First blood to Stade and what a try it was Dupuy starts it off with a lovely Chip over the top which Doumayr manages to get his hands on. and The move continues with magnificent offloads from Parisse and Williams until after withstanding all the pressure Montpellier finally concede with Slimani getting over the line to give Stade the lead, With Dupuy getting the conversion.

Stade fail to roll away after a maul and the referee awards Montpellier a penalty near half way which Anthony Floch takes this time. He is known for having a huge left boot but this time his kick is too short still 3-3.

3-3 after 23 minutes with both sides having their dominance at certain stages. This game could go to the wire.

After a huge Scrum from Stade they win a penalty which Dupuy puts over with ease. They finally got reward for all their hard work in this first half.

Stade are being very impatient at the moment with Parisse giving the ball away after a poor offload from the captain. Stade need to be more patient because the opportunities will come.

Pelissie has a shot with another penalty from the corner but the man who can do no wrong misses this time.

Worrying signs for Montpellier as Quedraogo goes down injured and he looks in agony but gets up and plays on a sigh of relief for the away fans

Great play by Dupuy as he finds a bit of space inside the Montpellier 22 but he can only offload it to a Montpellier player as they clear there lines once again, Stade really in this game now.

Good start by Montpellier

Stade turn over and great play by Camara down the wing as gets into the 22 but Montpellier turn over and Trinh-Duc clears the ball