The Russians are 5m out

Enisei enjoying some possession as they ask questions of the La Rochelle defence

Rattez cleans up for La Rochelle

The home side attack and put boot to ball

Straight off the kick off and La Rochelle secure it and score

Kick off in Krasnoyarsk

The sides are out

10 minutes until kick off

Welcome to the opening Challenge Cup game of a busy European day in Round 1 of the 2018/19 competition.
Enisei are currently on a 10 match losing streak in the competition, this after getting 4 wins in their opening 8 games.
La Rochelle come into the game in good European form with 6 wins from 7 pool games. Live updates to follow

This will be the first meeting between Enisei and La Rochelle, however, La Rochelle will be the third Top 14 side to visit Enisei (Brive twice, Bordeaux-Begles once)