Challenge Cup - Friday Round Up

Challenge Cup - Friday Round Up

Castres battle to bonus point win over Enisei

Castres Olympique had to battle all the way on Friday afternoon as they defeated Enisei-STM 22-10 in Challenge Cup Pool 1.

Earll Douwrie gave the visitors the lead with a successful penalty kick but that didn’t last long as Geoffrey Palis quickly hit back with a first Castres try inside the opening 10 minutes.

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Brive keep knockout phase hopes alive

Brive kept their hopes of a European Challenge Cup quarter-final place alive by defeating Zebre Rugby in Pool 4 on Friday night.

After an early exchange of penalties, Georgian scrum-half Vasil Lobzhanidze scored the first try of the game after 17 minutes with Tedo Abzhandadze converting.


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Davies boots Dragons to top of Pool 1

Man of the Match Sam Davies booted Dragons to the top European Rugby Challenge Cup Pool 1 on a sodden night against Worcester Warriors at Rodney Parade.

Davies kicked six penalties and a conversion to put Dragons two points clear of Castres Olympique heading into January’s final two rounds of pool matches.

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