{"id":514682,"date":"2026-04-05T18:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514682\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:59:07","slug":"bordeaux-tear-apart-leicester-to-set-up-mouthwatering-quarter-final-against-toulouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/514682\/","title":{"rendered":"Bordeaux tear apart Leicester to set up mouthwatering quarter-final against Toulouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But Bordeaux showed no mercy. Rayasi crossed on two further occasions, the second of which came after some spellbinding footwork to leave both Steward and Ollie Hassell-Collins for dead.<\/p>\n<p>Outclassed, outfought and out-thought, the challenge now for Leicester is to ensure that there is a response. For Bordeaux, it might only be Toulouse who can stand between them and an historic European and domestic double.<\/p>\n<p>Match details<\/p>\n<p>Scoring sequence: 3-0 Lucu pen, 8-0 Woki try, 10-0 Lucu con, 15-0 Rayasi try, 20-0 Lucu try, 22-0 Lucu con, 27-0 Bielle-Biarrey try, 29-0 Lucu con, 34-0 Lamothe try, 36-0 Lucu try, 36-5 Perese try, 36-7 Searle con, 41-7 Tameifuna try, 43-7 Lucu con, 43-12 Searle con, 43-14 Searle con, 48-14 Rayasi try, 50-14 Reus con, 55-14 Retiere try, 57-14 Reus con, 62-14 Rayasi try, 64-14 Reus con.<\/p>\n<p>Bordeaux: S Rayasi; P Uberti, D Penaud, Y Moefana (Janse van Rensburg 50, Reus 51), L Bielle-Biarrey; M Jalibert, M Lucu (capt, Retiere 50); J Poirot (Perchaud 46), M Lamothe (Barlot 58), C Sadie (Tameifuna 46), B Palu, A Coleman (Bochaton 64), B Vergnes-Taillefer, C Woki, M Gazzotti (Matiu 58).<\/p>\n<p>Leicester: F Steward; A Radwan, I Perese (Wand 60), J Woodward (Searle 41), O Hassell-Collins; J O\u2019Connor, J van Poortvliet (Whiteley 54); A van der Flier (Haffar 47), J Blamire (Clare 47), W Hurd (Loman 47), H Liebenberg (c), H Wells, J Moro, J Manz (Palmer 38), O Cracknell (Henderson 54).<\/p>\n<p>Referee: Andrew Brace (Wales).<\/p>\n<p>Attendance: 32,930.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But Bordeaux showed no mercy. Rayasi crossed on two further occasions, the second of which came after some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[160074,179357,46723,160075,5903,23451,217,101,56,179822,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-514682","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-apple-news-free","9":"tag-european-rugby-champions-cup","10":"tag-leicester-tigers","11":"tag-live-priority","12":"tag-rugby","13":"tag-rugby-union","14":"tag-sport","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-union-bordeaux-begles","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}