the Rochelais in the lead at the break… Follow the semi-final

The feat would be colossal. Stade Rochelais receives the Chiefs of Exeter, European champions 2020, Sunday April 30 at 4 p.m. (live on France 2 and on france.tv), in the semi-finals of the Champions Cup, with the ambition of chaining three finals in the most prestigious European competition. At the Matmut Atlantique in Bordeaux, the Rochelais can become the third team to publish this performance after Toulouse (2003, 2004, 2005) and Toulon (2013, 2014, 2015).

Riding on a series of eight consecutive successes, the Maritimes approach this meeting with confidence, after dismissing the Saracens (24-10) in the previous round. Opposed to the South Africans of the Stormers, Exeter impressed in the quarter-finals, winning easily at home (42-17). For the Rochelle, it will be necessary in particular to be wary of the Simmonds brothers or the Scottish rear Stuart Hogg, to eliminate a team that La Rochelle has never beaten so far.