Giocati ieri sera i primi due anticipi del terzo turno di Challenge Cup. Sorprende la vittoria a punteggio bassissimo della neopromossa (inglese) Newcastle sulla corazzata Tolone per 6 a 3. I Sale Sharks sono invece andati a vincere 29-14 ad Agen.
Newcastle (0) 6
Pens: Gopperth 2
Toulon (0) 3
Pens: Dumora
Newcastle: Goosen; Eves, Helleur, Fitzpatrick, Shortland; Gopperth, Pasqualin; Shiells, Graham, Murray; Hudson, Van der Heijden; Wilson, Welch, R Mayhew.
Replacements: Hogg for Goosen (75), Catterick for Shortland (41), Chudley for Pasqualin (50), Wells for Shiells (68), Frazier for Graham (80), Tu’ifua for R. Mayhew (50)
Not Used: Fearn, Pilgrim.
Toulon: Rooney; Sinzelle, Bastareaud, Messina, Lapyeyre; Dumora, Magnaval; Roberts, Orioli, Hayman; Mikautadze, Schofield; Gunther, Faosilvia, Rokobara.
Replacements: Chiocci for Orioli (63), Samson for Mikautadze (54), Armitage for Faosilvia (63).
Not Used: Ivaldi, Chilachava, Bonnet, Wilkinson, Palisson.
Att: 5,579
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Agen (7) 14
Tries: Lagrange, O’Connor Cons: Courrent 2
Sale (29) 29
Tries: Gaskell, M Jones, Vernon, Burrell Cons: MacLeod 3 Pens: MacLeod
Agen: Agulla; Swiryn, Avramovic, Robinson, Vaka; Courrent, Bales; Cabarry, Janaudy, Sheklasvili; O’Connor, Lagrange; Julien, Mondoulet, Erbani.
Replacements: Replacements: Dupuy for Swiryn (70), Ahotaeiloa for Robinson (53), Lamoulie for Courrent (62), Schwalger for Cabarry (61), Scelzo for Sheklasvili (65), Senekal for Lagrange (60).
Not Used: Narjissi, Badenhorst.
Sale: Cueto; Burrell, Higgins, Tuitupou, Tuculet; MacLeod, Willis; Cobilas, Jones, Buckley; Ostrikov, Gaskell; Vernon, Seymour, Powell.
Replacements: Brady for Tuitupou (73), Miller for MacLeod (73), Mathie for Willis (70), Dickinson for Cobilas (70), Taylor for Jones (65), Thomas for Buckley (60), McKenzie for Ostrikov (60).
Not Used: Myall.
Att: 5,500
Ref: Peter Allan (Scotland).