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Late tries from Tom Christie and Oli Spencer gave Newcastle a 23-14 victory over Lyon in the European Challenge Cup.
Brive face off against Lyon in Top 14 Round 1 on Sat 3rd September 2022 at Stade Amedee-Domenech. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 16:00. In South Africa it’s at 17:00 SAST, 03:00 NZST in New Zealand, 01:00 AEST in Australia and 08:00 EST in the US.
Brive won the last encounter but Brive are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by 11 places in the league table with Lyon in 3rd and Brive in 14th as such Lyon are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Brive vs Lyon 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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Maxime Gouzou (Lyon) is shown a yellow card
The Lyon supporters go wild as Leo Berdeu successfully kicks the conversion.
Great hands by Lyon leads to a try for Beka Saginadze
The touch judges raise their flags as Thomas Laranjeira kicks the conversion.
A penetrating move by CA Brive results in a try for Nico Lee.
The touch judges raise their flags as Leo Berdeu kicks the conversion.
A perfectly timed interception by Joel Kpoku allows them to score the try.
Thomas Laranjeira has kicked a penalty goal.
Leo Berdeu does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
Silky skills by Lyon ends with a try for Toby Arnold.
The CA Brive supporters go wild as Thomas Laranjeira successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Leo Berdeu makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A wonderful passing move by Lyon is finished off by Arno Botha
Leo Berdeu makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Thomas Laranjeira has kicked a conversion.
CA Brive are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Matthieu Voisin touching down.