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Montpellier are still looking for their first victory in this season's Heineken Cup and will be looking for that win when they play host to Bath at the Stade Yves du Manoir. - 12/01/2012 16:41
Montpellier are still looking for their first victory in this season’s Heineken Cup and will be looking for that win when they play host to Bath at the Stade Yves du Manoir.
The French side, who are in only their second season of top flight European rugby and reached last season’s Top 14 final, have lost all four of their Pool games and cannot qualify for the quarter-finals.
Montpellier have failed to win their previous two home games against Leinster and Glasgow and will be looking to put that right against a Bath side which has only managed a solitary victory during this campaign.
Both sides are playing for pride with Leinster in pole position to qualify for the last eight of the Heineken Cup and Glasgow in second spot the Pool.
Montpellier remporte son premier match de H Cup grâce à un essai inscrit en toute fin de partie pour battre Bath sur un score de 24 à 22 à domicile au Stade Yves du Manoir. - 14/01/2012 15:21
Montpellier clinched their first ever Heineken Cup victory, scoring the winning try in the final play of the match to beat Bath 24-22 at Stade Yves du Manoir.
The hosts got off to a flying start with wing Pierre Berard touching down with the game just a minute old. Beneoit Paillaugue slotted the conversion to round off the perfect opening.
Olly Barkley responded with a penalty for Bath after nine minutes and the former England star also added the extras to Ryan Caldwell’s late first half try to take the visitors into the break 10-7 ahead.
Paillaugue levelled things up early in the second period with his first penalty before second-row Caldwell grabbed his and Bath’s second try to give the English side the lead.
A converted Alex Tulou try for Montpellier levelled the scores but England wing Matt Banahan looked to have won the game for Bath with his 71st minute try. Tom Heathcote couldn’t convert as he had done with Caldwell’s second score.
But the game had one final twist with wing Timoci Nagusa crossing in the game’s final move to level the scores.
The responsibility of the conversion fell to replacement Martin Bustos Moyana who made no mistake in ensuring he grabbed a first ever Heineken Cup victory for Montpellier.
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