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Emirates Lions
Racing 92
HT 27 - 14
51
28
Saturday 1 April 2023 EPCR Challenge Cup
Round of 16 Emirates Airline Park
Ref: Karl Dickson Assis Ref 1: Ian Tempest Assis Ref 2: Jonathan Healy TMO: Dean Richards CC: Brian Campsall

Match Page - Fixed Scoreboard

5128

Overview

Match Centre - Preview - Current Standing A v B

Standings

3

Positions on Jan 22, 2023

Match Centre - Preview - H2H

Head to Head

1

Wins

0

Draws

0

Match Centre - Preview - Form Guide

Recent form

D
W
L
W

Match Centre - Preview - Last Three Meetings

Season so far

Match Centre - Preview - Season So Far A v B

Total Tries

21

4

Metres Gained

2254

368

Passes

657

114

Tackles Made

709

108

Penalties Conceded

64

9

Turnovers Won

64

9

Tournament record

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team A)

Played 15 (7 home, 8 away)
Wins 7 (5 home, 2 away)
Losses 7 (1 home, 6 away)
Draws 1 (1 home, 0 away)
Average points 27
Biggest win 60 - 10
Heaviest defeat 5 - 28

Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team B)

Played 7 (3 home, 4 away)
Wins 3 (2 home, 1 away)
Losses 4 (1 home, 3 away)
Draws 0 (0 home, 0 away)
Average points 29
Biggest win 62 - 0
Heaviest defeat 28 - 51

Emirates Lions primed for first EPCR knockout game

Thursday 30th March 2023

3:00 pm (GMT)

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Emirates Lions primed for first EPCR knockout game

Emirates Lions wing Quan Horn dives over for the first of his two tries against Stade Français Paris in Round 2 of the EPCR Challenge Cup

Emirates Lions play their first ever EPCR knockout game on Saturday, when they welcome French heavyweights Racing 92 to Johannesburg in the Round of 16.

The South African side have enjoyed a solid start to life in EPCR competitions and were unbeaten at Emirates Airline Park in the pool stage, drawing 31-31 with Dragons RFC and beating Stade Français Paris 30-12.

Despite a 17-7 loss at Stade Français in Round 3, Emirates Lions bounced back with a 30-25 win at Dragons to secure third place in Pool B.

However, three-time Heineken Champions Cup finalists Racing will pose an immense challenge given their EPCR pedigree.

The TOP 14 outfit endured a difficult Heineken Champions Cup pool stage, losing three times before beating Harlequins 30-29 at the Paris La Defense Arena in Round 3 to earn a place in the EPCR Challenge Cup knockouts.

The match gets underway at 17:30 (UK & Irish time) and is available to watch on SuperSport, beIN SPORTS, Viaplay-Premier Sports and FloRugby.

Key quote

Emirates Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen: “They are going to be travelling, so it is going to be important for us to be accurate this week in training and really start like a house on fire against them to put them under pressure.”

Emirates Lions

  • Jordan Hendrikse scored more points than any other player in Round 4 (20). Missing just one shot at goal, his kick success rate was 88 per cent. However, he is out for the season with a shoulder injury.
  • Jean Pierre-Smith is the only player in the competition to have received two yellow cards.
  • Marius Louw has missed the most tackles in the EPCR Challenge Cup (nine).
  • Emmanuel Tshituka has made more dominant carries than any other player (17) — 43 per cent of his total tackles.

Racing 92

  • Finn Russell conceded the most turnovers in the Heineken Champions Cup pool stage (12). However, he also kicked the most retained restarts (six) and made more offloads than any other player in Round 4 (five).
  • Gaël Fickou won six turnovers in the Heineken Champions Cup pool stage – the highest total achieved by a back.
  • In Round 4, Janick Tarrit threw in more successful lineouts than any other player (19).

Match Centre - Preview - Lineups

Q. Horn

15

L. Dupichot

. Meliande 32'

R. Maxwane

14

D. Taofifenua

M. Rass

13

W. Gelant

M. Louw

. Jonker 68'

12

O. Klemenczak

E. van der Merwe

11

J. Imhoff

. Tuivuaka 56'

G. Lombard

. Coetzee 75'

10

B. Volavola

S. Nohamba

. van den Berg 75'

9

N. Le Garrec

. Spring 53'

J. Smith

. Rijnsburger 50'

1

T. Moukoro

. Gogichashvili 56'

P. Botha

. Brandon 70'

2

P. Narisia

. Maïau 56'

A. Ntlabakanye

. Dreyer 57'

3

A. Oz

B. Alo 43'

W. Alberts

. Schoeman 68'

4

A. Hemery

R. Nothnagel

. Gordon 70'

5

A. Bresler

. Chouzenoux 62'

E. Tshituka

6

W. Lauret

R. Venter

7

M. Baudonne

F. Horn

8

C. Woki

Replacements

M. Brandon

P. Botha

16

J. Maïau

P. Narisia

R. Rijnsburger

J. Smith

17

G. Gogichashvili

. Moukoro

R. Dreyer

. Ntlabakanye

18

B. Alo

. Oz

R. Schoeman

. Alberts

19

B. Chouzenoux

. Bresler

T. Gordon

. Nothnagel

20

I. Diallo

. Tuivuaka

M. van den Berg

. Nohamba

21

M. Meliande

. Dupichot

R. Jonker

. Louw

22

M. Spring

. Le Garrec

A. Coetzee

. Lombard

23

A. Tuivuaka

J. Imhoff

Emirates Lions blitz Racing to continue EPCR journey

Saturday 1st April 2023

7:46 pm (GMT)

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Emirates Lions blitz Racing to continue EPCR journey

Emirates Lions' Sanele Nohamba tallied 18 points against Racing in last season's EPCR Challenge Cup Round of 16

14-man Emirates Lions battled to victory in their first ever EPCR Challenge Cup knockout stage game in Johannesburg on Saturday evening, beating Racing 92 51-28 to reach the quarter-finals.

The win against the TOP 14 heavyweights saw them set up a trip to Glasgow Warriors in the last eight next weekend.

It was a wonderful start for the hosts, with tries from Marius Louw and Edwill van der Merwe within the first seven minutes leaving Racing reeling.

But then a red card for Emmanuel Tshituka just after the quarter-hour mark looked like it might turn the game in Racing’s favour.

Yet it was Emirates Lions who continued to push, adding tries from Rabz Maxwane and Ruan Venter, on the stroke of half-time.

Louw got his brace ten minutes into the second half, with Gianni Lombard notching the sixth. Sanele Nohamba, who kicked excellently throughout, got a try as well for personal haul of 18 points.

Ben Volavola and Donovan Taofifenua both got tries back for the visitors but the gap proved too big to close.

LIVE - TEST - Commentary

Match Commentary
80
Penalty A. Coetzee
75
Replacement Off: G. Lombard On: A. Coetzee
75
Replacement Off: S. Nohamba On: M. van den Berg
70
Replacement Off: R. Nothnagel On: T. Gordon
70
Replacement Off: P. Botha On: M. Brandon
68
Replacement Off: M. Louw On: R. Jonker
68
Replacement Off: W. Alberts On: R. Schoeman
67
Conversion S. Nohamba
66
Try S. Nohamba
65
Replacement Off: A. Tuivuaka On: I. Diallo
62
Replacement Off: A. Bresler On: B. Chouzenoux
59
Conversion M. Spring
58
Try D. Taofifenua
57
Replacement Off: A. Ntlabakanye On: R. Dreyer
56
Replacement Off: J. Imhoff On: A. Tuivuaka
56
Replacement Off: T. Moukoro On: G. Gogichashvili
56
Replacement Off: P. Narisia On: J. Maïau
55
Conversion S. Nohamba
54
Try G. Lombard
53
Replacement Off: N. Le Garrec On: M. Spring
52
Conversion S. Nohamba
51
Try M. Louw
50
Replacement Off: J. Smith On: R. Rijnsburger
48
Conversion N. Le Garrec
48
Try B. Volavola
43
Replacement Off: A. Oz On: A. Alo
41
40
Conversion S. Nohamba
40
Try R. Venter
32
Replacement Off: L. Dupichot On: M. Meliande
29
Conversion N. Le Garrec
28
Try T. Moukoro
24
Missed Conversion S. Nohamba
22
Try S. Maxwane
18
Red Card E. Tshituka
17
Penalty S. Nohamba
12
Conversion N. Le Garrec
11
Try T. Moukoro
8
Missed Conversion S. Nohamba
7
Try E. van der Merwe
5
Conversion S. Nohamba
4
Try M. Louw

Match Page - Summary

Score Summary
Emirates Lions
Racing 92

Tries

M. Louw 4’ , 51’

S. Nohamba 66’

E. van der Merwe 7’

S. Maxwane 22’

R. Venter 40’

G. Lombard 54’

T. Moukoro 11’ , 28’

B. Volavola 48’

D. Taofifenua 58’

Conversions

S. Nohamba 5’ , 40’ + 1 , 52’ , 55’ , 67’

N. Le Garrec 12’ , 29’ , 48’

M. Spring 59’

Penalties

S. Nohamba 17’

A. Coetzee 80’

Red cards

E. Tshituka 18’

Match Page - Timeline

Timeline

FT

5128

Penalty 80'

A. Coetzee

-

Substitute 75'

G. Lombard

A. Coetzee

-

Substitute 75'

S. Nohamba

M. van den Berg

-

Substitute 70'

R. Nothnagel

T. Gordon

-

Substitute 70'

P. Botha

M. Brandon

-

Substitute 68'

M. Louw

R. Jonker

-

Substitute 68'

W. Alberts

R. Schoeman

4828

Conversion 67'

S. Nohamba

4628

Try 66'

S. Nohamba

-

Substitute 65'

A. Tuivuaka

I. Diallo

-

Substitute 62'

A. Bresler

B. Chouzenoux

4128

Conversion 59'

M. Spring

4126

Try 58'

D. Taofifenua

-

Substitute 57'

A. Ntlabakanye

R. Dreyer

-

Substitute 56'

J. Imhoff

A. Tuivuaka

-

Substitute 56'

T. Moukoro

G. Gogichashvili

-

Substitute 56'

P. Narisia

J. Maïau

4121

Conversion 55'

S. Nohamba

3921

Try 54'

G. Lombard

-

Substitute 53'

N. Le Garrec

M. Spring

3421

Conversion 52'

S. Nohamba

3221

Try 51'

M. Louw

-

Substitute 50'

J. Smith

R. Rijnsburger

2721

Conversion 48'

N. Le Garrec

2719

Try 48'

B. Volavola

-

Substitute 43'

A. Oz

B. Alo

2714

Conversion 40'

S. Nohamba

2514

Try 40'

R. Venter

-

Substitute 32'

L. Dupichot

M. Meliande

2014

Conversion 29'

N. Le Garrec

2012

Try 28'

T. Moukoro

-

Missed conversion 24'

S. Nohamba

207

Try 22'

R. Maxwane

-

Red card 18'

E. Tshituka

157

Penalty 17'

S. Nohamba

127

Conversion 12'

N. Le Garrec

125

Try 11'

T. Moukoro

-

Missed conversion 8'

S. Nohamba

120

Try 7'

E. van der Merwe

70

Conversion 5'

S. Nohamba

50

Try 4'

M. Louw

Attack

Match Report - Team Stats (Attack)

52%

48%

53%

47%

Metres Gained

395

318

Tries

7

4

Carries

96

91

Defenders Beaten

16

17

Clean Breaks

8

1

Passes

86

108

Offloads

10

4

Turnovers Conceded

11

14

Defence

Match Report - Team Stats (Defence)

Tackles

75

111

Missed Tackles

17

16

Turnovers Won

11

14

Kicking

Match Report - Team Stats (Kicking)

Conversions (%)

71%

5/7

100%

4/4

Penalty goals (%)

100%

2/2

0%

0/0

Drop goals (%)

0%

0/0

0%

0/0

Kicks From Hand

19

23

Metres gained from kicks

760

793

Average metres per kick

40

34.48

Breakdown

Match Report - Team Stats (Breakdown)

Rucks (%)

93%

67/72

96%

64/67

Mauls (%)

100%

3/3

100%

4/4

Maul metres gained

9

6

Turnover in ruck or maul

1

1

Set Plays

Match Report - Team Stats (Set Piece)

Lineouts (%)

81%

13/16

75%

9/12

Scrums (%)

86%

6/7

100%

4/4

Restarts (%)

20%

1/5

38%

3/8

Discipline

Match Report - Team Stats (Discipline)

Penalties Conceded

7

9

Yellow Cards

0

0

Red Cards

1

0

Match Page - Player Performance

Key

M Metres Gained
Ca Carries
Pa Passes
Tk Tackles
MT Missed Tackles
TOW Turnovers Won
TAs Try Assists
O Offloads
CB Clean Breaks
Emirates Lions M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Quan Horn 38 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 Rabz Maxwane 30 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
13 Manny Rass 2 6 1 6 2 0 0 0 0
12 Marius Louw Jonker 68' 83 14 5 7 2 1 2 2 2
11 Edwill van der Merwe 68 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 1
10 Gianni Lombard Coetzee 75' 39 6 10 6 1 0 1 1 1
9 Sanele Nohamba van den Berg 75' 10 4 50 3 3 0 1 0 1
1 JP Smith Rijnsburger 50' 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
2 PJ Botha Brandon 70' 4 1 3 8 1 0 0 1 0
3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye Dreyer 57' 3 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
4 Willem Alberts Schoeman 68' 22 9 0 6 0 0 0 2 1
5 Reinhard Nothnagel Gordon 70' 1 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
6 Emmanuel Tshituka 22 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
7 Ruan Venter 41 9 4 7 1 1 0 2 0
8 Francke Horn 16 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
Replacements
16 Morne Brandon PJ Botha 70' 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Rhynardt Rijnsburger JP Smith 50' 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
18 Ruan Dreyer Ntlabakanye 57' 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
19 Ruben Schoeman Alberts 68' 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
20 Travis Gordon Nothnagel 70' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Morné van den Berg Nohamba 75' 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Rynhardt Jonker Louw 68' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Andries Coetzee Lombard 75' 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Racing 92 M Ca Pa Tk MT TOW TAs O CB
15 Louis Dupichot Meliande 32' 22 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
14 Donovan Taofifenua 27 6 0 5 2 0 0 1 1
13 Warrick Gelant 57 7 8 5 1 1 0 0 0
12 Olivier Klemenczak 13 7 9 7 1 0 1 0 0
11 Juan Imhoff Tuivuaka 56' 46 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Ben Volavola 26 6 22 8 0 0 0 0 0
9 Nolann Le Garrec Spring 53' 20 5 31 2 1 0 1 0 0
1 Thomas Moukoro Gogichashvili 56' 7 6 0 7 0 0 0 0 0
2 Péniami Narisia Maïau 56' 5 4 1 8 2 0 1 0 0
3 Ali Oz Biyi Alo 43' 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0
4 Anthime Hemery 29 4 3 13 2 0 0 0 0
5 Anton Bresler Chouzenoux 62' 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
6 Wenceslas Lauret 0 6 0 14 1 1 0 1 0
7 Maxime Baudonne 3 1 2 15 1 0 0 0 0
8 Cameron Woki 6 8 4 6 1 0 0 0 0
Replacements
16 Jonathan Maïau Péniami Narisia 56' 3 2 1 4 1 1 0 0 0
17 Guram Gogichashvili Moukoro 56' 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Biyi Alo Oz 43' 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Baptiste Chouzenoux Bresler 62' 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 Ibrahim Diallo Tuivuaka 65' 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Martin Meliande Dupichot 32' 18 8 2 3 0 0 0 1 0
22 Max Spring Le Garrec 53' 23 2 17 0 1 0 0 0 0
23 Asaeli Tuivuaka Juan Imhoff 56' 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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20:00

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Sat 5 Apr 25

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12:30

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R16 Stade Jean-Dauger, Bayonne
France TV / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby / epcrugby.tv

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17:30

Gloucester Rugby

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R16 GGL Stadium, Montpellier
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USAP

USAP

20:00

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R16 Stade Aimé Giral, Perpignan
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Connacht Rugby

20:00

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R16 Dexcom Stadium, Galway
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Sun 6 Apr 25

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17:30

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R16 Matmut Stadium de Gerland, Lyon
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Ospreys

17:30

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