# 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup

The 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup was the 10th edition of the EPCR Challenge Cup, an annual second-tier rugby union competition for professional clubs. Including the predecessor competition, the original European Challenge Cup, this is the 28th edition of European club rugby's second-tier competition.
The tournament commenced in December 2023, and concluded with the final on 24 May 2024 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, England. In the final, Sharks beat Gloucester to win the cup for the first time.
This is the second year that teams from South Africa can qualify, following the second United Rugby Championship season. Two teams have been invited from outside the three main European professional leagues; The Black Lion from Tbilisi, Georgia are current holders of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, the third-tier competition in European rugby administered by Rugby Europe, and Cheetahs the current holders of the Currie Cup, South Africa's second tier and most historic national competition. Originally not represented in the Challenge Cup, two Irish teams, Ulster and Connacht, joined in the play-off rounds, having dropped down from the Champions Cup.

## Teams

| Location of European teams ConnachtUlsterBlack LionSaleNewcastleGloucesterEdinburghCastresClermontOyonnaxMontpellierPauPerpignanBayonneScarletsOspDr.BenettonZebreCheetahs2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup (Europe) | Location of South African teams LionsSharksCheetahs2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup (South Africa) |
| Locations of teams of the 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup. Blue: Pool 1; Red: Pool 2; Green: Pool 3; Yellow italic: Entered competition in knockout stage. Both home venues used by Cheetahs are marked. ||
Sixteen teams qualified for the 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup from Premiership Rugby, the Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship as a direct result of their domestic league performance having not qualified for the Heineken Champions Cup. Plus two invited sides making 18 teams.
The distribution of teams are:
* England: two teams
** Remaining teams in the 2023–24 Premiership Season that do not qualify for the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup. Bristol Bears had previously qualified but replaced London Irish in the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup following London Irish's suspension from the Premiership
* France: six teams
** Teams taking part in the 2023–24 Top 14 season that did not qualify for the Champions Cup
* Georgia, Italy, Scotland, Wales, South Africa: ten teams
** Eight teams qualified from Italy, Scotland, Wales and South Africa through the United Rugby Championship. Ireland are not represented.
** Two teams invited, one each from South Africa and Georgia.
| Entry Point | Premiership | Top 14 | United Rugby Championship | United Rugby Championship | United Rugby Championship | United Rugby Championship | United Rugby Championship | Invited | Invited |
| — | England | France | Ireland | Italy | Scotland | Wales | South Africa | South Africa | Georgia |
| Pool stage | Gloucester Newcastle Falcons | Castres Clermont Montpellier Pau Perpignan Oyonnax | — | Benetton Zebre Parma | Edinburgh | Ospreys Scarlets Dragons | Sharks Lions | Cheetahs | Black Lion |
| Knockout stage | Sale Sharks | Bayonne | Ulster Connacht | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### Team details

| Team | Coach / Director of Rugby | Captain | Stadium | Capacity | Method of qualification |
| Entering at Pool stage ||||||
| Benetton | Marco Bortolami | Dewaldt Duvenage Michele Lamaro | Stadio Comunale di Monigo | 5,000 | URC bottom eight |
| Black Lion | Levan Maisashvili | Merab Sharikadze | Mikheil Meskhi Stadium | 27,223 | Invited |
| Castres | Jeremy Davidson | Mathieu Babillot | Stade Pierre-Fabre | 12,500 | Top 14 bottom 6 |
| Cheetahs | Hawies Fourie | Victor Sekekete | Free State Stadium, South Africa | 46,000 | Invited |
| Cheetahs | Hawies Fourie | Victor Sekekete | NRCA Stadium, Netherlands | 5,000 | Invited |
| Clermont | Christophe Urios | Arthur Iturria | Stade Marcel-Michelin | 19,022 | Top 14 bottom 6 |
| Dragons | Dai Flanagan | Steffan Hughes | Rodney Parade | 8,700 | URC bottom eight |
| Edinburgh | Sean Everitt | Grant Gilchrist Jamie Ritchie | Edinburgh Rugby Stadium | 7,800 | URC bottom eight |
| Gloucester | George Skivington | Lewis Ludlow | Kingsholm | 16,115 | Premiership bottom 2 |
| Lions | Ivan van Rooyen | Marius Louw | Emirates Airline Park | 62,567 | URC bottom eight |
| Montpellier | Richard Cockerill Patrice Collazo | Paul Willemse | GGL Stadium | 15,697 | Top 14 bottom 6 |
| Newcastle Falcons | Alex Codling Micky Ward (interim) | Callum Chick | Kingston Park | 11,200 | Premiership bottom 2 |
| Ospreys | Toby Booth | Justin Tipuric | Swansea.com Stadium | 22,200 | URC bottom eight |
| Oyonnax | Joe El Abd | Tommy Raynaud | Stade Charles-Mathon | 11,500 | Pro D2 Champions |
| Pau | Sébastien Piqueronies | Beka Gorgadze | Stade du Hameau | 18,324 | Top 14 bottom 6 |
| Perpignan | Franck Azéma | Mathieu Acebes | Stade Aimé Giral | 14,593 | Top 14 bottom 6 |
| Scarlets | Dwayne Peel | Josh Macleod | Parc y Scarlets | 14,870 | URC bottom eight |
| Sharks | John Plumtree | Lukhanyo Am | Hollywoodbets Kings Park Stadium | 54,000 | URC bottom eight |
| Zebre Parma | Fabio Roselli | Dave Sisi | Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi | 5,000 | URC bottom eight |
| Entering at Knockout Stage (transferred from Champions Cup) ||||||
| Bayonne | Grégory Patat | Denis Marchois | Stade Jean-Dauger | 14,370 | Champions Cup Pool C 5th place |
| Connacht | Peter Wilkins | Jack Carty | Galway Sportsgrounds | 8,129 | Champions Cup Pool A 5th place |
| Sale Sharks | Alex Sanderson | Ben Curry | Salford Community Stadium | 12,000 | Champions Cup Pool D 5th place |
| Ulster | Richie Murphy | Iain Henderson | Ravenhill Stadium | 18,196 | Champions Cup Pool B 5th place |

## Pool stage

Teams were awarded four points for a win, two for a draw, one for scoring four tries in a game, and one for losing by less than eight points.

### Pool 1

2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 1 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sharks (1) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 53 | +88 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 |
| 2 | Pau (6) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 113 | −23 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 |
| 3 | Cheetahs (13) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 105 | +7 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 11 | Qualifies for Round of 16 |
| 4 | Zebre Parma (16) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 92 | −9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Qualifies for Round of 16 |
| 5 | Dragons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 80 | −9 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Oyonnax | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 110 | −54 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |

### Pool 2

2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 2 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Benetton Rugby (3) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 87 | +60 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 |
| 2 | Montpellier (5) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 54 | +40 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 |
| 3 | Ospreys (7) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 111 | 103 | +8 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 14 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 as 3rd best |
| 4 | Lions (14) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 76 | +18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Qualifies for Round of 16 |
| 5 | Newcastle Falcons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 139 | −57 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | Perpignan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 114 | −69 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

### Pool 3

2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup Pool 3 :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Gloucester (2) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 52 | +47 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 |
| 2 | Clermont (4) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 66 | +56 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 |
| 3 | Edinburgh (8) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 | 92 | +11 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 11 | Qualifies for a home Round of 16 as second 3rd best |
| 4 | Castres (15) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 91 | −3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Qualifies for Round of 16 |
| 5 | Black Lion | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 86 | −44 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | Scarlets | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 126 | −67 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

The knockout stage was played with a single-leg round of 16 matches consisting of the top four teams from each pool and the teams ranked 5th in each pool of the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup. The Round of 16 followed a pre-determined format, while the quarter-finals and semi-finals guaranteed home advantage to the higher-ranked team.

### Seeding

| Rank | Team | Pts | Diff | TF |
| Pool leaders |||||
| 1 | Sharks | 17 | +88 | 21 |
| 2 | Gloucester | 17 | +47 | 9 |
| 3 | Benetton Rugby | 15 | +60 | 19 |
| Pool runners-up |||||
| 4 | Clermont | 15 | +56 | 17 |
| 5 | Montpellier | 14 | +40 | 15 |
| 6 | Pau | 12 | –23 | 10 |
| Top two third placed teams |||||
| 7 | Ospreys | 14 | +8 | 15 |
| 8 | Edinburgh | 11 | +11 | 15 |
| Champions Cup teams |||||
| 9 | Bayonne | 8 | –25 | 11 |
| 10 | Sale Sharks | 6 | –7 | 13 |
| 11 | Connacht | 6 | –52 | 13 |
| 12 | Ulster | 5 | –59 | 12 |
| Third best third placed team |||||
| 13 | Cheetahs | 11 | +7 | 14 |
| Fourth placed teams |||||
| 14 | Lions | 10 | +18 | 10 |
| 15 | Castres | 10 | –3 | 13 |
| 16 | Zebre Parma | 10 | –9 | 11 |

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Sharks | 47 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Zebre Parma | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Zebre Parma | 3 | 1 | Sharks | 36 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Edinburgh | 30 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Edinburgh | 33 | 8 | Edinburgh | 30 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Bayonne | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Bayonne | 15 | | | | 1 | Sharks | 32 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Clermont | 31 | | | | |
| 4 | Clermont | 27 | | | | | | | 4 | Clermont | 31 | | | | |
| 13 | Cheetahs | 22 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Cheetahs | 22 | 4 | Clermont | 53 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Ulster | 14 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Montpellier | 17 | 12 | Ulster | 14 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ulster | 40 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Ulster | 40 | | | | | | | | 1 | Sharks | 36 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Gloucester | 22 |
| 2 | Gloucester | 30 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Gloucester | 22 |
| 15 | Castres | 25 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Castres | 25 | 2 | Gloucester | 23 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Ospreys | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ospreys | 23 | 7 | Ospreys | 13 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Sale Sharks | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Sale Sharks | 15 | | | | 2 | Gloucester | 40 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Benetton | 23 | | | | |
| 3 | Benetton | 27 | | | | | | | 3 | Benetton | 23 | | | | |
| 14 | Lions | 17 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Lions | 17 | 3 | Benetton | 39 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Connacht | 24 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Pau | 30 | 11 | Connacht | 24 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Connacht | 40 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

* 5 April 2024 20:00
| Gloucester (2) | 30–25 | (15) Castres |
| Try: Mercer 8' c May 27' c Llewellyn 31' c Con: Carreras (3/3) 10', 28', 33' Pen: Carreras (3/3) 55', 61', 79' | Report | Try: Dumora 1' c Zarantonello 72' c Raisuqe 80+2' m Con: Popelin (2/3) 2', 73' Pen: Popelin (2/2) 39', 52' |
* Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 9,134 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
* 6 April 2024 12:30
| Clermont (4) | 27–22 | (13) Cheetahs |
| Try: Jurand 1' c Delguy 37' m Fourcade 41' c Jauneau 53' m Con: Belleau (2/4) 2', 42' Pen: Belleau (1/2) 22' | Report | Try: Qoma (2) 62' c, 72' c Mafura 68' m Con: Pienaar (2/3) 63', 73' Pen: Pienaar (1/1) 11' |
* Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand Attendance: 13,493 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
* 6 April 2024 17:30
| Benetton (3) | 27–17 | (14) Lions |
| Try: Gallo 8' c Ratave 33' c Bernasconi 51' c Con: Umaga (3/3) 9', 34', 52' Pen: Albornoz (1/1) 63' | Report | Try: Visagie 2' c Hendrikse 46' c Con: Hendrikse (2/2) 3', 47' Pen: Hendrikse (1/3) 37' |
* Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,846 Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
* 6 April 2024 20:00
| Ospreys (7) | 23–15 | (10) Sale Sharks |
| Try: Morris 32' m Giles 46' m Morgan-Williams 48' c Con: O. Williams (1/3) 49' Pen: O. Williams (2/4) 25', 78' | Report | Try: Reed 61' m B. Curry 69' c Con: R. du Preez (1/2) 69' Pen: R. du Preez (1/1) 3' |
* Brewery Field, Bridgend Attendance: 4,225 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
* 6 April 2024 20:00
| Edinburgh (8) | 33–15 | (9) Bayonne |
| Try: Watson 23' m Currie 42' c Vellacott (2) 53' c, 56' c Van der Merwe 67' c Con: Healy (4/5) 42', 54', 57', 69' | Report | Try: Spring (2) 17' c, 49' m Con: Spring (1/2) 18' Pen: Spring (1/1) 48' |
* Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 5,365 Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
* 7 April 2024 12:30
| Montpellier (5) | 17–40 | (12) Ulster |
| Try: Willemse 9' c Eymeri 23' c Con: Foursans-Bourdette (2/2) 10', 24' Pen: Foursans-Bourdette (1/1) 38' | Report | Try: Addison 27' c Baloucoune 42' m Wilson 62' c McCann 67' c McCloskey 77' c Penalty try 80' Con: Cooney (4/5) 30', 63', 68', 79' |
* GGL Stadium, Montpellier Attendance: 5,240 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
* 7 April 2024 15:00
| Sharks (1) | 47–3 | (16) Zebre Parma |
| Try: Tshituka 6' c Kok 20' c Rahl 35' c Fassi 43' c Buthelezi 56' m Hooker 64' c Bosch 74' c Con: Masuku (5/6) 7', 21', 36', 44', 65' Bosch (1/1) 75' | Report | Pen: Eden (1/1) 5' |
* Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 6,730 Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
* 7 April 2024 17:30
| Pau (6) | 30–40 | (11) Connacht |
| Try: Zegueur (2) 9' c, 38' c Fisi'ihoi 46' c Con: Simmonds (3/3) 9', 39', 47' Pen: Simmonds (2/2) 25', 36' | Report | Try: Heffernan 4' c Prendergast (2) 14' m, 78' c Bolton 44' c Blade 54' c Aki 64' c Con: Carty (2/3) 6', 45' Hanrahan (3/3) 55', 65', 80' |
* Stade du Hameau, Pau Attendance: 6,488 Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

### Quarter-finals

* 12 April 2024 20:00
| Gloucester (2) | 23–13 | (7) Ospreys |
| Try: Blake 30' m Pen: Carreras (6/6) 6', 18', 34', 50', 60', 65' | Report | Try: Giles 13' c Con: O. Williams (1/1) 14' Pen: O. Williams (1/2) 22' Giles (1/1) 40' |
* Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 9,816 Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
* 13 April 2024 13:30
| Sharks (1) | 36–30 | (8) Edinburgh |
| Try: Am 16' c J. Venter 26' c Mbonambi 55' c Con: Makusu (3/3) 17', 27', 56' Pen: Makusu (4/5) 48', 52', 65', 70' Bosch (1/1) 78' | Report | Try: Schoeman 31' c Watson 75' c Cherry 80+2' c Con: Healy (3/3) 32', 76', 80+3' Pen: Healy (3/3) 3', 15', 40' |
* Kings Park Stadium, Durban Attendance: 11,894 Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
* 13 April 2024 13:30
| Clermont (4) | 53–14 | (12) Ulster |
| Try: Yato (2) 18' c, 68' c Sowakula (2) 36' c, 59' c Newsome 44' c Simmons 63' c Jurand 79' m Con: Belleau (4/4) 19', 37', 61', 64' Delguy (1/1) 45' Bézy (1/2) 69' Pen: Belleau (2/3) 28', 32' | Report | Try: Timoney (2) 12' c, 43' c Con: Cooney (2/2) 13', 45' |
* Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand Attendance: 13,945 Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
* 14 April 2024 13:30
| Benetton (3) | 39–24 | (11) Connacht |
| Try: Lucchesi 5' c Menoncello 12' c, 59' c Smith 19' c Albornoz (2) 26' 66' Con: Albornoz (1/1) 6' Umaga (3/3) 20', 28', 67' Pen: Umaga 53', 60' | Report | Try: Heffernan 2' c Boyle 41' c Aki 56' c Smith 68' Con: Hanrahan (2/4) 3', 42' |
* Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso Attendance: 4,098 Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

### Semi-finals

* 4 May 2024 12:30
| Sharks (1) | 32–31 | (4) Clermont |
| Try: Koch 60' c Mapimpi 70' c Con: Masuku (2/2) 61', 71' Pen: Masuku (6/6) 3', 8', 13', 18', 25', 28' | Report | Try: Jurand (2) 4' c, 19' m Newsome 29' c Con: Belleau (2/3) 6', 31' Pen: Belleau (4/5) 15', 36', 40+1', 41' |
* Twickenham Stoop, London Attendance: 5,517 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
* 4 May 2024 15:00
| Gloucester (2) | 40–23 | (3) Benetton |
| Try: Hathaway 5' m Blake 28' c Hastings 57' c Clarke 61' c Thorley 77' m Con: Hastings (3/5) 29', 59', 62' Pen: Hastings (2/3) 19', 48' Englefield (1/1) 69' | Report | Try: Smith 41' m Lucchesi (2) 54' m, 66' c Con: Albornoz (1/3) 67' Pen: Albornoz (2/2) 15', 23' |
* Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 11,426 Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

### Final

* 24 May 2024 20:00
| Sharks (1) | 36–22 | (2) Gloucester |
| Try: Buthelezi 25' c Fassi 54' c Mapimpi 59' c Con: Masuku (3/3) 26', 55', 60' Pen: Masuku (5/6) 14', 30', 36', 49', 52' | Report | Try: Tuisue 57' c Socino 75' c Clarke 78' m Con: Hastings (2/3) 58', 76' Pen: Englefield (1/1) 22' |
* Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 34,761 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Team details :
| | | Sharks |
| FB | 15 | Aphelele Fassi | 6' | 74' |
| RW | 14 | Werner Kok | | |
| OC | 13 | Ethan Hooker | | |
| IC | 12 | Francois Venter | | |
| LW | 11 | Makazole Mapimpi | | |
| FH | 10 | Siya Masuku | | |
| SH | 9 | Grant Williams | | 71' |
| N8 | 8 | Phepsi Buthelezi | | |
| OF | 7 | Vincent Tshituka | | |
| BF | 6 | James Venter | | 76' |
| RL | 5 | Gerbrandt Grobler | | 76' |
| LL | 4 | Eben Etzebeth (c) | | |
| TP | 3 | Vincent Koch | | 69' |
| HK | 2 | Bongi Mbonambi | | 69' |
| LP | 1 | Ox Nché | | 69' |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Fez Mbatha | | 69' |
| PR | 17 | Ntuthuko Mchunu | | 69' |
| PR | 18 | Hanro Jacobs | | 69' |
| LK | 19 | Jeandre Labuschagne | | 76' |
| BR | 20 | Dylan Richardson | | 76' |
| SH | 21 | Cameron Wright | | 71' |
| FH | 22 | Curwin Bosch | | 74' |
| WG | 23 | Eduan Keyter | | |
| Coach: ||
| John Plumtree ||
| | | Gloucester |
| FB | 15 | Santiago Carreras | |
| RW | 14 | Jonny May | 76' |
| OC | 13 | Chris Harris | |
| IC | 12 | Seb Atkinson | 56' |
| LW | 11 | Ollie Thorley | |
| FH | 10 | Adam Hastings | |
| SH | 9 | Caolan Englefield | 56' |
| N8 | 8 | Zach Mercer | |
| OF | 7 | Lewis Ludlow (c) | |
| BF | 6 | Ruan Ackermann | 64' |
| RL | 5 | Arthur Clark | 56' |
| LL | 4 | Freddie Clarke | |
| TP | 3 | Fraser Balmain | 40' |
| HK | 2 | Seb Blake | 40' |
| LP | 1 | Jamal Ford-Robinson | 40' |
| Substitutions: ||
| HK | 16 | Santiago Socino | 40' |
| PR | 17 | Mayco Vivas | 40' |
| PR | 18 | Kirill Gotovtsev | 40' |
| LK | 19 | Albert Tuisue | 56' |
| BR | 20 | Jack Clement | 64' |
| SH | 21 | Stephen Varney | 56' |
| CE | 22 | Max Llewellyn | 56' |
| FB | 23 | Josh Hathaway | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| George Skivington ||
* Player of the Match:
* Vincent Koch (Sharks)
* Assistant referees:
* Andrew Brace (Ireland) Pierre Brousset (France)
* Television Match Official:
* Eric Gauzins (France)