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The '''2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off''' was the second play-off for entry into the top level competition of European Club rugby union, the [[European Rugby Champions Cup]].
The '''2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off''' was the second play-off for entry into the top-level competition of European Club rugby union, the [[European Rugby Champions Cup]].


==Format==
==Format==
Following the two-team play-off in [[2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs|2014–15]], an expanded, four-team format was due to be used. However, on 24 September 2014, it was announced this would instead be a three-team play-off, with the highest placed non-qualifying team taking part.<ref name=playoff>{{cite web|url=http://www.epcrugby.com/news/28940.php|title=European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)|website=epcrugby.com|accessdate=14 September 2017}}</ref>
Following the two-team play-off in [[2014–15 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs|2014–15]], an expanded, four-team format was due to be used. However, on 24 September 2014, it was announced this would instead be a three-team play-off, with the highest placed non-qualifying team taking part.<ref name=playoff>{{cite web|url=http://www.epcrugby.com/news/28940.php|title=European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)|website=epcrugby.com|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>


To accommodate the longer season in the French Top 14, the format was announced as follows:
To accommodate the longer season in the French Top 14, the format was announced as follows:
*One team each would qualify from the [[English Premiership (rugby union)|Premiership]] and the [[Pro12]], with each league being represented by the highest placed team not already qualified. These two teams would play in the first game, with home advantage in the match would be decided by a coin toss. In the event that the [[2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup]] winner was a Premiership club, and it had not automatically qualified for the Champions Cup, it would take the place allocated to a Premiership team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epcrugby.com/news/30479.php#.VSGSbpM2ffc|title=European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)|website=epcrugby.com|accessdate=14 September 2017}}</ref>
*One team each would qualify from the [[English Premiership (rugby union)|Premiership]] and the [[Pro12]], with each league being represented by the highest placed team not already qualified. These two teams would play in the first game, with home advantage in the match would be decided by a coin toss. In the event that the [[2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup]] winner was a Premiership club, and it had not automatically qualified for the Champions Cup, it would take the place allocated to a Premiership team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epcrugby.com/news/30479.php#.VSGSbpM2ffc|title=European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)|website=epcrugby.com|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>
*The winner of the first game would host the 7th placed team in the French [[Top 14]]. The winner of that game would qualify for the Champions Cup.{{fact|date=June 2020}}
*The winner of the first game would host the 7th placed team in the French [[Top 14]]. The winner of that game would qualify for the Champions Cup.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}


[[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] became the first team to qualify for the play-off, taking the place allocated to the [[English Premiership (rugby union)|Premiership]], when they beat [[Edinburgh Rugby|Edinburgh]] 19–13 in the [[2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup#Final|Challenge Cup final]] on 1 May 2015. This result meant that the 7th place team in the [[2014–15 English Premiership (rugby union)|2014–15 Premiership]] will no longer take part in the play-off, and will compete in the Challenge Cup. [[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]] qualified next, when the finished seventh in the [[2014–15 Pro12]] with 50 points, narrowly edging [[Edinburgh Rugby|Edinburgh]] who had 48 points. [[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]] qualified for the play-off on 23 May 2015.{{fact|date=June 2020}}
[[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] became the first team to qualify for the play-off, taking the place allocated to the [[English Premiership (rugby union)|Premiership]], when they beat [[Edinburgh Rugby|Edinburgh]] 19–13 in the [[2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup#Final|Challenge Cup final]] on 1 May 2015. This result meant that the 7th place team in the [[2014–15 English Premiership (rugby union)|2014–15 Premiership]] will no longer take part in the play-off, and will compete in the Challenge Cup. [[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]] qualified next, when the finished seventh in the [[2014–15 Pro12]] with 50 points, narrowly edging [[Edinburgh Rugby|Edinburgh]] who had 48 points. [[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]] qualified for the play-off on 23 May 2015.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}


Connacht played Gloucester away at Gloucester's [[Kingsholm Stadium]] on Sunday 24 May 2015,<ref name="RTÉ-Kingsholm01">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2015/0516/701597-connacht-ospreys/|title=Connacht lose but make Champions Cup play-off|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|date=16 May 2015|accessdate=17 May 2015|quote=Connacht will now play Gloucester away at Kingsholm next Sunday, with the winner of that tie playing the French Top 14 seventh-placed side for a spot in next year's Champions Cup.}}</ref> with the venue having been decided earlier by a coin toss.<ref name=Citizen-Kingsholm01>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Champions-Cup-play-home-advantage/story-26430513-detail/story.html|title=Gloucester's Champions Cup play-off home advantage to be settled by Twickenham coin toss|publisher=[[Gloucester Citizen]]|author=Mike Brown|date=2 May 2015|accessdate=17 May 2015|quote=The coin toss will take place during coverage of the Champions Cup final between Clermont Auvergne and Toulon at Twickenham. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506110224/http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Champions-Cup-play-home-advantage/story-26430513-detail/story.html |archivedate=6 May 2015 }}</ref>< It was decided that, in the event of a Gloucester win, the second play-off match would be played at [[Sixways Stadium]] in [[Worcester]], to avoid a clash of fixtures with a [[Madness (band)|Madness]] concert.{{fact|date=June 2020}}
Connacht played Gloucester away at Gloucester's [[Kingsholm Stadium]] on Sunday 24 May 2015,<ref name="RTÉ-Kingsholm01">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2015/0516/701597-connacht-ospreys/|title=Connacht lose but make Champions Cup play-off|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|date=16 May 2015|access-date=17 May 2015|quote=Connacht will now play Gloucester away at Kingsholm next Sunday, with the winner of that tie playing the French Top 14 seventh-placed side for a spot in next year's Champions Cup.}}</ref> with the venue having been decided earlier by a coin toss.<ref name=Citizen-Kingsholm01>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Champions-Cup-play-home-advantage/story-26430513-detail/story.html|title=Gloucester's Champions Cup play-off home advantage to be settled by Twickenham coin toss|publisher=[[Gloucester Citizen]]|author=Mike Brown|date=2 May 2015|access-date=17 May 2015|quote=The coin toss will take place during coverage of the Champions Cup final between Clermont Auvergne and Toulon at Twickenham. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506110224/http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Gloucester-s-Champions-Cup-play-home-advantage/story-26430513-detail/story.html |archive-date=6 May 2015 }}</ref> It was decided that, in the event of a Gloucester win, the second play-off match would be played at [[Sixways Stadium]] in [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], to avoid a clash of fixtures with a [[Madness (band)|Madness]] concert.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}


==Teams==
==Teams==
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|date = 24 May 2015
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|time = 15:30 [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
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|home = [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score = 40−32<br/>{{aet}}
|score = 40−32<br/>{{aet}}
|report = Report<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/32803113|title=Champions Cup play-off: Gloucester 40-32 Connacht|date=24 May 2015|publisher=|accessdate=14 September 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref>
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|away = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]]
|away = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]]
|try1 = [[Ross Moriarty|Moriarty]] 1' c<br />[[Charlie Sharples|Sharples]] 26' m<br />[[Bill Meakes|Meakes]] 80' c<br />[[Darren Dawidiuk|Dawidiuk]] 95' m<br />[[Jonny May|May]] 98' c
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|N8 ||'''8''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ross Moriarty]] || || {{suboff|71}} || || || {{subon|88}}
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|OF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Dan Thomas (rugby union)|Dan Thomas]] || || {{suboff|33}} || {{subon|44}} || {{suboff|65}}
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|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jacob Rowan]]
|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jacob Rowan]]
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|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Richard Hibbard]] || || {{suboff|59}}
|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Richard Hibbard]] || || {{suboff|59}}
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|-
|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Wood]] || || {{suboff|65}}
|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Wood (rugby union)|Nick Wood]] || || {{suboff|65}}
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|colspan=3|'''Replacements:'''
|colspan=3|'''Replacements:'''
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|OF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Eoghan Masterson]] || {{sin bin|55|65}} || {{suboff|33}} || {{subon|44}}
|OF ||'''7''' ||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Eoghan Masterson]] || {{sin bin|55|65}} || {{suboff|33}} || {{subon|44}}
|-
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|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[John Muldoon (rugby player born 1982)|John Muldoon]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
|BF ||'''6''' ||{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} [[John Muldoon (rugby union, born 1982)|John Muldoon]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
|-
|-
|RL ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Aly Muldowney]]
|RL ||'''5''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Aly Muldowney]]
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*'''[[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]''' advance to play '''[[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]]'''. '''[[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]]''' will compete in the [[2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup]].
*[[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] advanced to play [[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]]. [[Connacht Rugby|Connacht]] went on to compete in the [[2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup]].


===Match 2===
===Match 2===
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|home = [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
|home = [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] {{flagicon|ENG}}
|score = 22−23
|score = 22−23
|report = Report<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/32883925|title=European Rugby Champions Cup: Gloucester 22-23 Bordeaux-Begles|date=31 May 2015|publisher=|accessdate=14 September 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref>
|report = Report<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/32883925|title=European Rugby Champions Cup: Gloucester 22-23 Bordeaux-Begles|date=31 May 2015|access-date=14 September 2017|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref>
|away = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]]
|away = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]]
|try1 = [[Henry Purdy (rugby union)|Purdy]] 15' c
|try1 = [[Henry Purdy (rugby union)|Purdy]] 15' c
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|pen2 = [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Bernard]] (2/2) 28', 35'
|pen2 = [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Bernard]] (2/2) 28', 35'
|drop2 = [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Bernard]] (1/1) 80'
|drop2 = [[Pierre Bernard (rugby union)|Bernard]] (1/1) 80'
|stadium = [[Sixways Stadium]], [[Worcester]]
|stadium = [[Sixways Stadium]], [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]
|attendance = 5,447
|attendance = 5,447
|referee = [[Leighton Hodges]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|WRU]])
|referee = [[Leighton Hodges]] ([[Welsh Rugby Union|WRU]])
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|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Richard Hibbard]] || || {{suboff|59}}
|HK ||'''2''' ||{{flagicon|WAL}} [[Richard Hibbard]] || || {{suboff|59}}
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|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Wood]] || || {{suboff|58}}
|LP ||'''1''' ||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Wood (rugby union)|Nick Wood]] || || {{suboff|58}}
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|colspan=3|'''Replacements:'''
|colspan=3|'''Replacements:'''
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|LK ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Elliott Stooke]] || || || || {{subon|71}}
|LK ||'''19'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Elliott Stooke]] || || || || {{subon|71}}
|-
|-
|N8 ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dan Thomas (rugby player)|Dan Thomas]] || || {{subon|58}}
|N8 ||'''20'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dan Thomas (rugby union)|Dan Thomas]] || || {{subon|58}}
|-
|-
|SH ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Callum Braley]]
|SH ||'''21'''||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Callum Braley]]
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*'''[[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]]''' qualify for the [[2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup]]. '''[[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]]''' will compete in the [[2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup]].
*[[Union Bordeaux Bègles|Bordeaux Bègles]] qualified for the [[2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup]]. [[Gloucester Rugby|Gloucester]] played in the [[2015–16 European Rugby Challenge Cup]].


==See also==
==See also==
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2015–16 European Rugby Champions–Challenge Cup play-offs
EventEuropean Rugby Champions Cup Qualification Play-off
Date23 and 30 May 2015

The 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup-Challenge Cup play-off was the second play-off for entry into the top-level competition of European Club rugby union, the European Rugby Champions Cup.

Format

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Following the two-team play-off in 2014–15, an expanded, four-team format was due to be used. However, on 24 September 2014, it was announced this would instead be a three-team play-off, with the highest placed non-qualifying team taking part.[1]

To accommodate the longer season in the French Top 14, the format was announced as follows:

  • One team each would qualify from the Premiership and the Pro12, with each league being represented by the highest placed team not already qualified. These two teams would play in the first game, with home advantage in the match would be decided by a coin toss. In the event that the 2014–15 European Rugby Challenge Cup winner was a Premiership club, and it had not automatically qualified for the Champions Cup, it would take the place allocated to a Premiership team.[2]
  • The winner of the first game would host the 7th placed team in the French Top 14. The winner of that game would qualify for the Champions Cup.[citation needed]

Gloucester became the first team to qualify for the play-off, taking the place allocated to the Premiership, when they beat Edinburgh 19–13 in the Challenge Cup final on 1 May 2015. This result meant that the 7th place team in the 2014–15 Premiership will no longer take part in the play-off, and will compete in the Challenge Cup. Connacht qualified next, when the finished seventh in the 2014–15 Pro12 with 50 points, narrowly edging Edinburgh who had 48 points. Bordeaux Bègles qualified for the play-off on 23 May 2015.[citation needed]

Connacht played Gloucester away at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium on Sunday 24 May 2015,[3] with the venue having been decided earlier by a coin toss.[4] It was decided that, in the event of a Gloucester win, the second play-off match would be played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester, to avoid a clash of fixtures with a Madness concert.[citation needed]

Teams

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League Team Coach Stadium
Premiership Gloucester Irland David Humphreys Kingsholm Stadium
Pro12 Connacht Samoa Pat Lam Galway Sportsgrounds
Top 14 Bordeaux Bègles Frankreich Raphaël Ibañez Stade André Moga

Matches

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Match 1

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24 May 2015
15:30 GMT
Gloucester England40−32
(a.e.t.)
Irland Connacht
Try: Moriarty 1' c
Sharples 26' m
Meakes 80' c
Dawidiuk 95' m
May 98' c
Con: Laidlaw (3/5) 1', 80', 98'
Pen: Laidlaw (2/3) 19', 43'
Hook (1/1) 92'
Report[5]Try: J. Cooney 8' c
Carty 29' c
Healy (2) 60' m, 92' c
Con: Carty (3/4) 9', 30', 92'
Pen: Carty (2/3) 7', 79'
Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Attendance: 7,633
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR)
FB 15 England Charlie Sharples downward-facing red arrow 64'
RW 14 England Jonny May
OC 13 Australien Bill Meakes
IC 12 England Billy Twelvetrees (c)
LW 11 England Henry Purdy downward-facing red arrow 50'
FH 10 Wales James Hook
SH 9 Scotland Greig Laidlaw
N8 8 England Ross Moriarty downward-facing red arrow 71' upward-facing green arrow 88'
OF 7 Wales Dan Thomas downward-facing red arrow 33' upward-facing green arrow 44' downward-facing red arrow 65'
BF 6 England Jacob Rowan
RL 5 England Tom Palmer
LL 4 England Tom Savage
TP 3 Neuseeland John Afoa yellow card 33' to 43' downward-facing red arrow 88'
HK 2 Wales Richard Hibbard downward-facing red arrow 59'
LP 1 England Nick Wood downward-facing red arrow 65'
Replacements:
HK 16 England Darren Dawidiuk upward-facing green arrow 59'
PR 17 England Yann Thomas upward-facing green arrow 65'
PR 18 England Shaun Knight upward-facing green arrow 33' downward-facing red arrow 44' upward-facing green arrow 88'
LK 19 England Elliott Stooke upward-facing green arrow 71'
FL 20 England Lewis Ludlow upward-facing green arrow 65' downward-facing red arrow 88'
SH 21 England Dan Robson upward-facing green arrow 64'
FH 22 England Billy Burns
FB 23 England Rob Cook upward-facing green arrow 50'
Coach:
Irland David Humphreys
FB 15 Irland Tiernan O'Halloran downward-facing red arrow 65'
RW 14 Irland Fionn Carr downward-facing red arrow 75'
OC 13 Irland Robbie Henshaw
IC 12 Neuseeland Bundee Aki
LW 11 Irland Matt Healy
FH 10 Irland Jack Carty
SH 9 Irland John Cooney downward-facing red arrow 64'
N8 8 Irland Eoin McKeon downward-facing red arrow 71'
OF 7 Scotland Eoghan Masterson yellow card 55' to 65' downward-facing red arrow 33' upward-facing green arrow 44'
BF 6 Irland John Muldoon (c)
RL 5 England Aly Muldowney
LL 4 Neuseeland George Naoupu downward-facing red arrow 54'
TP 3 Irland Rodney Ah You downward-facing red arrow 54'
HK 2 Neuseeland Tom McCartney downward-facing red arrow 70' upward-facing green arrow 79' downward-facing red arrow 90'
LP 1 Irland Denis Buckley yellow card 33' to 43'
Replacements:
HK 16 Irland Dave Heffernan yellow card 94' to 100' upward-facing green arrow 70' red cross icon 79' to 90'
PR 17 Irland JP Cooney upward-facing green arrow 33' downward-facing red arrow 44'
PR 18 Irland Finlay Bealham upward-facing green arrow 54'
LK 19 Irland Andrew Browne upward-facing green arrow 54'
FL 20 Irland James Connolly upward-facing green arrow 71'
SH 21 Irland Ian Porter upward-facing green arrow 64'
FH 22 Neuseeland Miah Nikora upward-facing green arrow 75'
CE 23 Kanada Shane O'Leary upward-facing green arrow 65'
Coach:
Samoa Pat Lam

Match 2

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31 May 2015
17:00 GMT
Gloucester England22−23Frankreich Bordeaux Bègles
Try: Purdy 15' c
Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 16'
Pen: Laidlaw (5/6) 2', 10', 24', 32', 70'
Report[6]Try: Talebula (2) 37' c, 56' c
Con: Bernard (2/2) 39', 58'
Pen: Bernard (2/2) 28', 35'
Drop: Bernard (1/1) 80'
Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Attendance: 5,447
Referee: Leighton Hodges (WRU)
FB 15 England Rob Cook
RW 14 England Charlie Sharples
OC 13 Australien Bill Meakes downward-facing red arrow 66'
IC 12 England Billy Twelvetrees (c)
LW 11 England Henry Purdy
FH 10 Wales James Hook
SH 9 Scotland Greig Laidlaw
N8 8 England Ross Moriarty
OF 7 England Jacob Rowan downward-facing red arrow 58'
BF 6 Tonga Sione Kalamafoni downward-facing red arrow 45' upward-facing green arrow 56' downward-facing red arrow 71'
RL 5 England Tom Palmer
LL 4 England Tom Savage
TP 3 Neuseeland John Afoa yellow card 45' to 55'
HK 2 Wales Richard Hibbard downward-facing red arrow 59'
LP 1 England Nick Wood downward-facing red arrow 58'
Replacements:
HK 16 England Darren Dawidiuk upward-facing green arrow 59'
PR 17 England Yann Thomas upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 England Shaun Knight upward-facing green arrow 45' downward-facing red arrow 56'
LK 19 England Elliott Stooke upward-facing green arrow 71'
N8 20 England Dan Thomas upward-facing green arrow 58'
SH 21 England Callum Braley
FH 22 England Billy Burns
FB 23 Scotland Steve McColl upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
Irland David Humphreys
FB 15 Frankreich Lionel Beauxis downward-facing red arrow 46'
RW 14 Fidschi Metuisela Talebula
OC 13 Frankreich Félix Le Bourhis
IC 12 Frankreich Julien Rey
LW 11 Australien Blair Connor
FH 10 Frankreich Pierre Bernard
SH 9 Südafrika Heini Adams downward-facing red arrow 56'
N8 8 Neuseeland Peter Saili
OF 7 Neuseeland Hugh Chalmers downward-facing red arrow 45' upward-facing green arrow 56'
BF 6 Frankreich Louis-Benoît Madaule (c) downward-facing red arrow 56'
RL 5 Südafrika Berend Botha downward-facing red arrow 36'
LL 4 Südafrika Jandré Marais
TP 3 Neuseeland Patrick Toetu downward-facing red arrow 40'
HK 2 Samoa Ole Avei downward-facing red arrow 69'
LP 1 Frankreich Jefferson Poirot yellow card 45' to 55' downward-facing red arrow 56' upward-facing green arrow 71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Frankreich Clément Maynadier upward-facing green arrow 69'
PR 17 Frankreich Jean-Baptiste Poux upward-facing green arrow 45' downward-facing red arrow 71'
PR 18 Argentinien Francisco Gómez Kodela upward-facing green arrow 40'
LK 19 Frankreich Adam Jaulhac upward-facing green arrow 36'
N8 20 Neuseeland Matthew Clarkin upward-facing green arrow 56'
SH 21 Frankreich Yann Lesgourgues upward-facing green arrow 56'
CE 22 Neuseeland Jayden Spence
FB 23 Frankreich Baptiste Serin upward-facing green arrow 46'
Coach:
Frankreich Raphaël Ibañez

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)". epcrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ "European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR)". epcrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Connacht lose but make Champions Cup play-off". RTÉ. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015. Connacht will now play Gloucester away at Kingsholm next Sunday, with the winner of that tie playing the French Top 14 seventh-placed side for a spot in next year's Champions Cup.
  4. ^ Mike Brown (2 May 2015). "Gloucester's Champions Cup play-off home advantage to be settled by Twickenham coin toss". Gloucester Citizen. Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015. The coin toss will take place during coverage of the Champions Cup final between Clermont Auvergne and Toulon at Twickenham.
  5. ^ "Champions Cup play-off: Gloucester 40-32 Connacht". 24 May 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  6. ^ "European Rugby Champions Cup: Gloucester 22-23 Bordeaux-Begles". 31 May 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017 – via www.bbc.com.