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Bordeaux face off against Sharks in Investec Champions Cup Round 2 on Fri 16th December 2022 at Stade Chaban-Delmas. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 20:00. In South Africa it’s at 22:00 SAST, 09:00 NZST in New Zealand, 07:00 AEST in Australia and 12:00 EST in the US.
Bordeaux won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 8 places in the league table with Sharks in 3rd and Bordeaux in 11th as such Sharks are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Bordeaux vs Sharks will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Christopher Vaotoa (Union Bordeaux-Begles) is shown a yellow card
The Union Bordeaux-Begles supporters go wild as Zack Holmes successfully kicks the penalty goal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Curwin Bosch kicks the penalty goal.
Curwin Bosch adds the two points for Sharks.
Slick passing by Sharks leads to a try for Werner Kok.
The Union Bordeaux-Begles supporters go wild as Jules Gimbert successfully kicks the penalty goal.
The Sharks supporters go wild as Curwin Bosch successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Jules Gimbert does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Curwin Bosch makes no mistake with that drop goal attempt.
Curwin Bosch makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Jules Gimbert has kicked a conversion.
Union Bordeaux-Begles are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Renato Giammarioli touching down.
Werner Kok (Sharks) is shown a yellow card