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 Connacht 20 Montpellier 10 Connacht booked a place in the Amlin Challenge Cup with a deserved victory over Montpellier at the Sportsground as Michael Bradley’s men made it five wins from five. Two tries in the second-half from Liam Bibo and Fionn Carr were enough to secure victory. The sides were deadlocked 3-3 at the interval after Connacht had defended superbly against the strong wind. Ian Keatley landed a second penalty four minutes after the restart for a lead Connacht never lost. Bibo struck for a try in the right corner after 57 minutes and seven minutes later Fionn Carr crossed to secure the win. Connacht: T Nathan; L Bibo, N Ta’auso, K Matthews, F Carr; I Keatley, F Murphy; B Wilkinson, S Cronin, R Morris; M Swift, B Upton; M McCarthy, R Ofisa, J Muldoon. Replacements: J Hagan for Morris, half-time; C O’Loughlin for Murphy, 63 mins; G Naoupu for Upton, 68 mins; R Loughney for Wilkinson, 68 mins; A Flavin for Cronin, 72; M Nikora for Keatley, 72 mins; A Wynne for Matthews, 71 mins; Cronin for Swift, 79 mins. Montpellier: J Alcalde, B Thiery, O Smith, G Rees, T Brana, J Schutte, A Tomas, E Van Staden, J Caudullo, B Douglas, M Macurdy, M Gorgodze, V Bost, G Chkhaidze, M Giraud Replacements: N Leleimalefaga for Van Staden, half-time; M Demarco for Bost, half-time; J Figallo for Douglas, 63 mins; M Castell for Tomas. 71 mins; S Max for Thiery, 71 mins; S Matadigo, 71 mins; G Doumayrou for Rees, 71 mins; O Tissot for Chkhaidze, 77 mins. Referee: P Allan (Scotland). |
