European Rugby Champions Cup 2018/19

European Rugby Champions Cup 2018/19
master	Saracens (3rd title)
Teams	20th
countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Games	67  (of which 67 played)
tries	376  (ø 5.61 per game)
spectator	1,020,286  (ø 15,228 per game)
Most of the points	Owen Farrell , Saracens (89)
Most attempts	Jacob Stockdale , Ulster Seán Cronin , Leinster (6 each)
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The European Rugby Champions Cup 2018/19 ( called the Heineken Champions Cup for sponsorship reasons ) was the fifth edition of the European Rugby Champions Cup , the most important European cup competition in rugby union . 20 teams from five countries were involved. The competition began on October 12, 2018, and the final took place on May 11, 2019 at St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne . The English team Saracens won the title .

Attendees

The following teams were eligible to participate:

• the top seven of the Pro14
• the six best placed in the English Premiership in England and Gloucester RFC as finalists of the European Rugby Challenge Cup
• the top six of the top 14 in France

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.

draw

The participants were drawn into the preliminary round groups on June 20, 2018 in Lausanne . The betting order was based on performance in the respective championships.

Pot 1	Leinster rugby	Castres Olympique	Saracens	Scarlets	Montpellier Hérault RC
Pot 2	Wasps RFC	Exeter Chiefs	Glasgow Warriors	Racing 92	Newcastle Falcons
Pot 3	Stade Toulousain	Munster rugby	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Leicester Tigers	Edinburgh rugby
Pot 4	Bath rugby	Gloucester RFC	Cardiff Blues	Ulster rugby	RC Toulon

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.	Leinster rugby	6th	5	0	1	204: 88	+ 116	5	25th
2.	Stade Toulousain	6th	5	0	1	149: 136	+ 13	1	21st
3.	Bath rugby	6th	1	1	4th	115: 152	- 37	4th	10
4th	Wasps RFC	6th	0	1	5	116: 208	- 92	2	4th

October 12, 2018 7:45 pm WEST	Leinster rugby	52: 3	Wasps RFC	RDS Arena , Dublin Spectators: 18,055 Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
		(14: 3) Report

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October 13, 2018 1:00 p.m. WEST	Bath rugby	20:22	Stade Toulousain	The Rec , Bath Spectators: 12,284 Referee: Andrew Brace ( Ireland )
		(17:12) Report

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October 20, 2018 3:15 pm WEST	Wasps RFC	35:35	Bath rugby	Ricoh Arena , Coventry Spectators: 15,221 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
		(7:21) Report

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October 21, 2018 4:15 p.m. CEST	Stade Toulousain	28:27	Leinster rugby	Stade Ernest-Wallon , Toulouse Spectators: 17,852 Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
		(21:13) Report

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December 8, 2018 3:15 pm GMT	Bath rugby	10: 17	Leinster rugby	The Rec, Bath Spectators: 14,429 Referee: Mathieu Reynal (France)
		(7: 7) Report

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December 8, 2018 5:30 PM GMT	Wasps RFC	16:24	Stade Toulousain	Ricoh Arena, Coventry Spectators: 13,599 Referee: Nigel Correll (Ireland)
		(13:11) Report

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December 15, 2018 4:15 p.m. CET	Stade Toulousain	42: 27	Wasps RFC	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse Spectators: 16,737 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
		(22:20) report

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December 15, 2018 5:30 PM GMT	Leinster rugby	42:15	Bath rugby	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 40,261 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
		(28:10) Report

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January 12, 2019 1:00 PM GMT	Leinster rugby	29: 13	Stade Toulousain	RDS Arena, Dublin Spectators: 18,493 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
		(10: 6) Report

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January 12, 2019 3:15 pm GMT	Bath rugby	18:16	Wasps RFC	The Rec, Bath Spectators: 13,307 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
		(12:10) Report

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January 20, 2019 3:15 pm GMT	Wasps RFC	19:37	Leinster rugby	Ricoh Arena, Coventry Spectators: 16,002 Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland )
		(0:20) report

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January 20, 2019 16:15 CET	Stade Toulousain	20:17	Bath rugby	Stade Ernest-Wallon, Toulouse Spectators: 18,754 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
		(17: 3) Report

Group 2

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game- Points	Diff.	Bonus- Points	Table Points
1.	Munster rugby	6th	4th	1	1	138: 72	+ 66	3	21st
2.	Exeter Chiefs	6th	2	1	3	124: 104	+ 20	4th	14th
3.	Castres Olympique	6th	3	0	3	97: 142	- 45	2	14th
4th	Gloucester RFC	6th	2	0	4th	122: 163	- 41	1	9

October 13, 2018 3:15 pm WEST	Exeter Chiefs	10:10	Munster rugby	Sandy Park , Exeter Spectators: 12,749 Referee: Jérôme Garcès ( France )
		(10: 3) Report

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October 14, 2018 1:00 p.m. WEST	Gloucester RFC	19:14	Castres Olympique	Kingsholm Stadium , Gloucester Spectators: 9,993 Referee: Marius Mitrea ( Italy )
		(13: 6) Report

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October 20, 2018 1:00 p.m. WEST	Munster rugby	36:22	Gloucester RFC	Thomond Park , Limerick Spectators: 23,068 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
		(15: 3) Report

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October 20, 2018 14:00 CEST	Castres Olympique	29:25	Exeter Chiefs	Stade Pierre-Fabre , Castres Spectators: 9,600 Referee: Andrew Brace ( Ireland )
		(19:19) report

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December 8, 2018 13:00 GMT	Exeter Chiefs	19:27	Gloucester RFC	Sandy Park, Exeter Spectators: 11,762 Referee: Paul Gaüzère (France)
		(5:10) Report

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December 9, 2018 13:00 GMT	Munster rugby	30: 5	Castres Olympique	Thomond Park, Limerick Spectators: 21,861 Referee: JP Doyle ( England )
		(6: 0) report

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December 14, 2018 7:45 PM GMT	Gloucester RFC	17:29	Exeter Chiefs	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Spectators: 11,905 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
		(5:14) Report

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December 15, 2018 6:30 PM CET	Castres Olympique	13:12	Munster rugby	Stade Pierre-Fabre, Castres Spectators: 9,746 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
		(10: 6) Report

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January 11, 2019 7:45 PM GMT	Gloucester RFC	15:41	Munster rugby	Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester Spectators: 15,500 Referee: Romain Poite (France)
		(3:20) report

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January 13, 2019 1:00 PM GMT	Exeter Chiefs	34: 12	Castres Olympique	Sandy Park, Exeter Spectators: 11,800 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
		(17: 5) Report

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January 19, 2019 5:30 PM GMT	Munster rugby	9: 7	Exeter Chiefs	Thomond Park, Limerick Spectators: 26,276 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
		(6: 7) Report

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January 19, 2019 6:30 PM CET	Castres Olympique	24:22	Gloucester RFC	Stade Pierre-Fabre, Castres Spectators: 9,048 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
		(7:14) Report

Group 3

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game- Points	Diff.	Bonus- Points	Table Points
1.	Saracens	6th	6th	0	0	185: 81	+ 104	4th	28
2.	Glasgow Warriors	6th	4th	0	2	147: 119	+ 28	3	19th
3.	Cardiff Blues	6th	2	0	4th	138: 174	- 36	2	10
4th	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	6th	0	0	6th	87: 183	- 96	0	0

October 14, 2018 14:00 CEST	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	21:30	Cardiff Blues	Matmut Stadium Gerland , Lyon Spectators: 12,197 Referee: JP Doyle ( England )
		(16:14) Report

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October 14, 2018 3:15 pm WEST	Glasgow Warriors	3: 13	Saracens	Scotstoun Stadium , Glasgow Spectators: 7,351 Referee: Mathieu Raynal ( France )
		(3:13) Report

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October 20, 2018 5:30 PM WEST	Saracens	29:10	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Allianz Park , London Spectators: 10,000 Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
		(17: 3) Report

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October 21, 2018 3:15 pm WEST	Cardiff Blues	12:29	Glasgow Warriors	Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Spectators: 9,497 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
		(0:15) report

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December 8, 2018 14:00 CET	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	22:42	Glasgow Warriors	Matmut Stadium Gerland, Lyon Spectators: 12,667 Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
		(10:20) report

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December 9, 2018 13:00 GMT	Saracens	51:25	Cardiff Blues	Allianz Park, London Spectators: 8,528 Referee: Romain Poite (France)
		(13:18) Report

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December 14, 2018 13:00 GMT	Glasgow Warriors	21:10	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Spectators: 7,351 Referee: Ben Whitehouse ( Wales )
		(18: 3) Report

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December 14, 2018 13:00 GMT	Cardiff Blues	14:26	Saracens	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Spectators: 12,018 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
		(14:13) Report

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January 13, 2019 3:15 pm GMT	Glasgow Warriors	33:24	Cardiff Blues	Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow Spectators: 7,531 Referee: JP Doyle (England)
		(14: 5) Report

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January 13, 2019 16:15 CET	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	10:28	Saracens	Matmut Stadium Gerland, Lyon Spectators: 13,031 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
		(3:14) Report

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January 19, 2019 13:00 GMT	Saracens	38: 19	Glasgow Warriors	Allianz Park, London Spectators: 10,000 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
		(24:19) report

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January 19, 2019 13:00 GMT	Cardiff Blues	33: 14	Lyon Olympique Universitaire	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
		(12:14) report

Group 4

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game- Points	Diff.	Bonus- Points	Table Points
1.	Racing 92	6th	5	0	1	196: 121	+ 75	6th	26th
2.	Ulster rugby	6th	5	0	1	131: 128	+ 3	2	22nd
3.	Scarlets	6th	1	0	5	145: 170	- 25	3	7th
4th	Leicester Tigers	6th	1	0	5	115: 168	- 53	3	7th

October 13, 2018 5:30 p.m. WEST	Ulster rugby	24:10	Leicester Tigers	Kingspan Stadium , Belfast Spectators: 13,152 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
		(0: 3) report

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October 13, 2018 5:30 p.m. WEST	Scarlets	13:14	Racing 92	Parc y Scarlets , Llanelli Spectators: 8,064 Referee: Matthew Carley ( England )
		(3: 7) Report

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October 19, 2018 7:45 PM WEST	Leicester Tigers	45: 27	Scarlets	Welford Road Stadium , Leicester Spectators: 18,832 Referee: Romain Poite (France)
		(15:13) Report

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October 20, 2018 6:30 PM CEST	Racing 92	44: 12	Ulster rugby	Paris La Défense Arena , Nanterre Spectators: 13,168 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
		(20:12) Report

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December 7, 2018 7:45 PM GMT	Scarlets	24:25	Ulster rugby	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Spectators: 7,421 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
		(10:13) report

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December 9, 2018 16:15 CET	Racing 92	36: 26	Leicester Tigers	Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre Spectators: 16,538 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
		(26:14) Report

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December 14, 2018 7:45 PM GMT	Ulster rugby	30:15	Scarlets	Kingspan Stadium, Belfast Spectators: 12,124 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
		(10: 3) Report

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December 16, 2018 13:00 GMT	Leicester Tigers	11:34	Racing 92	Welford Road, Leicester Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland )
		(11:24) report

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January 12, 2019 3:15 pm GMT	Ulster rugby	26:22	Racing 92	Kingspan Stadium, Belfast Spectators: 16,842 Referee: Andrew Jackson (England)
		(16:10) Report

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January 12, 2019 5:30 PM GMT	Scarlets	33:10	Leicester Tigers	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli Spectators: 8,087 Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)
		(12: 0) report

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January 19, 2019 3:15 pm GMT	Leicester Tigers	13:14	Ulster rugby	Welford Road, Leicester Spectators: 20,146 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
		(10: 0) report

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January 19, 2019 16:15 CET	Racing 92	46: 33	Scarlets	Paris La Défense Arena, Nanterre Spectators: 14,418 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
		(15:16) Report

Group 5

	team	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game- Points	Diff.	Bonus- Points	Table Points
1.	Edinburgh rugby	6th	5	0	1	154: 83	+ 71	3	23
2.	Montpellier Hérault RC	6th	3	0	3	158: 116	+ 42	4th	16
3.	RC Toulon	6th	2	0	4th	134: 180	- 46	2	10
4th	Newcastle Falcons	6th	2	0	4th	102: 169	- 67	1	9

October 13, 2018 4:15 p.m. CEST	Montpellier Hérault RC	21:15	Edinburgh rugby	GGL Stadium , Montpellier Spectators: 10,450 Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
		(21:10) Report

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October 14, 2018 16:15 CEST	RC Toulon	25:26	Newcastle Falcons	Stade Mayol , Toulon Spectators: 13,572 Referee: Ben Whitehouse ( Wales )
		(15:16) Report

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October 20, 2018 3:15 pm WEST	Edinburgh rugby	40:14	RC Toulon	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 7,056 Referee: JP Doyle (England)
		(26: 7) Report

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October 21, 2018 1:00 p.m. WEST	Newcastle Falcons	23:20	Montpellier Hérault RC	Kingston Park , Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 6,383 Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland )
		(16: 6) Report

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December 7, 2018 7:45 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	31: 13	Newcastle Falcons	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Spectators: 6,803 Referee: Marius Mitrea ( Italy )
		(10:13) report

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December 8, 2018 4:15 p.m. CET	RC Toulon	38:28	Montpellier Hérault RC	Stade Mayol, Toulon Spectators: 11,439 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
		(13: 7) Report

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December 16, 2018 3:15 pm GMT	Newcastle Falcons	8:21	Edinburgh rugby	Kingston Park, Newcastle Spectators: 7,174 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz ( France )
		(8: 6) Report

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December 16, 2018 4:15 p.m. CET	Montpellier Hérault RC	34: 13	RC Toulon	GGL Stadium, Montpellier Spectators: 7,800 Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
		(15: 6) Report

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January 12, 2019 14:00 CET	Montpellier Hérault RC	45: 8	Newcastle Falcons	GGL Stadium, Montpellier Spectators: 7,923 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
		(12: 3) Report

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January 12, 2019 6:30 PM CET	RC Toulon	17:28	Edinburgh rugby	Stade Mayol, Toulon Spectators: 13.096 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
		(12: 8) Report

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January 18, 2019 7:45 PM GMT	Newcastle Falcons	24:27	RC Toulon	Kingston Park, Newcastle Spectators: 6,694 Referee: Daniel Jones (Wales)
		(10:17) report

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January 18, 2019 7:45 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	19:10	Montpellier Hérault RC	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Spectators: 11,802 Referee: JP Doyle (England)
		(9: 7) Report

Knockout round

Seeding list

1. Saracens
2. Racing 92
3. Leinster
4. Edinburgh
5. Muenster
6. Ulster
7. Stade Toulousain
8. Glasgow Warriors

Quarter finals

March 30, 2019 12:45 PM GMT	Edinburgh rugby	13: 17	Munster rugby	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 36,358 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
	Attempts: Dean 26th increments: van der Walt (1/1) Penalty kicks: van der Walt 35th, 50th	(10: 7) Report	Attempts: Earl's 18th raised, 70th raised raises: Carbery (1/1) Bleyendaal (1/1) Penalty kicks : Bleyendaal 46.

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March 30, 2019 3:15 pm GMT	Saracens	56: 27	Glasgow Warriors	Allianz Park , London Spectators: 10,997 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
	Tries: Williams .. 4. erh erh 48. Strettle ... 25 n erh erh 56. Barritt . 29 erh George . 62. erh Tompkins . 70. erh increases: Lozowski (6/7) penalty kicks: Lozowski 14., 42., 54.	(22:13) Report	Attempts: Price 1st raised Horne 66th raised Fagerson 80th raised increases: Hastings (3/3) Penalty kicks: Hastings 32nd, 37th

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March 30, 2019 5:45 PM GMT	Leinster rugby	21:18	Ulster rugby	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 51,700 Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
	Attempts: R. Byrne 10. after receiving A. Byrne 53. Increasing increases: R. Byrne (1/2) Penalty kicks: R. Byrne 30., 34., 71.	(11:13) Report	Attempts: Treadwell 5th raised Marshall 63rd raised increases: Cooney (1/2) Penalty kicks: Cooney 21st, 38th.

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March 31, 2019 16:15 CEST	Racing 92	21:22	Stade Toulousain	Paris La Défense Arena , Paris Spectators: 26.092 Referee: Luke Pearce ( England )
	Attempts: Thomas 18th up. Chat 73. after up . Increases: Machenaud (1/2) Penalty kicks : Machenaud 13th, 48th, 54th.	(10:19) report	Attempts: Dupont 6th, Médard 35th, 30th, nth, elevations: Holmes (1/1) Ntamack (1/2) Penalty kicks : Ramos 67.

Semifinals

April 20, 2019 4:00 pm WEST	Saracens	32:16	Munster rugby	Ricoh Arena , Coventry Spectators: 16,235 Referee: Jérôme Garcés (France)
	Attempts: Rhodes 42nd increased Vunipola 71st increased increases: Farrell 2/2 Penalty kicks: Farrell 1st, 17th, 26th, 40th, 47th, 53rd	(12: 9) Report	Attempts: Sweetnam 60th increases: Hanrahan 1/1 Penalty kicks : Bleyendaal 9th, 30th Murray 36.

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April 21, 2019 4:15 pm WEST	Leinster rugby	30: 12	Stade Toulousain	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 42,916 Referees: Wayne Barnes (England)
	Attempts: Lowe . 13. erh L. McGrath . 25 erh Fardy . 52. erh increases: Sexton 3/3 penalty kicks: Sexton 10, 65. R. Byrne 77th	(17: 6) Report	Penalty kicks : Ramos 5th, 30th, 44th Ntamack 59.

final

May 11, 2019 5:00 p.m. WEST	Leinster rugby	10:20	Saracens	St. James' Park , Newcastle upon Tyne Spectators: 51,930 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
	Attempts: Furlong 31. Elevations: Sexton 33. Penalty kicks: Sexton 3.	(10:10) report	Attempts: Maitland 40 + 2 Vunipola 66. Increases: Farrell 40 + 4, 67. Penalty kicks: Farrell 38, 58.

15th Rob Kearney 14th Jordan Larmour 13 Garry Ringrose 12 Robbie Henshaw 11 James Lowe 10 Jonathan Sexton 09 Luke McGrath 08th Jack Conan 07th Sean O'Brien 61. 06th Scott Fardy 05 James Ryan 04th Devin Toner 74. 03 Tadhg Furlong 69. 02 Sean Cronin 50. 01 Cian Healy 61. Substitute: 16 James Tracy 50. 17th Jack McGrath 61. 18th Michael Bent 69. 19th Rhys Ruddock 61. 20th Max Deegan 74. 21st Hugh O'Sullivan 22nd Ross Byrne 23 Rory O'Loughlin Trainer:  Leo Cullen

15th Alex Goode 14th Liam Williams 13 Alex Lozowski 12 Brad Barritt 11 Sean Maitland 10 Owen Farrell 09 Ben Spencer 55. 08th Billy Vunipola 74. 07th Jackson Wray 06th Maro Itoje 05 George Kruis 04th Will Skelton 61. 03 Titi Lamositele 29 02 Jamie George 01 Mako Vunipola 29 Substitute: 16 Joe Gray 17th Richard Barrington 29 18th Vincent Koch 29 19th Nick Isiekwe 61. 20th Schalk Burger 74. 21st Richard Wigglesworth 55. 22nd Nick Tompkins 23 David Strettle Trainer:  Mark McCall

statistics

Most attempts made

	Surname	tries	society
1.	Sean Cronin	6th	Leinster rugby
	Jacob Stockdale		Ulster rugby
3.	Antoine Dupont	5	Stade Toulousain
	Steff Evans		Scarlets
	Juan Imhoff		Racing 92
	Henry Immelman		Montpellier Hérault RC
	Sean Maitland		Saracens
	Simon Zebo		Racing 92

Most points scored

	Surname	Points	society
1.	Owen Farrell	89	Saracens
2.	Jaco van der Walt	73	Edinburgh rugby
3.	Thomas Ramos	72	Stade Toulousain
4th	Joey Carbery	70	Munster rugby
5.	Adam Hastings	61	Glasgow Warriors

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2018/19 Pool Draws produce top-quality fixtures ( English ) European Professional Club Rugby. Retrieved April 1, 2019.