Bordeaux Beagles vs Bath-Champions Cup 2026

Pity about the forward pass there. Jelly with the quick tap and kick keeping Barf on their toes.

I'm a big fan of Santiago Carreras. Not sure who I'm pulling for here.

Those grubbers grind my nuts man.

Holly told me they're in a shocking state

Good bust by Hennessy-Booth but Le Beep has the pace to reel him in.

Great break by Hennessey, Le Beep only just hunts him down.,

Holly told me they're in a shocking state

LOL, grubbers weren't the only thing grinding them this weekend yes.

Great break by Hennessy!

Bath attacking the 5m line as a result and they're looking at a shoulder to the head by Bordeaux

Yellow coming

Sustained attack from Barf but I think they'll have to settle for the penalty advantage.

Ref checking foul play, looks like a card coming here. Coleman for Bordeaux in trouble. No, play on . . . Barf are over but held up. Back for a penalty advantage.

No yellow

Nice backwards deflection on the pass there, if it went forward it was trouble for Bordies.

Bordeaux escape...looked for all money like they were gonna give up points there

Will Muir is over but did he have a foot out of touch? Looks good to me.

Try given. Great finish. Russell misses the conversion. 14-12.

Lovely hands from Bath...does he finish it?

Looked like he was out...

No...he got it down

Damn nice finish

Shit, I get up to get a snack and Barf scores.

The last hour of this game is going to be crazy

Tommy the tank owning the frenchies at scrum time

Carreras puts Pepper away but he can't bust the tackle and gives up a penalty for holding on.

Breathless sequence ends with a turnover penalty for Bordies.

Sloppy from Bath and they get turned over in the end.

Again, all the momentum down the toilet through a nothing chip when they look really threatening

Carlu Sadie's thighs alone weigh more than Hollie.

Bloody hell that was a nice take from Muir!

Good play from Bordeaux and Lucu is over. 21-12.

Lucu over, Bordies moving it nicely. Could have been in wide as well with another pass or two.

Carlu Sadie's thighs alone weigh more than Hollie.

That's why Plummie and I think Hollie is the sensible choice for our weekends.

Gazzotti has some serious power. Reminds me a bit of Jasper.

Lucu is a terrier of note.

Dupont who?

Poor pass and Barf knocks. Not a good spot to do it in.

It's gonna take some doing for Bath to come back.

These French sides are such front runners. Once they good lead they become twice as good

Pepper lucky not to get a yellow there, lay down like a dead man on the Bordie side of the ruck. Quick ball there and trouble. 24-12 HT.

Bordeaux get a penalty bang in front and will go for the three. Should be 24-12 and it will be the half.

And now Bordies get a penalty right in front and opt for 3...

24-12 Bordeaux

Half time

That half felt like 5 minutes.

Good rugby. I thought it might be one-sided . . . and it may still go that way . . . but Barf were up for it in that first half and deserve to be a bit closer.

I feel like Bath need to be far more direct in the second half. Barbeary looks like he wants to hit the line, let him.

Awkward rolling ball and Bordies handle it as badly as possible with Lucu knocking it.

The Barbarian gets rid of Lucu. Commentators see another head on head.

Not big on replays are the French tv guys, eh?

And Lucy knocks inside his 22 to give Bath a scrum early

Barbary picks up off the base and hits the line hard and may have drawn a high tackle from Lucu

Ref doesn't seem interested in checking it...TMO says nothing

French producers :/

Le Beep gets high on those kick takes, damn. Deflects it back and Bordies rumble again.