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2019–20 European Rugby Challenge Cup
2019–20 European Rugby Challenge Cup
Tournament details
Countries	England; France; Italy; Russia; Scotland; Wales
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Date	15 November 2019 - 16 October 2020
Tournament statistics
Teams	20
Matches played	60
Attendance	374,846 (6,247 per match)
Highest attendance	17,553 - Bordeaux Bègles v Edinburgh; (11 January 2020)
Lowest attendance	100 - Enisey-STM v Castres; (6 December 2019)
Tries scored	376 (6.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jamie Shillcock (Worcester Warriors); 67 points
Top try scorer(s)	Jamie Shillcock (Worcester Warriors); 5 tries
Final
Venue	Stade Maurice David
Champions	Bristol Bears (1st title)
Runners-up	Toulon
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The 2019–20 European Rugby Challenge Cup was the sixth edition of the European Rugby Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs. Including the predecessor competition, the original European Challenge Cup, this was the 24th edition of European club rugby's second-tier competition. Clubs from six European nations competed, including Russian and Italian clubs who qualified via the Continental Shield.

The tournament began in November 2019. The knock-out stages, originally planned to take place between March and May 2020, were delayed until later in the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The final took place on 16 October at the Stade Maurice David in Aix-en-Provence.^[1]

Teams

20 teams will qualify for the 2019–20 European Challenge Cup; 18 will qualify from Premiership Rugby, the Pro14 and the Top 14, as a direct result of their domestic league performance, with two qualifying through the 2018–19 Continental Shield. The distribution of teams is:

England: Five teams
- Any teams finishing between 7th and 11th position in Premiership Rugby that do not qualify for the Champions Cup (Sale Sharks (7th) qualified for the Champions Cup and therefore did not take part in the Challenge Cup)).
- The champion of the RFU Championship.
France: Eight teams
- Any teams finishing between 7th and 12th position in the Top 14 that do not qualify for the 2019-20 European Champions Cup
- The champion from the Pro D2.
- The winner of the promotion-relegation play-off between the team in 13th position in the Top 14 and the runner-up of the Pro D2.
Italy, Scotland, Wales: six teams
- Five teams from the Pro14, excluding the South African teams, that do not qualify for the 2019-20 European Champions Cup
- One team from Italy qualified through the Continental Shield
Russia: one team
- One team from Russia qualified through the Continental Shield

No team from Ireland will participate in the competition as all four clubs have qualified for the 2019-20 European Champions Cup.

The following clubs have qualified for the Challenge Cup.

Premiership	Top 14	Pro14			Qualifying Competition
England	France	Italy	Scotland	Wales	Italy	Russia
Bristol Bears Leicester Tigers London Irish Wasps Worcester Warriors	Agen Bayonne Bordeaux Bègles Brive Castres Pau Stade Français Toulon	Zebre	Edinburgh	Cardiff Blues Dragons Scarlets	Calvisano	Enisey-STM

Qualifying competition

Six teams were split into two pools of three to compete in the pool stage of the European Rugby Continental Shield. Each team played the other two teams in its pool twice on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each pool faced each other in a two-legged play-off for a place in the Challenge Cup.

A further place was awarded to the winner of a two-legged playoff between the two sides competing in the 2018–19 Challenge Cup.

Qualifying play-offs

30 March 2019

Calvisano	29 – 13	Rugby Rovigo Delta

Stadio San Michele, Calvisano
Attendance: 1,200

30 March 2019

Timișoara Saracens	20 – 18	Enisey-STM

Dan Păltinișanu Stadium, Timișoara
Attendance: 970

20 April 2019

Enisey-STM	40 – 32	Timișoara Saracens

Avangard Stadium, Krasnoyarsk
Attendance: 2,600

20 April 2019

Rugby Rovigo Delta	30 – 28	Calvisano

Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

Team details

Below is the list of coaches, captain and stadiums with their method of qualification for each team.

Note: Placing shown in brackets, denotes standing at the end of the regular season for their respective leagues, with their end of season positioning shown through CH for Champions, RU for Runner-up, SF for losing Semi-finalist and QF for losing Quarter-finalist.

Team	Coach / Director of Rugby	Captain	Stadium	Capacity	Method of Qualification
Agen	Christophe Laussucq		Stade Armandie	14,000	Top 14 7th-12th (12th)
Bayonne	Yannick Bru	Antoine Battut	Stade Jean Dauger	16,934	Pro D2 champions
Bordeaux Bègles	Christophe Urios	Jefferson Poirot	Stade Chaban-Delmas	34,694	Top 14 7th-12th (10th)
Bristol Bears	Pat Lam	Steven Luatua	Ashton Gate	27,000	Premiership 8th-11th (9th)
Brive	Jeremy Davidson	Saïd Hireche	Stade Amédée-Domenech	16,000	Pro D2 / Top 14 play-off winner
Calvisano	Massimo Brunello	Alberto Chiesa	Stadio San Michele	5,000	European Rugby Continental Shield play-off winner
Cardiff Blues	John Mulvihill	Ellis Jenkins	Cardiff Arms Park	12,125	Pro14 Conference A (5th)
Castres	Mauricio Reggiardo	Mathieu Babillot	Stade Pierre-Fabre	12,500	Top 14 7th-12th (7th)
Dragons	Dean Ryan	Cory Hill	Rodney Parade	8,700	Pro14 Conference B (6th)
Edinburgh	Richard Cockerill	Stuart McInally	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Pro14 Conference B (5th)
Enisei-STM	Alexander Pervukhin	Uldis Saulite	Kuban Stadium	35,200^[a]	European Rugby Continental Shield play-off winner
Leicester Tigers	Geordan Murphy	Tom Youngs	Welford Road Stadium	25,849	Premiership 8th-11th (11th)
London Irish	Declan Kidney	Blair Cowan	Madejski Stadium	24,161	RFU Championship champions
Pau	Nicolas Godignon Frédéric Manca	Quentin Lespiaucq	Stade du Hameau	18,324	Top 14 7th-12th (11th)
Scarlets	Brad Mooar	Ken Owens	Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Pro14 Conference B (4th)^[b]
Stade Français	Heyneke Meyer (for Laurent Sempéré and Julien Arias)^[c]	Yoann Maestri	Stade Jean-Bouin	20,000	Top 14 7th-12th
Toulon	Patrice Collazo	Raphaël Lakafia	Stade Mayol	18,200	Top 14 7th-12th (9th)
Wasps	Lee Blackett	Dan Robson Thomas Young	Ricoh Arena	32,609	Premiership 8th-11th (8th)
Worcester Warriors	Alan Solomons	GJ van Velze	Sixways Stadium	11,499	Premiership 8th-11th (10th)
Zebre	Michael Bradley	Tommaso Castello	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi	5,000	Pro14 Conference A (7th)

Seeding

The 20 competing teams will be seeded and split into four tiers; seeding is based on performance in their respective domestic leagues. Where promotion and relegation is in effect in a league, the promoted team is seeded last, or (if multiple teams are promoted) by performance in the lower competition.^[3]

Rank	Top 14	Premiership	Pro 14	Continental Shield
1	Castres	Wasps	Scarlets	Enisey-STM
2	Stade Français	Bristol Bears	Cardiff Blues	Calvisano
3	Toulon	Worcester Warriors	Edinburgh
4	Bordeaux Bègles	Leicester Tigers	Dragons
5	Pau	London Irish	Zebre
6	Agen
7	Bayonne
8	Brive

Based on these seedings, teams are placed into one of the four tiers, with the top-seeded clubs being put in Tier 1. The nature of the tier system means that a draw is needed to allocate two of the three second-seed clubs to Tier 1. The fourth-seed team from the same domestic league as the second-seed team which was put in Tier 2 will also be placed in Tier 2. Brackets show each team's seeding and their league. e.g. 1 Top 14 indicates the team was the top seed from the Top 14.

Given the nature of the Continental Shield, a competition including developing rugby nations and Italian clubs not competing in the Pro14, the qualifying teams from this competition are automatically included in Tier 4.

Tier 1	Wasps (1 Prem)	Scarlets (1 Pro14)	Castres (1 Top 14)	Stade Français (2 Top 14)	Cardiff Blues (2 Pro14)
Tier 2	Bristol Bears (2 Prem)	Worcester Warriors (3 Prem)	Edinburgh (3 Pro14)	Toulon (3 Top 14)	Leicester Tigers (4 Prem)
Tier 3	Bordeaux Bègles (4 Top 14)	Dragons (4 Pro14)	London Irish (5 Prem)	Zebre (5 Pro14)	Pau (5 Top 14)
Tier 4	Agen (6 Top 14)	Bayonne (7 Top 14)	Brive (8 Top 14)	Enisey-STM (CS 1)	Calvisano (CS 2)

Pool stage

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Locations

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Green: Pool 1;

Red: Pool 2;

Orange: Pool 3;

Yellow: Pool 4;

Blue: Pool 5.]]

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Locations of teams of the 2019–20 European Rugby Champions Cup group stage.

Green: Pool 1;

Red: Pool 2;

Orange: Pool 3;

Yellow: Pool 4;

Blue: Pool 5.

The draw took place in June 2019.

Teams in the same pool will play each other twice, both at home and away in the group stage, that will begin in November 2019, and continue through to January 2020, before the pool winners and three best runners-up progressed to the quarter-finals.

Teams will be awarded competition points, based on match result. Teams receive four points for a win, two points for a draw, one attacking bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match and one defensive bonus point for losing a match by seven points or fewer.^[4]

In the event of a tie between two or more teams, the following tie-breakers will be used, as directed by EPCR:

Where teams have played each other
1. The club with the greater number of competition points from only matches involving tied teams.
2. If equal, the club with the best aggregate points difference from those matches.
3. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in those matches.
Where teams remain tied and/or have not played each other in the competition (i.e. are from different pools)
1. The club with the best aggregate points difference from the pool stage.
2. If equal, the club that scored the most tries in the pool stage.
3. If equal, the club with the fewest players suspended in the pool stage.
4. If equal, the drawing of lots will determine a club's ranking.

Key to colours
	Winner of each pool, advance to quarter-finals.
	Three highest-scoring second-place teams advance to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Castres (5)	6	5	1	159	103	+56	22	12	3	0	23
2	Dragons (7)	6	4	2	194	136	+58	24	17	3	1	20
3	Worcester Warriors	6	3	3	209	127	+82	27	14	3	1	16
4	Enisey-STM	6	0	6	73	269	−196	10	40	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Toulon (1)	6	6	0	177	87	+90	25	8	4	0	28
2	Scarlets (8)	6	4	2	149	90	+59	17	11	2	1	19
3	Bayonne	6	1	5	93	190	−97	12	28	2	1	7
4	London Irish	6	1	5	122	174	−52	16	23	1	2	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool 3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Bordeaux Bègles (3)	6	5	1	0	221	72	+149	28	6	4	0	26
2	Edinburgh (6)	6	4	1	1	140	85	+55	16	9	3	0	21
3	Wasps	6	2	0	4	141	145	−4	18	16	2	1	11
4	Agen	6	0	0	6	57	257	−200	6	37	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Bristol Bears (2)	6	5	1	0	209	58	+151	27	6	4	0	26
2	Brive	6	3	0	3	111	165	−54	14	22	1	1	14
3	Zebre	6	2	1	3	106	151	−45	15	19	2	1	13
4	Stade Français	6	1	0	5	104	156	−52	11	20	1	3	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool 5

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Leicester Tigers (4)	6	5	1	181	95	+86	23	10	2	1	23
2	Pau	6	4	2	208	170	+38	29	23	3	0	19
3	Cardiff Blues	6	3	3	216	119	+97	30	13	4	2	18
4	Calvisano	6	0	6	68	289	−221	7	43	0	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Ranking of pool leaders and runners-up

Rank	Pool Leaders	Pts	Diff	TF
1	Toulon	28	+90	25
2	Bristol Bears	26	+151	27
3	Bordeaux Bègles	26	+149	28
4	Leicester Tigers	23	+86	23
5	Castres	23	+56	22
Rank	Pool Runners–up	Pts	Diff	TF
6	Edinburgh	21	+55	16
7	Dragons	20	+58	24
8	Scarlets	19	+59	17
9	Pau	19	+38	29
10	Brive	14	–54	14

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals		Final

1	Toulon	11

8	Scarlets	6
			Toulon	34

			Leicester Tigers	19
4	Leicester Tigers	Bye

5	Castres
					Toulon	19

					Bristol Bears	32
2	Bristol Bears	56

7	Dragons	17
			Bristol Bears (a.e.t.)	37

			Bordeaux Bègles	20
3	Bordeaux Bègles	23

6	Edinburgh	14

Quarter-finals

18 September
19:45

Bristol Bears (2)	56–17	(7) Dragons
Try: Hughes 20' c Earl (2) 24' c, 26' c Radradra 43' c Vui 74' c Malins 75' c D. Thomas 77' c Con: Sheedy (6/7) 21', 25', 26', 44', 74', 76' Pen: Sheedy (3/4) 31', 54', 70'	Report	Try: Hewitt 13' c R. Williams 51' c Con: S. Davies (2/2) 14', 51' Pen: S. Davies (1/1) 11'

Ashton Gate
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (FFR)

19 September
13:30

Bordeaux Bègles (3)	23–14	(6) Edinburgh
Try: Cordero 4' c Dubié 9' c Con: Jalibert (2/2) 5', 10' Pen: Jalibert (2/3) 50', 58' Botica (1/1) 80'+1	Report	Try: Hoyland 53' m Pen: van der Walt (2/3) 32', 46' Kinghorn (1/1) 71'

Stade Chaban-Delmas
Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

19 September
21:15

Toulon (1)	11–6	(8) Scarlets
Try: Parisse 56' m Pen: Carbonel (2/2) 54', 73'	Report	Pen: Halfpenny (2/3) 3', 30'

Stade Mayol
Referee: Andrew Brace (IRFU)

20 September
15:00

Leicester Tigers (4)	Cancelled^[d]	(5) Castres

Welford Road
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Semi-finals

25 September
19:45

Bristol Bears (2)	37–20 (a.e.t.)	(3) Bordeaux Bègles
Try: Luatua 38' c Malins (2) 51' c, 86' c O'Conor 82' c Con: Sheedy (4/4) 39', 52', 83', 88' Pen: Sheedy (3/4) 58', 62', 97'	Report	Try: Jalibert 11' c Dweba 67' c Con: Lucu (1/1) 13' Botica (1/1) 68' Pen: Jalibert (2/2) 27', 30'

Ashton Gate
Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)

26 September
21:00

Toulon (1)	34–19	(4) Leicester Tigers
Try: Heem 8' c Villière (2) 20' c, 66' c Isa 58' c Con: Carbonel (4/4) 10', 22', 60', 67' Pen: Carbonel (2/2) 18', 34'	Report	Try: Nadolo 37' m Potter 74' m Pen: Ford (3/3) 3', 25', 45'

Stade Mayol
Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU)

Final

16 October 2020
21:00

Toulon (1)	19–32	(2) Bristol Bears
Try: Heem 11' c Con: Carbonel (1/1) 13' Pen: Carbonel (4/5) 21', 37', 40', 53'	Report	Try: Randall 1' c Malins 60' c Con: Sheedy (2/2) 2', 61' Pen: Sheedy (6/6) 4', 48', 56', 59', 75', 79'

Stade Maurice David, Aix-en-Provence
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)


FB	15	Gervais Cordin
RW	14	Bryce Heem	32'
OC	13	Isaia Toeava
IC	12	Duncan Paia'aua
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Louis Carbonel
SH	9	Baptiste Serin	45'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Raphaël Lakafia	60'
BF	6	Charles Ollivon
RL	5	Romain Taofifénua	52'
LL	4	Eben Etzebeth	47'
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	58'	77'
HK	2	Anthony Étrillard (c)	55'
LP	1	Jean-Baptiste Gros	55'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Bastien Soury	55'
PR	17	Florian Fresia	55'
PR	18	Emerick Setiano	58'	77'
LK	19	Brian Alainu'uese	52'
FL	20	Swan Rebbadj	47'
SH	21	Julien Ory	60'
FH	22	Sonatane Takulua
WG	23	Masivesi Dakuwaqa	32'
Coach:
Patrice Collazo


FB	15	Max Malins
RW	14	Luke Morahan	78'
OC	13	Semi Radradra	60'
IC	12	Siale Piutau (c)
LW	11	Alapati Leiua
FH	10	Callum Sheedy
SH	9	Harry Randall	78'
N8	8	Ben Earl
OF	7	Dan Thomas
BF	6	Chris Vui	40'
RL	5	Joe Joyce	70'
LL	4	Dave Attwood
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	55'
HK	2	Harry Thacker	78'
LP	1	Yann Thomas	55'
Substitutions:
HK	16	George Kloska	78'
PR	17	Jake Woolmore	55'
PR	18	John Afoa	55'
LK	19	Ed Holmes	70'
FL	20	Jake Heenan	40'
SH	21	Tom Kessell	78'
FH	22	Piers O'Conor	60'
CE	23	Niyi Adeolokun	78'
Coach:
Pat Lam

Attendances

Does not include the attendance at the final as it takes place at a neutral venue, or the attendances of matches played in empty stadiums due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Agen	3	7,580	2,527	3,570	1,997	18%
Bayonne	3	21,566	7,189	9,053	5,057	42%
Bordeaux Bègles	3	43,694	14,565	17,553	12,233	42%
Bristol Bears	3	32,505	10,835	11,120	10,511	40%
Brive	3	9,335	3,112	4,533	1,800	19%
Calvisano	3	5,450	1,817	2,500	950	36%
Cardiff Blues	3	17,612	5,871	7,122	4,668	48%
Castres	3	24,507	8,169	8,277	7,957	65%
Dragons	3	12,088	4,029	4,038	4,013	46%
Edinburgh	3	17,529	5,843	6,387	5,432	9%
Enisei-STM	3	700	233	400	100	1%
Leicester Tigers	3	46,861	15,620	16,538	15,073	60%
London Irish	3	9,083	3,028	3,444	2,632	13%
Pau	3	14,115	4,705	6,124	3,724	26%
Scarlets	3	20,575	6,858	7,565	6,257	46%
Stade Français	3	6,000	2,000	2,000	2,000	10%
Toulon	3	38,575	12,858	15,336	10,212	71%
Wasps	3	20,847	6,949	7,594	6,107	21%
Worcester Warriors	3	20,124	6,708	6,938	6,287	58%
Zebre	3	6,100	2,033	2,200	1,900	41%

^[6]

Player scoring

Appearance figures also include coming on as substitutes (unused substitutes not included).

Most points

Rank	Player	Team	Apps	Points
1	Jamie Shillcock	Worcester Warriors	5	67
2	Matthieu Jalibert	Bordeaux Bègles	5	62
3	Sam Davies	Dragons	5	60
4	Leigh Halfpenny	Scarlets	4	46
5	Clovis Lebail	Pau	5	42
6	Anthony Belleau	Toulon	4	40
6	Jarrod Evans	Cardiff Blues	4	40
7	Callum Sheedy	Bristol Bears	5	37
8	Tedo Abzhandadze	Brive	6	35
9	Joris Segonds	Stade Français	6	33

^[7]

Most tries

Rank	Player	Team	Apps	Tries
1	Jamie Shillcock	Worcester Warriors	5	5
2	Jonah Holmes	Leicester Tigers	1	4
	Josh Adams	Cardiff Blues	2	4
	Owen Lane	Cardiff Blues	3	4
	Albert Tuisue	London Irish	3	4
	Darcy Graham	Edinburgh	4	4
	Duhan van der Merwe	Edinburgh	4	4
	Will Capon	Bristol Bears	5	4
	Ollie Lawrence	Worcester Warriors	5	4
	Vasil Lobzhanidze	Brive	5	4
	Vincent Pinto	Pau	6	4

^[7]

Season records

Team

Largest home win – 56 points

66–10 Worcester Warriors at home to Enisei-STM on 11 January 2020

Largest away win – 70 points

73–3 Bordeaux Bègles away to Agen on 6 December 2019

Most points scored – 73 points

73–3 Bordeaux Bègles away to Agen on 6 December 2019

Most tries in a match – 11

Bordeaux Bègles away to Agen on 6 December 2019

Most conversions in a match – 9

Bordeaux Bègles away to Agen on 6 December 2019

Most penalties in a match – 6

Dragons at home to Worcester Warriors on 13 December 2019

Most drop goals in a match – 2

Leicester Tigers at home to Cardiff Blues on 12 January 2020

^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

Player

Most points in a match – 27

Jamie Shillcock for Worcester Warriors away to Enisey-STM on 15 November 2019

Most tries in a match – 4 (2)

Jonah Holmes for Leicester Tigers at home to Pau on 16 November 2019
Darcy Graham for Edinburgh at home to Agen on 18 January 2020

Most conversions in a match – 8 (2)

Clovis Lebail for Pau at home to Calvisano on 22 November 2019
Jamie Shillcock for Worcester Warriors at home to Enisei-STM on 11 January 2020

Most penalties in a match – 6

Sam Davies for Dragons at home to Worcester Warriors on 13 December 2019

Most drop goals in a match – 2

George Ford for Leicester Tigers at home to Cardiff Blues on 12 January 2020

^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Attendances

Highest – 17,553

Bordeaux Bègles at home to Edinburgh on 11 January 2020

Lowest – 100

Enisei-STM at home to Castres on 6 December 2019

Highest average attendance — 15,620

Leicester Tigers

Lowest average attendance — 233

Enisei-STM

^[6]

Notes

^ Enisei-STM will play all their home games in Krasnodar - almost 3,000 miles west of their home town of Krasnoyarsk - due to the harshness of the Siberian winter.
^ Scarlets lost the 7th-place play-off to Ospreys, missing out on qualification for the European Rugby Champions Cup.
^ Heyneke Meyer began the tournament as Stade Français head coach, but resigned on November 12.^[2]
^ Due to three Castres players and one staff member testing positive for COVID-19, the match was cancelled and Castres forfeited.^[5]

References

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^ "Champions Cup Rules". epcrugby.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
^ "Leicester Tigers v Castres Olympique – match cancelled". European Professional Club Rugby. 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
^ ^a ^b "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Home attendance". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Player Statistics". EPCR. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 10 June 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most tries in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most conversions in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most penalties in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most drop goals in a match (Team)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most points in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most tries in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most conversions in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most penalties in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.
^ "European Rugby Challenge Cup 19/20 Most drop goals in a match (Player)". Rugby Statbunker. 18 January 2020.

[2] Enisei-STM will play all their home games in Krasnodar - almost 3,000 miles west of their home town of Krasnoyarsk - due to the harshness of the Siberian winter.

[3] Scarlets lost the 7th-place play-off to Ospreys, missing out on qualification for the European Rugby Champions Cup.

[5] Heyneke Meyer began the tournament as Stade Français head coach, but resigned on November 12.^[2]

[9] Due to three Castres players and one staff member testing positive for COVID-19, the match was cancelled and Castres forfeited.^[5]

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