European Champions Cup
Leicester Tigers 33-20 Stade Francais
Leicester Tigers have beaten Stade Francais 33-20 in the opening match of the European Rugby Champions Cup. The Aviva Premiership side thought they had taken the lead after 14 minutes when Peter Betham crossed the line, but the try was ruled out after a blocking foul in the build up.
Stade took the lead on the half-hour mark when Julien Tomas crossed the line after pressure on the Leicester try line. The conversion was missed but Morne Steyn made up for the error three minutes alter by placing a kick through the posts.
The score was pulled back by the Tigers in the 34th minute when Vereniki Goneva scored and Owen Williams added the conversion. Leicester took a 12-8 lead into half time when Matt Smith finished in the corner.
Brendon O'Connor scored a debut try from the restart and Owen Williams added a penalty kick shortly after as Leicester stretched their lead. Paul Williams pulled a try back shortly after, but that was cancelled out immediately when Ben Youngs crossed to confirm the bonus point for Leicester. Owen Williams added another penalty but a Stade try took the score to 30-20 when Julien Arias's try was confirmed by the TMO. Seremaia Bai added three more for Leicester in the final minutes to confirm the victory for the English side.
European Challenge Cup
Brive 13-9 Newcastle Falcons
CA Brive's dominant first-half display has given them a 13-9 victory against Newcastle Falcons in their opening match of the European Challenge Cup.
Elia Radikedike gave Brive the lead after just five minutes when he crossed over, and Nicolas Bezy added two extra points from the conversion. Tom Catterick missed the chance to pull three points back in the 22nd minute, and Bezy stretched Brive's lead to 10 shortly after.
The Newcastle fly-half found his range before half time, but a third kick through the posts from Bezy gave Brive a 10-point half-time lead. The Aviva Premiership side defended well in the second half as two Catterick strikes brought the score to 13-9 with 20 minutes remaining. Falcons continued to push for a try and failed to take an opportunity from a scrum on the Brive five-yard line as the Top 14 team held on to take the points.
Edinburgh 28-10 Grenoble
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne starred as Edinburgh defeated Grenoble 28-10 at Murrayfield. Cornell Du Preez gave Edinburgh the lead when he crossed after five minutes.
Hidalgo-Clyne missed the conversion but made no mistake when given another chance with his boot after 23 minutes. The fly-half added three more points to put Edinburgh into the driving seat before half time.
James Hart got Grenoble's first points on the board with the boot in the 50th minute, before Hidalgo-Clyne added three more at the other end with a 43m kick. Edinburgh were awarded a penalty try with 20 minutes remaining after an infringement at the scrum. Grenoble scored their only try of the game when Daniel Kilioni intercepted Damien Hoyland's pass.
Du Preez added Edinburgh's final try with two minutes remaining to cap off a successful night for the Scottish capital club.
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