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Stormers 0-0 Bristol
A strong scrum from both sides, and Bristol kick it in behind. However, Damian Willemse cleans it up with ease. It's been a frantic start from both sides so far.
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
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Stormers 0-0 Bristol
Bristol captain Kieran Marmion is getting clean and quick ball from the ruck.
It's not been a bad couple of minutes from Bristol and they have a scrum in the Stormers' half.
Can they capitalise?
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Stormers 0-0 Bristol
Bristol deal with a well-taken kick-off and clear their lines.
From the line-out, Damian Willemse runs a fine line in the middle of the park to cut through Bristol's defence, but the away side recover well.
Kick-offpublished at 15:17 BST 17 October
Clermont Auvergne 0-0 Leinster
We are under way at a bouncing Stade Marcel-Michelin.
Kick-offpublished at 15:16 BST 17 October
Stormers 0-0 Bristol
And we're under way at DHL Stadium as the Stormers get things going from the kick-off...
Line-upspublished at 15:13 BST 17 October
Stormers v Bristol (15:15 BST)
Stormers: Willemse; Senatla, Simelane, Roche, Zas; Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Reinach; Matongo, Kotze, Sandi, Smith, Schickerling, De Villiers (capt), Kolisi, Roos.
Replacements: Venter, Mchunu, Porthen, Evans, Norton, Fourie, Pead, Gelant.
Bristol: Wilson; Pepper, Moroni, Bates, Boshoff; Worsley, Marmion (capt); Woolmore, Gwilliam, Halliwell, Rubiolo, Caulfield, Owen, Jenkins, Ivanishvili.
Replacements: Moody, Turner, Scott, Wells, Pearce, Harris, Williams, Worsnip.
Line-upspublished at 15:10 BST 17 October
Clermont Auvergne v Leinster (15:15 BST)
Clermont: Bouraux; Delguy, Lam, Darricarrere, Jurand; Plummer (capt), Jauneau; Akhaladze, Massa, Ez Zahouany, Lanen, Swain, Tixeront, Hemery, Noah.
Replacements: Narisia, Lotrian, Frisach, Michaux Vargas, Chalus-Cercy, Vermeulen, Germain, Belaubre.
Leinster: Keenan; T O'Brien, Ringrose, Henshaw, J O'Brien; Prendergast, Gunne; Porter, Sheehan (capt), Furlong, McCarthy, Ryan, Baird, Van der Flier, Conan.
Replacements: Kelleher, Usanov, Clarkson, O'Tighearnaigh, Penny, Coffey, Carbery, Osborne.
Listen livepublished at 15:07 BST 17 October
You can listen to BBC radio commentaries of selected games in today's Champions Cup schedule - tap on the "Watch & listen" tab to make your selection.
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Two pool matches down, six to go on this busy Saturday of Champions Cup action.
Two more games get under way at 15:15 BST - Bristol Bears are in South Africa to face Stormers, while last season's runners-up Leinster take on Clermont Auvergne.
Image source, Getty ImagesJooste scores hat-trick in victory for Bullspublished at 15:00 BST 17 October
FT: Bulls 56-20 Stade Francais
Image source, Getty ImagesIn the other 13:00 BST kick-off, Bulls scored eight tries in a convincing 56-20 victory against Stade Francais.
Cheswill Jooste ended with a hat-trick of tries, having crossed for his first inside 20 seconds, as the South African side clinched a bonus-point win.
This was the first match to be played in Pool Four, which also contains Bath, Northampton, Cardiff and Montpellier.
Bath host Montpellier at 20:00 BST and we will have live text and radio coverage of that game later on this page.
'A massive blessing' to play with my brother - Tuipulotupublished at 14:57 BST 17 October
FT: Sale 27-47 Glasgow
Glasgow captain and player of the match Sione Tuipulotu tells Premier Sports: "To be honest I'm pretty exhausted. It was an emotional week - my brother got his debut and I was more excited for him to play than myself.
"We put out a massive team performance and we knew that was what it was going to take. Massively proud of the group.
"It genuinely can't get better - you dream of that when you're a kid. To play European rugby with my brother, I thank God for it. It's a massive blessing for me and my family. Stoked that he got his debut today.
"Franco puts us through our paces and we know we've got the legs to go into the second half."
Full-time: Sale 27-47 Glasgowpublished at 14:52 BST 17 October
Image source, Press AssociationThe game was in the balance for a long time, but Glasgow proved too strong for Sale in the end, running in seven tries to start their Champions Cup campaign in style.
Sale travel to Leinster in their next Champions Cup game in mid-December, before matches against Clermont Auvergne and Pau in January round off the pool phase.
Glasgow host Pau next, before playing Leicester and Clermont in the new year.
Converted try: Sale 27-47 Glasgowpublished at 76 mins
Ottavio Tuipulotu (con Dan Lancaster)
Another!
Glasgow's maul is such a potent weapon and it's a first Warriors try for Ottavio Tuipulotu.
The conversion follows and I can safely say that Glasgow are home and hosed.
Because of the new rules in place in this year's Champions Cup, they'll also gain a bonus point if they prevent Sale from scoring another try in the final four minutes.
Converted try: Sale 27-40 Glasgowpublished at 72 mins
Ollie Smith (con George Horne)
This is another wonderful Glasgow try.
Sione Tuipulotu goes through a gap after a nice disguised pass from little brother Ottavio, and the centre does well to find Ollie Smith in support.
After the conversion, Glasgow have a 13-point lead with seven minutes left.
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Sale 27-33 Glasgow
Ottavio Tuipulotu - on for his Glasgow debut - safely delivers his first line-out and Warriors are on the attack again.
Try: Sale 27-33 Glasgowpublished at 68 mins
Arron Reed
Image source, Press AssociationI should have known better than to think this game was done.
Sale go straight down the other end and score in the corner through Arron Reed, who gets his second try of the match.
It's a lovely score, but George Ford's conversion attempt is dragged just wide.
Converted try: Sale 22-33 Glasgowpublished at 65 mins
Rory Darge (con George Horne)
That might be the telling blow.
Glasgow safely gather the line-out, set up a maul and it rumbles over the line.
Rory Darge dots down for the Warriors' fifth try and the conversion is good.
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Sale 22-26 Glasgow
Another lovely Glasgow kick - this time from Kyle Rowe - puts Sale on the back foot and home full-back Joe Carpenter is bundled into touch.
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Sale 22-26 Glasgow
Whenever one team scores, the other responds with gusto.
A superb grubber kick from Glasgow fly-half Dan Lancaster finds a tiny pocket of space and pins Sale in their own 22.
Converted try: Sale 22-26 Glasgowpublished at 14:29 BST 17 October
Rekeiti Ma'asi-White (con George Ford)
Sale do find the try their pressure deserved as Rekeiti Ma'asi-White goes under the posts after multiple phases.
The simple conversion duly follows and the gap is narrowed to four.
