{"id":137054,"date":"2015-12-14T09:16:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T09:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/?p=137054"},"modified":"2015-12-14T09:16:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T09:16:42","slug":"challenge-cup-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/challenge-cup-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenge Cup Update….. Dragons, Sale, London Irish, Connacht, Dragons, Quins, Enisei-STM and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragons pair earn praise CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Scrum-half Pretorius kicked off a man of the match display with a stunning solo try.<\/p>\n

And fly-half Jones added 17 points, including a second half try, that finally sank Pau at Rodney Parade to stay top of Pool 3.<\/p>\n

REPORT: Sale edge past Castres CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Sale Sharks claimed a potentially crucial away win in the European Rugby Challenge Cup at Castres.<\/div>\n
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Nev Edwards handed Sale a dream start at Stade Pierre Antoine with a try in the first minute. But it was the Sharks defence that proved a match-winner. Steve Diamond’s side stunned Castres inside the first minute after Andrei Ostrikov charged down a kick.<\/p><\/div>\n

REPORT: Irish go top with six try salvo CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

London Irish may be struggling for form in their domestic league, but in Europe they are certainly finding their feet this season as this six try demolition of Edinburgh proved.<\/p>\n

REPORT: Connacht out muscle Newcastle CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Connacht Rugby are in control of Challenge Cup Pool One after out-muscling Newcastle Falcons to claim a 25-10 victory in a tight encounter at the Sportsground.<\/p>\n

REPORT: Dragons shut out Pau CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarel Pretorius set Newport Gwent Dragons on course for an impressive win over Pau in the European Challenge Cup.<\/div>\n
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Scrum-half Pretorius kicked off a man of the match display with the first Dragons try.<\/p><\/div>\n

REPORT: Quins ease past Calvisano CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Luke Wallace scored two twice as Harlequins ran-in eight tries against Rugby Calvisano in Italy.<\/div>\n
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It took the Aviva Premiership side less than half an hour to secure a bonus point, which moves them back up to the summit of pool three ahead of the Cardiff Blues.<\/p><\/div>\n

REPORT: Irish go top with six try salvo CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

London Irish may be struggling for form in their domestic league, but in Europe they are certainly finding their feet this season as this six try demolition of Edinburgh proved.<\/p>\n

REPORT: Enisei-STM hold on for maiden triumph CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Enisei-STM clung-on to claim a famous first-ever European Challenge Cup win with a 10-7 triumph over French heavyweights Brive.<\/p>\n

REPORT: Cardiff comeback settles thriller CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Cardiff Blues came from behind to win a nine-try thriller against Montpellier at the BT Sports Arms Park.<\/p>\n

REPORT: Gloucester claim bragging rights at Worcester CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Gloucester Rugby made it 12 successive Challenge Cup wins and claimed the local bragging rights with a 34-22 triumph over Worcester Warriors at Sixways.<\/p>\n

REPORT: La Rochelle gain first win CLICK HERE FOR MORE!<\/a><\/p>\n

Fabien Fortassin put the wraps on La Rochelle’s first win of the European Rugby Challenge Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dragons pair earn praise CLICK HERE FOR MORE! Scrum-half Pretorius kicked off a man of the match display with a stunning solo try. And fly-half Jones added 17 points, including a second half try, that finally sank Pau at Rodney Parade to stay top of Pool 3. REPORT: Sale edge past Castres CLICK HERE FOR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":137055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7714,5519,6456],"class_list":["post-137054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clubs","tag-challenge","tag-cup","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137056,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137054\/revisions\/137056"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}