Watch every second of Super Rugby Pacific live and on demand via Stan Sport<\/a><\/p>\nRugby.com.au breaks down the best from the weekend that was.<\/p>\n
Japan<\/p>\n
Bernard Foley\u2019s perfect start to the Japanese season continues as Kubota Spears remain unbeaten in the top division.<\/p>\n
Foley carved up Toyota Verblitz, setting up five line breaks and contributing 12 points in the 39-10 win.<\/p>\n
It was a similar story for winger Marika Koroibete, starting for Saitama Wild Knights as they defeated Yokohama Canon Eagles 50-21, who remain the only other team yet to lose a game.<\/p>\n
Sean McMahon continued his strong form for Tokyo Sungoliath, recording double-digit tackles and carries as they took care of Mie Honda Heat 30-15.<\/p>\n
As for Liam Gill and Isaac Lucas, they were two bright spots for BlackRams Tokyo in a heavy 67-21 loss to Kobelco Kobe Steelers.<\/p>\n
Lucas lit up the field with ten tackle busts and 108 metres, while Gill opened the scoring in the seventh minute before Ardie Savea\u2019s side blew them away.<\/p>\n
Europe<\/p>\n
In the Challenge Cup, back-rower Tom Hooper came up big to help Exeter secure their place in the knockout stages with a 31-0 shutout of Cardiff.<\/p>\n
Hooper led the way with 18 tackles and a turnover in the victory, with Scott Sio also putting together a solid shift starting.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, it was less fortunate for fellow back-rower Langi Gleeson, who succumbed to a knee injury in the 20th minute for Montpellier.<\/p>\n
The former Waratah was left on the ground in agony for a considerable period after taking a hit-up before exiting the field.<\/p>\n
It was Gleeson\u2019s first start for the club since his move, who defied the early injury for a 31-26 win over Ospreys.<\/p>\n
In further games, Jordan Petaia started on the wing for Perpignan in their 20-all draw with Lions, enough to see them advance to the next stage.<\/p>\n
As for the Champions Cup, former Waratah James Ramm had a big game for Northampton at the back in their 43-28 win over Scarlets.<\/p>\n
The former Australia U20s star set up two tries and broke three tackles in the victory, supported by 2023 Rugby World Cup back-rower Josh Kemeny in the starting side.<\/p>\n
In other games, Adam Coleman put together a defensive shift for Bordeaux-Begles, completing a perfect 17 from 17 tackles in a 27-15 win over Bristol, while Irae Simone set up a try in Clermont\u2019s heavy 50-12 loss to Sharks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a big weekend in Europe as the Australians overseas fought for their places in the Champions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422116,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,97542,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-422115","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\/422115","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=422115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}