Champions Cup Team of the Week - Round 1
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Just four home sides picked up wins in the opening round of the Champions Cup. There were 498 points scored in the opening round that dished up many talking points.
Scarlets had to forfeit their game against Bristol Bears, giving the Premiership side a 28-0 win.
Munster and Cardiff were both hit with the same COVID issues and managed to field a side.
Wasps were forced into 13 changes on the day of their game against Munster following a round of testing, this brought the total number of unavailable players for that one game to 59.
Harry Potter disappeared
Harry Potter, the Apparator 🧙♂️ pic.twitter.com/sJ1dPyuSaf
— Ultimate Rugby (@ultimaterugby) December 11, 2021
There were a few hard decisions to be made in the Team of the Week with JJ vd Mescht, Tom Curry, Dan Fish, Rohan janse van Rensburg, Daniel Okeke among others all narrowly missing out on the Round 1 Match Day 15.
Champions Cup Team of the Week - Round 1:
1 Andrew Porter - Leinster
2 Scott Buckley - Munster
3 Tadhg Furlong - Leinster
4 Jonny Gray - Exeter Chiefs
5 Emmanuel Meafou - Toulouse
6 Wenceslas Lauret - Racing 92
7 Tommy Reffell - Leicester Tigers
8 Greg Alldritt- La Rochelle
9 Antoine Dupont - Toulouse
10 Finn Russell - Racing 92
11 John Porch - Connacht
12 Stuart McCloskey - Ulster
13 James Hume - Ulster
14 Damian Penaud - Clermont
15 Kurtley Beale- Racing 92
Champions Cup Player of the Week - Round 1:
Wenceslas Lauret v Northampton Saints 🔥
— Ultimate Rugby (@ultimaterugby) December 10, 2021
- 80 Minutes ⏰
- 15 Tackles (2nd most)👊
- 1 Turnover won ✊
- 4 Passes 🖐️
- 1 Offload 👌
- 8 Carries 💪
- 7 Defenders beaten (most) ⚡️
- 2 Clean breaks 💨
- 96 Running metres (most) 🚀
- 3 Tries 🏉#HeinekenChampionsCup #NORvR92 pic.twitter.com/g7xch1Nmoj