Kick-offpublished at 21:02 BST 17 October
Munster 14-6 Racing 92
Charlie O'Shea gets things back under way.
Summary
Opening weekend of pool games in 2026-27 Champions Cup
Saturday results: Sale 27-47 Glasgow, Bulls 56-20 Stade Francais, Stormers 49-12 Bristol, Clermont Auvergne 23-48 Leinster, Connacht 45-36 Saracens, La Rochelle 31-14 Lions, Bath 14-32 Montpellier, Munster 33-25 Racing 92
Tributes paid to Lions lock Hyron Andrews, who died aged 31 on Friday
Kick-offpublished at 21:02 BST 17 October
Postpublished at 20:53 BST 17 October
HT: Munster 14-6 Racing 92
Thumbs up for a Munster win, thumbs down for a Racing 92 win.
Postpublished at 20:51 BST 17 October
HT: Bath 14-10 Montpellier
Thumbs up for a Bath win, thumbs down for a Montpellier win.
Half-time - Munster 14-6 Racing 92published at 20:50 BST 17 October
Image source, Getty ImagesA knock-on at the line-out from Munster brings a close to the first half in Cork.
Neither side as accurate as they would like but the hosts certainly deserving of their lead.
In truth, there's not been a lot to get excited about for Racing 92 who have looked to test Munster in the air but got little from the tactic.
Half-time - Bath 14-10 Montpellierpublished at 20:48 BST 17 October
Lenni Nouchi pumps the legs. Can Montpellier grab a late score before half-time? No, it's knocked on.
Postpublished at 39 mins
Bath 14-10 Montpellier
Montpellier spill the ball as they go in search of a second try.
No try - Montpellierpublished at 37 mins
Bath 14-10 Montpellier
Adam Hastings' pass for the initial break is forward. Lennox Anyanwu was the player who broke clear.
Try - Bath 14-15 Montpellierpublished at 37 mins
Dimitri Delibes
It will be checked....
Racing 92 hanging in therepublished at 30 mins
Munster 14-6 Racing 92
Gibert has kicked another penalty for Racing and there's only eight points in this one at the half-hour mark.
Munster will feel they should be further ahead but it's their own discipline that is allowing the French visitors to keep a foot in the door.
Penalty - Bath 14-10 Montpellierpublished at 35 mins
Adam Hastings
Adam Hastings nails a straightforward penalty between the posts.
Postpublished at 31 mins
Bath 14-7 Montpellier
Montpellier haven't been flashy, but they're certainly in this game. Ali Price's kicking game has been very impressive.
Racing's attack not firing so farpublished at 22 mins
Munster 14-3 Racing 92
At present Racing are lacking the accuracy they'll need to get back into this one.
Handling errors are undermining their efforts in attack so far and another promising position is squandered with a knock-on.
To be fair to the hosts, Munster's linespeed is playing its part too.
Converted try - Bath 14-7 Montpellierpublished at 25 mins
Arthur Green (con Finn Russell)
Image source, Getty ImagesArthur Green picks and goes, showing the footwork of an outside back to score!
Postpublished at 25 mins
Bath 7-7 Montpellier
Bath are once again deep inside Montpellier's 22. They have dominated the territory.
Converted try - Bath 7-7 Montpellierpublished at 19 mins
Ollie Lawrence (con Finn Russell)
No stopping Ollie Lawrence from there. Finn Russell fires over the extras. He also provided the final pass.
Postpublished at 18 mins
Bath 0-7 Montpellier
Max Ojomoh is pinged for obstruction. Montpellier off the hook.
Postpublished at 16 mins
Bath 0-7 Montpellier
Image source, Getty ImagesBath win a penalty and fire it deep into Montpellier's 22.
Fitting tribute to Foley in early stagespublished at 15 mins
Munster 14-3 Racing 92
In tribute to Anthony Foley, neither side has taken the field with a player wearing the number eight in Cork this evening.
And it was the hosts' number 24 for the evening that has set them on their way here with Brian Gleeson crashing over off the base of the scrum.
Shay McCarthy has since followed him over the line with Charlie O'Shea converting both scores on his Champions Cup debut.
Antoine Gibert had previously kicked an early penalty for the visitors, who now trail 14-3.
Converted try - Bath 0-7 Montpellierpublished at 13 mins
Stuart Hogg (con Adam Hastings)
Stuart Hogg races into the corner. Adam Hastings nails the extras over from out wide.
Postpublished at 9 mins
Bath 0-0 Montpellier
Ali Price dribbles a fantastic kick into space, which Santi Carreras has to pick up and run out.
Good chance now for Montpellier.
