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Toulon beat Ulster 23-13 in the European Rugby Champions Cup on Saturday (25th October).
Glasgow Warriors won a kicking duel with Montpellier 15-13 in France on Saturday (October 25th) to consolidate first place in the European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 4 standings.
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Ulster hosted European Champions Toulon in Belfast on Saturday looking for their first win in the Champions Cup.
However, the likes of Leigh Halfpenny have only bolstered the French outfits line up and he gave them a 6-0 lead early on.
The sides traded penalties to leave the score at 9-3, before Toulon turned on the style.
Juan Smith with the first offload, then Chris Masoe with an even better one to put Bryan Habana clear. 16-3 the men from France led at half time.
Then Nick Williams's showed why his strength lies in the pack.
Delon Armitage with the interception & there was no one stopping the former Irish man.
Ulster did get a try back themselves. The day belonged to the Champions with a fairly comfortable 13-23 win. Putting them top in Pool 3.
Following an impressive win over Bath in the opening round, Glasgow Warriors continued their Pool 4 campaign away to Montpellier on Saturday.
An early penalty saw Finn Russell put the Scottish side 3-0 ahead inside the first two minutes.
Russell and his fly half counterpart - Benoit Paillaugue - exchanged two penalties apiece before half time. Glasgow leading 9-6.
Before Montpellier were reduced to 14 men when centre Robert Ebersohn was sin binned & Glasgow moved 12-6 ahead.
The Scot's running out 15-13 winners, meaning they top Pool 4 after three games.
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Champions Cup wins for Toulon & Glasgow
Sunday, October 26 2014Category:Rugby