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Lions Exit Challenge Cup as Scrap with Perpignan Ends in a Draw

The Lions exited the Challenge Cup after a rain-soaked draw with Perpignan, who advanced by securing enough points in a match marked by errors and penalties.

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The Lions failed to reach the EPCR Challenge Cup round of 16 after drawing with Perpignan at the Stade Aime Giral on Saturday night. The 20-20 result saw Perpignan (+4) finish in fourth place above the Lions (–3) on points difference in Pool 2. The hosts started with intent and applied early pressure, which was rewarded when flyhalf Antoine Aucagne slotted a penalty. The Lions absorbed that early surge and began to impose themselves through sust…

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This Saturday evening (6:30 p.m.), the USAP met Aimé-Giral for a decisive event in his Challenge Cup campaign against the Lions of Johannesburg. In a good dynamic since the holidays, the Catalans have delivered...

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After three victories in their enclosure, the Catalans resisted the South Africans to win the draw (20-20), which was necessary for them to win the game, but they...

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In an Aimé-Giral stadium transformed into a dantesque arena by an apocalyptic weather, the USAP validated its ticket for the eighth finals of the Challenge Cup this Saturday. After an irrespirable scenario against the South African Lions (20-20), the Catalans offered themselves a historic European spring despite their precarious situation in the championship. A survival mission ...

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