: 500 Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
		(10: 7) Report

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January 20, 2018 21:00 CET	Stade Français	17:10	Edinburgh rugby	Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris Spectators: 8,454 Referee: Marius Mitrea ( Italy )
		(12: 0) report

Group 5

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	Connacht rugby	6th	5	1	0	225: 102	+ 123	4th	26th
2.	CA Brive	6th	3	0	3	161: 162	- 1	5	17th
3.	Worcester Warriors	6th	2	1	3	124: 133	- 9	5	15th
4th	US Oyonnax	6th	1	0	5	102: 215	- 113	0	4th

October 14, 2017 15:00 WEST	Worcester Warriors	30: 20	CA Brive	Sixways Stadium , Worcester Spectators: 6,728 Referee: Sean Gallagher ( Ireland )
		(17:10) Report

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October 14, 2017 8:00 p.m. CEST	US Oyonnax	15:43	Connacht rugby	Stade de Genève , Lancy Spectators: 3,500 Referee: Tom Foley ( England )
		(15:22) Report

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October 20, 2017 19:00 CEST	CA Brive	38: 13	US Oyonnax	Stade Amédée-Domenech , Brive-la-Gaillarde Spectators: 4,500 Referee: David Wilkinson (England)
		(31: 3) Report

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October 21, 2017 3:00 pm WEST	Connacht rugby	15: 8	Worcester Warriors	Galway Sportsgrounds , Galway Spectators: 3,879 Referee: Ian Davies ( Wales )
		(8: 0) report

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December 9, 2017 15:00 CET	Worcester Warriors	35:14	US Oyonnax	Sixways Stadium, Worcester Spectators: 6,520 Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
		(13:11) Report

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December 9, 2017 at 9:00 p.m. CET	CA Brive	31: 38	Connacht rugby	Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde Spectators: 3,000 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
		(19:17) Report

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December 15, 2017 8:00 p.m. CET	US Oyonnax	27:20	Worcester Warriors	Stade Charles-Mathon , Oyonnax Spectators: 3,500 Referee: Vlad Iordachescu ( Romania )
		(20: 3) Report

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December 16, 2017 3:00 PM GMT	Connacht rugby	55:10	CA Brive	Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway Spectators: 5,572 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
		(17:10) Report

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January 13, 2018 3:00 PM GMT	Worcester Warriors	24:24	Connacht rugby	Sixways Stadium, Worcester Spectators: 6,670 Referee: Maurizio Vancini ( Italy )
		(24:14) Report

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January 13, 2018 19:30 CET	US Oyonnax	19:29	CA Brive	Stade Charles-Mathon, Oyonnax Spectators: 3,500 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
		(12:15) report

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January 20, 2018 2:30 PM GMT	Connacht rugby	50:14	US Oyonnax	Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway Spectators: 5,017 Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
		(36:14) Report

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January 20, 2018 3:30 p.m. CET	CA Brive	33: 7	Worcester Warriors	Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde Spectators: 800 Referee: Daniel Jones (Wales)
		(14: 0) report

Knockout round

Seeding list

After the group stage, the five group winners and the third-best runners-up will meet.

1. Section Paloise
2. Newcastle Falcons
3. Connacht rugby
4. Edinburgh rugby
5. Cardiff Blues
6. Gloucester RFC
7. CA Brive
8. Stade Français

Quarter finals

March 30, 2018 8:00 p.m. WEST	Newcastle Falcons	25:10	CA Brive	Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 4,053 Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
	Attempts: S. Wilson 17th received Kibirige 23rd after. Tait 58th ad, 67th ad Raise: Flood (1/4) Penalty Kicks: Hodgson (1/1) 80.	(12:10) Report	Attempts: Herjean 27. Increased increases: Bézy (1/1) Penalty kicks : Bézy (1/1) 22.

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March 30, 2018 21:00 CEST	Section Paloise	35:32	Stade Français	Stade du Hameau , Pau Spectators: 10,064 Referee: JP Doyle ( England )
	Attempts: Vatubua 4th received Stanley 22nd received Daubagna 37th received Lespiaucq 52nd received Elevations: Taylor (3/4) Penalty Kicks: Taylor (3/4) 16th, 31st, 74th	(27:14) Report	Attempts: Daguin 6th received Francoz 40th received Camara 43rd received O'Connor 78th received Elevations: Plisson (3/4) Penalty kicks: Plisson (2/2) 42nd, 59th

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March 31, 2018 1:00 p.m. WEST	Connacht rugby	28:33	Gloucester RFC	Galway Sportsgrounds , Galway Spectators: 8,129 Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
	Attempts: Marmion 7th n.erh. Aki 19th n.erh. Adeolokun 45th ad. Healy 70th raises: Ronaldson (1/1) Penalty kicks: J. Carty (1/1) 49. Ronaldson (1/1) 67.	(10:17) report	Attempts: Hanson 3rd after. Marshall 26th n.erh. Trinder 37th n.erh. Afoa 55th increases: Williams (2/4) Penalty kicks: Williams (2/2) 42nd, 63rd Twelvetrees (1/1) 77.

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March 31, 2018 17:45 CEST	Edinburgh rugby	6:20	Cardiff Blues	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 7,065 Referee: Mathieu Raynal ( France )
	Penalty kicks: Van der Walt (2/2) 18., 48.	(3:14) Report	Attempts: E. Jenkins 21st. Scully 29th. Increases: Evans (2/2) Penalty kicks: Evans (2/4) 50th, 65th.

Semifinals

April 20, 2018 7:45 PM WEST	Gloucester RFC	33: 12	Newcastle Falcons	Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 10,857 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
	Attempts: Matu'u 40th received Burns 46th received Vellacott 74th increases: Twelvetrees (2/3) Penalty kicks: Twelvetrees (2/2) 58th, 68th	(15: 5) Report	Attempts: Lawson 8th increments, 53rd increments: Hodgson (1/2)

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April 21, 2018 1:00 p.m. WEST	Cardiff Blues	16:10	Section Paloise	Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Spectators: 11,723 Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland )
	Attempts: Anscombe 5th incremental increases: Evans (1/1) Penalty kicks: Evans (3/3) 23rd, 38th, 73rd	(13:10) Report	Attempts: Smith 19th increments: Taylor (1/1) Penalty kicks: Taylor (1/2) 34.

final

May 11, 2018 9:00 p.m. CEST	Cardiff Blues	31:30	Gloucester RFC	San Mamés , Bilbao Spectators: 32,543 Referee: Jérôme Garcès ( France )
	Attempts: Williams 41st received Smith 54th received Scully 75th received Elevations: Evans (2/2) Penalty: Evans (3/3) 4th, 15th, 50th Anscombe (1/1) 78th	(6:20) report	Attempts: Trinder 8th received Atkinson 37th received Hanson 58th received increases: Twelvetrees (3/3) Penalty kicks: Twelvetrees (3/3) 26th, 40th, 62nd

Web links

• Official website