Challenge Cup quarter-final match pack preview: Gloucester Rugby v Connacht Rugby <\/p>\n
Below is a comprehensive match pack preview of Friday’s European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-final between Gloucester Rugby and Connacht Rugby including in-depth statistical information.<\/p>\n
Gloucester Rugby v Connacht Rugby<\/p>\n
Friday, 3 April
\nKick-off: 19:45, Kingsholm Stadium
\nReferee: Romain Poite (Fra)
\nAssistant Referee 1: Cedric Marchat (Fra)
\nAssistant Referee 2: Thomas Charabas (Fra)
\nTMO: Gareth Simmonds (Wal)
\nCiting Commissioner: John Montgomery (Sco)
\nTV: Sky Sports \/ beIN SPORTS<\/p>\n
Match facts
\nNo 1 seeds Gloucester conceded fewer points and tries than any other team in the pool stage of this season’s Challenge Cup.
\nIn the pool stage, Connacht’s points difference in the 20 minute period after half time was -28; only Rovigo and Bucharest had a worse record.
\nGloucester have won both previous meetings with Connacht in their Heineken Cup pool stage games in 2011.
\nGloucester have been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup on the last three occasions they have reached the knockout stage: 2010, 2013 and 2014.
\nConnacht have lost 11 of their last 12 games in European competition against English opposition.
\nGloucester have lost just two of their last 15 home Challenge Cup games with both defeats coming against French opposition.
\nThe Dragons’ Hallam Amos (12) was the only player to make more clean breaks than Connacht’s Matt Healy (11) in the pool stage of this season’s competition.
\nGloucester have the only 100% record in European tournaments this season.
\nGloucester openside Matt Kvesic won a competition-high 10 turnovers in the pool stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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