Irish turn the ball over and Clews exits to the 10 metre line

Stade are awarded a penalty at the scrum and Plisson kicks to the corner

Ransom spills the ball and its a scrum to Stade in their own half

Stade clear their lines and Irish look to attack wide through Fowlie

Clews gets the game underway with a long restart

Both teams take the pitch for the start of the game

Hello and welcome to Ultimate Rugby's coverage of this Challenge Cup game between Stade Francais and London Irish at the Stade Jean-Bouin. Stade are looking to improve on their performance having lost in Russia last week and London Irish are keen to pick up points after losing to Edinburgh