Watch every second of Super Rugby Pacific live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nRugby.com.au looks at the best from the weekend in ‘Aussies Abroad.’<\/p>\n
United Rugby Championship<\/p>\n
Starting off in Llanelli, Max Douglas and Archer Holz starred in the set piece for hosts Scarlets as they ran out 23-0 winners over Sam Talakai\u2019s Glasgow, with Douglas dominating the lineout.<\/p>\n
It was the sole voctiry on the Aussie front in the tournament, as Ryan Smith and Jack Walsh started in Ospreys\u2019 loss to Edinburgh, the Scottish side winning 19-17.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Walsh had a strong day in general play, making 12 carries, 15 tackles and beating two defenders, but missed two conversions that ultimately cost the Welsh side the match.<\/p>\n
Lastly, the future home of Wallaby prop Angus Bell Ulster ran out 47-13 winners over Benneton, with Reds\u2019 loan players John Bryant and Louis Werchon making cameos off the bench.<\/p>\n
English Premiership<\/p>\n
Moving across to English rugby, Josh Kemeny put in a strong individual performance at the set piece in a losing side, as Bristol blew the Northampton Saints away 46-12.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Things would fare far better for Wallaby veteran James O\u2019Connor, who came off the bench as Leicester Tigers scored three tries in the final 25 minutes to defeat Newcastle, 39-17.<\/p>\n
The overseas Wallabies were right in the thick of the action in Sale, at the Exeter Chiefs won in a thriller over the Sharks, 27-26.<\/p>\n
Len Ikitau combined brilliantly with England centre Henry Slade, while Tom Hooper also had a solid day, making 12 carries and 11 tackles despite also receiving a yellow card in the 11th minute.<\/p>\n
However, an Aussie would be right in the centre of the action, with former Wallaby and newly-capped Samoan Scott Sio coming off the bench to score the final try in the 70th minute to give Exeter the match-winning lead.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Top 14<\/p>\n
Across the channel, Tom Banks made 12 carries in the starting side as Montpellier went on to win 28-24 over Adam Coleman\u2019s Bordeaux, while Joe Powell also had a tough afternoon, his side Montauban going down 54-28 to Toulon.<\/p>\n
It was a similarly difficult day for former Reds teammates Duncan Paia\u2019aua and Jordan Petaia, featuring for Perpignan in their 23-7 loss to Castres.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rob Leota continued his strong start for Bayonne in their 22-20 win over Lyon. Despite not getting over the chalk this week, Leota topped the tackle count for the home side as they held off a fast finish from the visitors, with Jermaine Ainsley starting and Monty Ioane scoring a try in the 6th minute.<\/p>\n
Toulouse kept their position at the top of the competition with a 48-24 win over Taniela Tupou\u2019s future home Racing 92, with ex-NRL star Joey Manu featuring off the bench.<\/p>\n
Clermont overcame Stade Francais Paris 36-32 at home, with Wallaby veteran Rob Simmons putting in a 60-minute effort for the visitors, while Alex Newsome put in a big shift off the bench and Irae Simone also provided input off the bench.<\/p>\n
Lastly, Pau heaped more misery on La Rochelle in their 53-33 victory, a wild fixture that saw a red card to the visitors inside the first minute.<\/p>\n
Jack Maddocks and Reece Hewat starred for the hosts in the starting lineup, while Tolu Latu put in a 47-minute effort for the visitors, and Kane Douglas provided impact off the bench.<\/p>\n
Pro D2<\/p>\n
Finally, former Wallaby turned Namibian international Richard Hardwick starred for Grenoble, scoring a try in their 33-25 victory over Biarritz, as did Zach Holmes, who kick two penalty goals and two conversions in Oyonnax\u2019s 35-24 victory over B\u00e9ziers.<\/p>\n
Jake Strachan and Ben O\u2019Donnell were right in the action as Aurillac defeated Soyaux-Angoul\u00eame 20-15 away from home, a 77th-minute try proving enough to defeat a side containing Wallabies Richie Arnold and Pone Fa\u2019amausili.<\/p>\n
Ryan McCauley also featured in the starting side for Valence Romans as they defeated Nevers 13-3 at home, with former Melbourne Rebel and Sunwolves star Efi Ma\u2019afu featuring for the visitors.<\/p>\n
Lastly, it was an afternoon to forget for two-capped Wallaby Caleb Timu, the former Reds star, receiving a yellow card in the 53rd minute as his side Colomiers went down 27-18 to Brive, with three more of his team mates also being shown the cheese.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the international season done and dusted, plenty of Aussies were back in action across the English Premiership,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,97542,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-319775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-aussies-abroad","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-rugby","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}