Jerome Fillol makes a half break and offloads to prop Rabah Slimani who all of a sudden is scorching downfield. Unfortunately the prop's pace isn't rewarded and Trinh Duc steals the ball.

A perfect inside centre try. Jonathan Danty cuts a hard line off the Fillol and crashes over. This has turned into a good game.

Great pressure by Stade now and they have a 5m scrum after Ioane is held up.

A nice kick by Steyn pins Montpellier back in their own 22.

Montpellier go offside a few phases after the restart and Steyn narrows the gap to 9.

Another try for Montpellier and the same people are involved again. Tulou feeds Ranger who takes on his man. He his tackled but his offload finds scrum half Paillague who finishes in the corner. The conversion is no good and Montpellier lead 12-0.

Montpellier finally turn their pressure into points. A delicious chip by Trinh Duc is gathererd by Tulou who is held up just short. The ball is recycled and a long Trinh Duc pass gives Rene Ranger a pretty easy finish. Hopefully this kicks the game into life.

It's half time in Montpellier and we are scoreless. French rugby gets a lot of stick for being low scoring wars of attrition but in fairness to these two teams, they have tried to play rugby. The final pass isn't sticking but there's been some strong running by both teams.

Just as Fillol returns from the bin, Poite gives the two captains another warning. Don't be surprised if we see a few more cards.

Another oppurtunity wasted a Richard Kingi tries to execute a swith move with Ioane. The pass is a poor one and Ioane knocks on. Both sides have had plenty of territory but execution in the 22 has been bad.