Challenge Cup stats from Round 1
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Challenge Cup stats from Round 1
Gloucester started strong while Montpellier earned an impressive away win
Bayonne, Black Lions, Lyn and Connacht prevailed
Pau and Ospreys were victorious while the Cheetahs and Perpignan shared the points
A roundup of what happend in round 1 of the Challenge Cup last weekend. With round 2 kicking off tomorrow, lets take a look at the stats ahead of round 2.
Club stats after round 1
Tries scored
| Tries scored | Club |
| 7 | Connacht |
| 5 | Lyon |
| 4 | Pau |
| 4 | Ospreys |
| 4 | Cardiff |
Lineout success %
| % | Club |
| 100 | Connacht |
| 100 | Pau |
| 94 | Cheetahs |
| 91 | Ospreys |
| 88 | Glucester |
% Tackle success
| % | Club |
| 86 | Bayonne |
| 85 | Montpellier |
| 85 | Lyon |
| 83 | Black Lion |
| 83 | Edinburgh |
Meters made
| Meters made | Club |
| 650 | Pau |
| 521 | Bayonne |
| 509 | Connacht |
| 427 | Ospreys |
| 408 | Montpellier |
Steve Diamond's Newcastle won 100% of their scrums in the first round
Clean breaks
| Clean breaks | Club |
| 9 | Connacht |
| 9 | Lyon |
| 9 | Montpellier |
| 8 | Pau |
| 8 | Ospreys |
Player stats after round 1
Points
| Points | Player | Club |
| 17 | Luka Matkava | Black Lion |
| 15 | Chay Mullins | Connacht |
| 12 | Axel Desperes | Pau |
| 11 | Thibault Debaes | 11 |
| Ioan Lloyd | Scarlets | 11 |
Clean breaks
| Clean breaks | Player | Club |
| 3 | Madosh Tambwe | Montpellier |
| 3 | Josh Hathaway | Gloucester |
| 3 | Chay Mullins | Connacht |
| 3 | Paul Boyle | Connacht |
| 3 | Ethan Dumortier | Lyon |
Stephen Varney (Vannes scrumhalf) made the most passes in round 1 (90)
Meters made
| Meters made | Player | Club |
| 152 | Aaron Nkanang | Pau |
| 136 | Nadir Megdoud | Bayonne |
| 118 | Clement Mondinat | Pau |
| 108 | Elliott Roudil | Pau |
| 105 | Ioan Nicholas | Scarlets |
Tackles
| Tackles made | Player | Club |
| 28 | Jac Price | Scarlets |
| 24 | Nicolas Martins | Montpellier |
| 24 | Alex Craig | Scarlets |
| 23 | Jean-Maurice Decubber | Vannes |
| 22 | Tom Gordon | Newcastle |
