{"id":400633,"date":"2026-01-08T22:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400633\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T22:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:22:08","slug":"epcr-challenge-cup-2026-round-3-fixtures-and-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400633\/","title":{"rendered":"EPCR Challenge Cup 2026 Round 3 Fixtures And Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the third round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/collections\/11207301-european-professional-club-rugby-challenge-cup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EPCR Challenge Cup competition<\/a>, and the team narratives already are spinning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Six squads have jumped ahead and lead their respective pools while remaining undefeated, including Montpellier, Ospreys, Benetton, the Newcastle Red Bulls, Stade Francais and the Exeter Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>Another six squads are hot on their heels, with at least one win under their belts. Only three teams have yet to record a point, including the Toyota Cheetahs, US Montauban and Black Lion. But there&#8217;s plenty of rugby union left to play.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the full lineup of EPCR Challenge Cup 2026 Round 3 fixtures, including times and locations:<\/p>\n<p>EPCR Challenge Cup Round 3 Fixtures<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026<\/p>\n<p>8 a.m. ET \u2013 Stade Fran\u00e7ais vs. Exeter Chiefs \u2013 Stade Jean Bouin8 a.m. ET \u2013 US Montauban vs. Black Lion \u2013 Stade Sapiac8 a.m. ET \u2013 Newcastle vs. Perpignan \u2013 Kingston Park10:15 a.m. ET \u2013 Lions vs. Lyon \u2013 Ellis Park10:15 a.m. ET \u2013 Cardiff Rugby vs. Racing 92 \u2013 Cardiff Arms Park12:30 p.m. ET \u2013 Benetton vs. Dragons RFC \u2013 Stadio Comunale di Monigo<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026<\/p>\n<p>8 a.m. ET \u2013 Montpellier vs. Connacht \u2013 Septeo Stadium8 a.m. ET \u2013 Zebre vs. Ospreys \u2013 Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi10:15 a.m. ET \u2013 Cheetahs vs. Ulster \u2013 National Rugby Centre AmsterdamHow To Watch EPCR Challenge Cup In USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florugby.com\/collections\/11207301-european-professional-club-rugby-challenge-cup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The EPCR Challenge Cup 2026, as well as the Investec Champions Cup, will be broadcast on FloRugby at the FloSports App.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>European Union Rugby Lives On FloSports And FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Rugby fans can stream every match from the Top 14, Gallagher Premiership and United Rugby Championship on FloRugby, along with the Investec Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge Cup, making the platform the U.S. home for the world\u2019s biggest club competitions and the game\u2019s top players.<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch Rugby Matches In The United States On FloRugby<\/p>\n<p>Professional club rugby in Europe all streams on FloRugby and the FloSports app in the United States. FloRugby and FloSports also are the U.S. home to:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FloRugby also is home to match archives and match replays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join The Rugby Conversation On FloRugby Social<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s the third round of the EPCR Challenge Cup competition, and the team narratives already are spinning.\u00a0 Six&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-400633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400633","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=400633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}