Champions Cup: Van Graan's Bath suffer shock defeat, Franco Smith's Glasgow sink sale

SATURDAY WRAP: Munster and Racing both laid No.8 jerseys on the pitch in memory of Anthony Foley and held a moment of silence for Hyron Andrews ahead of their Champions Cup kick-off in Cork

They put on a show to befit the occasion, with the hosts edging an absorbing contest 33-25.

Scrumhalf Craig Casey sealed the victory with a late try and flashed eight fingers to the cameras in celebration.

Ireland flyhalf Sam Prendergast starred as four-time winners Leinster opened their Champions Cup account with a bonus-point 48-23 win at Clermont.

Prendergast scored one of the Irish province’s seven tries, adding four conversions and a penalty for a personal haul of 16 points, while captain Dan Sheehan scored twice.

“Lots of really good stuff in the game,” Leinster head coach Leo Cullen said.

“Games come thick and fast so we’ve got to move on.”

Prendergast’s brother Cian scored two tries as Connacht stunned Saracens 45-36 in a 13-try thriller.

Ciaran Frawley also scored a brace for Connacht, while Tongan Sione Va’enuku did so for Sarries, whose back five were all on the scoresheet.

Johann van Graan’s Bath fell to a surprise 14-32 defeat at home to Montpellier as French winger Donovan Taofifenua scored a brace for the visitors.

Franco Smith’s Glasgow fought back from an early deficit to beat Andrews’s former club Sale 47-27.

See below for Saturday’s scores and scorers!

Sale Sharks 27-47 Glasgow Warriors

The scorers:

For Sale Sharks:
Tries: B Curry, Reed 2, Ma’asi-White
Cons: Ford 2
Pen: Ford

For Glasgow Warriors:
Tries: Penalty Try, Steyn, Dobie, Craig, Darge, Smith, Tuipulotu
Cons: Horne 4, Lancaster

Teams:

Sale Sharks: 15 Joe Carpenter, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Rekeiti Ma’asi-White, 11 Arron Reed, 10 George Ford, 9 Gus Warr, 8 Elia Canakaivata, 7 Ben Curry, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Ben Bamber, 4 Ernst van Rhyn (captain), 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Nicky Smith.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Jibulu, 17 Si McIntyre, 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19 Christ Tshiunza, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Dom Hanson, 22 Alex Lozowski, 23 Ponipati Loganimasi.

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn (captain), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Jamie Dobie, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 George Horne, 8 Ruwald van der Merwe, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Euan Ferrie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Seb Stephen, 1 Nathan McBeth.
Replacements: 16 Gregor Hiddleston, 17 Patrick Schickerling, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Jare Oguntibeju, 20 Gregor Brown, 21 Ally Miller, 22 Callum Reidy, 23 Ollie Smith.

Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: Gareth Newman (Wales), Lucas Yendle (Wales)
TMO: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Clermont 23-48 Leinster

The scorers:

For Clermont:
Tries: Jurand, Belaubre Cons: Plummer 2
Pens: Plummer 3

For Leinster:
Tries: Furlong, Sheehan 2, Prendergast, Penalty Try, Conan, T O’Brien
Cons: Prendergast 3
Pen: Prendergast

Teams:

Clermont: 15 Justin Bouraux, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 AJ Lam, 12 Léon Darricarrere, 11 Joris Jurand, 10 Harry Plummer, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Kevin Noah, 7 Anthime Hemery, 6 Killian Tixeront, 5 Darcy Swain, 4 Thibaud Lanen, 3 Nohem Ez Zahouany, 2 Barnabe Massa, 1 Giorgi Akhaladze.
Replacements: 16 Peniami Narisia, 17 Sacha Lotrian, 18 Matheo Frisach, 19 Leo Michaux Vargas, 20 Antoine Chalus-Cercy, 21 Louis Vermeulen, 22 Baptiste Germain, 23 Mathys Belaubre.

Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Tommy O’Brien, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Jimmy O’Brien, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Fintan Gunne, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Ryan Baird, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan (captain), 1 Andrew Porter.
Replacements: 16 Rónan Kelleher, 17 Alex Usanov, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Conor O’Tighearnaigh, 20 Scott Penny, 21 Oliver Coffey, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Jamie Osborne.

Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Hamish Smales (England), Jonathan Healy (England)
TMO: Andrew Jackson (England)

Connacht 45-36 Saracens

The scorers:

For Connacht:
Tries: Prendergast 2, Forde, Hurley-Langton, Frawley 2, Blade
Cons: Gilbert 5

For Saracens:
Tries: Vaenuku 2, Caluori, Tompkins, Segun, Daly
Cons: Farrell 3

Teams:

Connacht: 15 Sam Gilbert, 14 Finn Treacy, 13 Cathal Forde, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Shane Jennings, 10 Ciaran Frawley, 9 Colm Reilly, 8 Sean Jansen, 7 Shamus Hurley-Langton, 6 Cian Prendergast (captain), 5 Josh Murphy, 4 Darragh Murray, 3 Sam Illo, 2 Matthew Victory, 1 Francois van Wyk.
Replacements: 16 Eoin de Buitlear, 17 Billy Bohan, 18 Thomas Connolly, 19 Niall Murray, 20 Sean O’Brien, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Josh Ioane, 23 Daniel Ryan.

Saracens: 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Noah Caluori, 13 Nick Tompkins, 12 Sione Vaenuku, 11 Rotimi Segun, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Toby Knight, 6 Maro Itoje (captain), 5 Hugh Tizard, 4 Olamide Sodeke, 3 Marcus Street, 2 Jamie George, 1 Eroni Mawi.
Replacements: 16 Eoghan Clarke, 17 Phil Brantingham, 18 Corne Weilbach, 19 Nick Isiekwe, 20 Nathan Michelow, 21 Alfie Barbeary, 22 Tom James, 23 Fergus Burke.

Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
Assistant referees: Luc Ramos (France), Julien Caulier (France)
TMO: Tual Trainini (France)

Munster 33-25 Racing 93

The scorers:

For Munster:
Tries: Gleeson, McCarthy, Beirne, F Wycherley, Casey
Cons: O’Shea 3, Hanrahan

For Racing 92:
Tries: Hulleu, Machenaud, Manu
Cons: Gibert 2
Pens: Gibert 2

Teams:

Munster: 15 Ben O’Connor, 14 Shay McCarthy, 13 Alex Nankivell, 12 Dan Kelly, 11 Sean O’Brien, 10 Charlie O’Shea, 9 Craig Casey, 8 Brian Gleeson, 7 John Hodnett, 6 Sean Edogbo, 5 Tadhg Beirne (captain), 4 Tom Ahern, 3 Jack Aungier, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Jeremy Loughman.
Replacements: 16 Max Clein, 17 Josh Wycherley, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Fineen Wycherley, 20 Gavin Coombes, 21 Ben O’Donovan, 22 JJ Hanrahan, 23 Jack O’Donoghue.

Racing 92: 15 Geronimo Prisciantelli, 14 Wilfried Hulleu, 13 Vinaya Habosi, 12 Joey Manu, 11 Sione Tupou, 10 Antoine Gibert, 9 Antoine Latrasse, 8 Maxime Baudonne (captain), 7 Nicolas Martins, 6 Lekima Tagitagivalu, 5 Jordan Joseph, 4 Thomas Lainault, 3 Gia Kharaishvili, 2 Diego Escobar, 1 Edouard Jabea Njocke.
Replacements: 16 Yanis Basse, 17 Lehopoame Leota, 18 Demba Bamba, 19 Nathan Hughes, 20 Soumaila Camara, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Sam James, 23 Arthur Roche.

Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Assistant referees: Joe James (England), Richard Gordon (England)
TMO: Dean Richards (England)

Bath 14-32 Montpellier

The scorers:

For Bath:
Tries: Lawrence, Green
Cons: Russell 2

For Montpellier:
Tries: Hogg, Taofifenua 2, Becognee
Cons: Hastings 3
Pens: Hastings 2

Teams:

Bath: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Charlie Griffin, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (captain), 8 Arthur Green, 7 Guy Pepper, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Will Jeanes, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano.
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Scott Kirk, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Ewan Richards, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Bernard van der Linde, 22 Cameron Redpath, 23 Kepueli Tuipulotu.

Montpellier: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Dimitri Delibes, 13 Lennox Anyanwu, 12 Justo Piccardo, 11 Donovan Taofifenua, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ali Price, 8 Lenni Nouchi (captain), 7 Alex Becognee, 6 Yacouba Camara, 5 Bastien Chalureau, 4 Ruben van Heerden, 3 Wilfrid Hounkpatin, 2 Lyam Akrab, 1 Reda Wardi.
Replacements: 16 Ricky Riccitelli, 17 Luca Tabarot, 18 Valentin Welsch, 19 Adam Beard, 20 Tyler DuGuid, 21 Billy Vunipola, 22 Sebastien Bezy, 23 Jon Echegaray.

Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Filippo Russo (Italy), Alberto Favaro (Italy)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)