2022 EPCR Challenge Cup Results

The 2022 European Rugby Challenge Cup will be the 7th season of the second tier club rugby competition in Europe. It replaced the Amlin Cup.

There will be 20 teams playing in 2 pools of 10 teams each. Teams will play each of the other teams in their pool once. 

The top 6 teams from each pool will then combine with 4 teams from the European Rugby Champions Cup to play a round of 16. This will be a knock-out format down to a finals series.

Following financial problems at Wasps and Worcester Warriors, both teams were banned from the Premiership and therefore became ineligible for the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The draw was amended to make Pool B have 8 teams and the teams drawn to play the banned teams would play each other twice in the season.


The teams playing in the competition are:

 France

  • Toulon
  • Bayonne
  • Stade Français
  • Brive
  • Perpignan
  • Pau

England

  • Bristol Bears
  • Bath Rugby
  • Newcastle Falcons

Scotland

  • Glasgow Warriors

Wales

  • Dragons
  • Cardiff Rugby
  • Scarlets

Ireland

  • Connacht

Italy

  • Zebre Parma
  • Benetton Rugby

South Africa

  • Lions
  • Cheetahs

 

Challenge Cup Pool A
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Toulon 4 4 102 56 3 19
Glasgow Warriors 4 3 1 107 82 2 16
Cardiff Rugby 4 3 1 154 57 3 15
Bristol Bears 4 4 121 54 3 14
Connacht 4 3 1 135 72 2 14
Brive 4 1 3 66 157 2 6
Newcastle Falcons 4 1 3 63 132 1 5
Bath Rugby 4 3 1 68 105 1 3
Perpignan 4 4 68 118 1 1
Zebre Parma 4 4 56 107 1 1

 Bristol had 5 points deducted for playing an ineligible player.


Challenge Cup Pool B
Team Played Won Lost Drawn For Against BP Points
Scarlets 4 4 124 57 2 18
Benetton Rugby 4 3 1 120 70 3 15
Lions 4 2 1 1 98 85 2 12
Stade Francais 4 2 2 85 86 2 10
Dragons RFC 4 1 2 1 98 103 4 10
Cheetahs 4 2 2 73 87 2 10
Pau 4 1 3 64 72 3 7
Bayonne 4 4 28 130 0


Fixtures and Results

December 9

  

December 10

   

  

  

  

  

December 11

  

December 16

  

  

December 17

  

  

  

  

December 18

  

January 13

  

January 14

  

  

  

   

January 15

   

    

January 20

  

  

January 21

  

  

  

January 22

Perpignan

Stade Français

Lions

Pau

Bath Rugby

Cardiff Rugby

Connacht

Zebre Parma

Scarlets

  

Lions

Brive

Glasgow Warriors

Toulon

Cheetahs

Bayonne

Dragons RFC

Newcastle Falcons

Bristol Bears

  

Pau

Scarlets

Stade Français

Benetton Rugby

Connacht

Zebre Parma

Perpignan

Cardiff Rugby

Bath Rugby

  

Toulon

Glasgow Warriors

Bristol Bears

Bayonne

Benetton Rugby

Newcastle Falcons

Brive

Dragons RFC

Cheetahs

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

  

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

  

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

  

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

Bristol Bears

Benetton Rugby

Dragons RFC

Cheetahs

Glasgow Warriors

Brive

Newcastle Falcons

Toulon

Bayonne

  

Stade Français

Connacht

Perpignan

Bath Rugby

Scarlets

Benetton Rugby

Pau

Cardiff Rugby

Zebre Parma

  

Dragons RFC

Cheetahs

Lions

Bayonne

Brive

Bristol Bears

Glasgow Warriors

Newcastle Falcons

Toulon

  

Zebre Parma

Bath Rugby

Perpignan

Scarlets

Stade Français

Connacht

Cardiff Rugby

Lions

Pau

Perpignan

Paris

Johannesburg

Pau

Bath

Cardiff

Galway

Parma

Llanelli

   

Johannesburg

Brive

Glasgow

Toulon

Parma

Bayonne

Newport

Newcastle

Bristol

  

Pau

Llanelli

Paris

Treviso

Galway

Parma

Perpignan

Cardiff

Bath

  

Toulon

Glasgow

Bristol

Bayonne

Treviso

Newcastle

Brive

Newport

Parma

5

24

31

16

19

41

22

21

39

  

30

24

26

29

26

7

21

10

35

  

15

20

17

26

61

11

26

42

23

  

14

19

33

7

35

35

37

25

9

19

14

31

21

22

0

8

24

7

  

12

31

18

7

45

45

27

47

19

  

21

17

7

7

5

34

40

10

35

 

5

19

19

20

32

21

24

30

6

  

  Teams from Challenge Cup                                                             Teams from Champions Cup

  • Toulon
  • Cheetahs
  • Scarlets
  • Brive
  • Benetton Rugby
  • Connacht
  • Glasgow Warriors
  • Stade Français
  • Lions
  • Bristol Bears
  • Cardiff Rugby
  • Dragons RFC
  • Lyon
  • Racing 92
  • Clermont Auvergne
  • Sale Sharks

   

Round of 16

March 31

   

April 1  

  

  

  

  

  

    

Quarter-Finals

April 7

April 8

   

  

  

Semi-Finals

April 29

April 30

   

Final

May 19

Bristol Bears

Scarlets

Toulon

Stade Français

Benetton Rugby

Lions

Glasgow Warriors

Cardiff Rugby

  

  

Scarlets

Toulon

Benetton Rugby

Glasgow Warriors

   

  

Scarlets

Toulon

  

  

Toulon

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

v

 

 

v

v

v

v

  

  

v

v

 

 

v

Clermont Auvergne

Brive

Cheetahs

Lyon

Connacht

Racing 92

Dragons RFC

Sale Sharks

  

  

Clermont Auvergne

Lyon

Cardiff Rugby

Lions

  

  

Glasgow Warriors

Benetton Rugby

  

  

Glasgow Warriors

Bristol

Llanelli

Toulon

Paris

Treviso

Johannesburg

Glasgow

Cardiff  

  

   

Llanelli

Toulon

Treviso

Glasgow

  

  

Llanelli

Toulon

    

   

Dublin

26

19

36

24

41

51

73

28

  

  

32

48

27

31

  

  

17

23

  

  

43

33

7

21

41

19

28

33

27

  

  

30

23

23

21

  

  

35

0

  

  

19

               

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