Summary

  • FT: Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

  • Second-half Goosen try wins the game for Top 14 side

  • Leicester were playing in first major final since 2013

  • Montpellier previously won this trophy in 2016

  • Bristol won competition last season beating Toulon 32-19 in October

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  1. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Into the last 10 minutes of this one.

    Leicester knock-on on the edge of the Montpellier 22 which will frustrate them and chew up a few valuable seconds.

  2. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Zack Henry is on for Leicester in the back line for Nemani Nadolo.

    He's on at full-back and Freddie Steward moves to the wing as Cobus Reinach gets dumped out of touch just inside his 22.

  3. Postpublished at 68 mins

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Tactical kicking battle ensues between George Ford and Handre Pollard.

    This could get decided by the long range boots of either of those two.

    But Harry Wells forces a turnover for Tigers on the floor as Montpellier hold on to the ball.

  4. Postpublished at 21:38 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Vicky Macqueen
    Ex-England women full-back on BBC Radio Leicester

    It is so tight and so tense.

    Leicester need to get their hands on the ball and get some phases going again.

  5. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Cobus Reinach gets taken out in the air in his 22 by Hanro Liebenberg.

    Touch fortunate there Liebenberg not to get a yellow card.

  6. Postpublished at 64 mins

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Right then - business time at fly-half for the conclusion of this one.

    Handre Pollard on for Montpellier and he'll be up against George Ford for the conclusion.

    Ben Youngs meanwhile finds touch with a long-range kick to the corner to pin Montpellier back.

  7. Postpublished at 63 mins

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Lots and lots of phases for Tigers inside the Montpellier 22 but no way through.

    Eventually George Ford goes for a drop-goal attempt off his right boot, but it goes wide of the right post.

    Change at scrum-half for Montpellier sees former Northampton man Cobus Reinach on.

  8. Postpublished at 61 mins

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Leicester win a penalty just inside Montpellier's half after they fail to release.

    George Ford opts for the corner once again.

  9. Postpublished at 21:30 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Leicester 17-18 Montpellier

    Vicky Macqueen
    Ex-England women full-back on BBC Radio Leicester

    Goosen so deserves that try. He has been lively in defence and has now shown what he can do in attack.

    It was a great counter-attack from Montpellier. They are lively and dangerous.

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    Try: Leicester 17-18 Montpellierpublished at 58 mins

    Johannes Goosen, missed con Paillaugue

    Johannes Goosen scores for MontpellierImage source, PA Media

    Well, well. What a score to put Montpellier back ahead.

    Centre Johannes Goosen gets on the end of the inside pass from a superb break by full-back Anthony Bouthier.

    Benoit Paillaugue misses the conversion after his kick rather unluckily bounces back off both posts!

    It's a one-point game.

  11. Postpublished at 57 mins

    Leicester 17-13 Montpellier

    Leicester get a bit of relief as Montpellier are penalised for holding on with Kini Murimurivalu doing some good work on the floor just inside his half.

    The majority of the spectators enjoyed that in this 10,000-strong crowd.

  12. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Leicester 17-13 Montpellier

    Leicester cough up possession a couple of times with knock-ons.

    They need a bit of composure here as Montpellier bring on a couple of replacements too in their pack to reinforce the legs.

  13. Postpublished at 54 mins

    Leicester 17-13 Montpellier

    Tom Youngs and Dan Cole make way in the Leicester front row after a good shift there.

    Joe Heyes and Charlie Clare on in their place and Guilhem Guirado still has another minute in the sin-bin.

  14. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Leicester 17-13 Montpellier

    Leicester force a rare mistake out of Benoit Paillaugue as he spills the catch over his shoulder out of touch with Nemani Nadolo racing towards him.

    Line-out to Leicester on the 22-metre line.

  15. Penalty: Leicester 17-13 Montpellierpublished at 50 mins

    Benoit Paillaugue

    Penalty notched over by scrum-half Benoit Paillaugue to make it a four-point match now.

  16. Postpublished at 50 mins

    Leicester 17-10 Montpellier

    Leicester concede a penalty as Callum Green goes off his feet some 35 metres back from the try line.

    Chance for Montpellier to reduce the deficit.

  17. Postpublished at 49 mins

    Leicester 17-10 Montpellier

    Ben Youngs also came on for Leicester just before that try was scored for Richard Wigglesworth.

    Not a bad option to bring off your bench in a final.

    He box kicks a couple of times to get Tigers out of their own half.

  18. Postpublished at 21:15 British Summer Time 21 May 2021

    Leicester 17-10 Montpellier

    Vicky Macqueen
    Ex-England women full-back on BBC Radio Leicester

    That had to come. That try was pressure upon pressure from Tigers.

    They absolutely deserve that. It was well worked and they knocked on the door until they got the try.

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    Try: Leicester 17-10 Montpellierpublished at 46 mins

    Jasper Wiese, con Ford

    Leicester celebrate their second tryImage source, PA Media

    Try time again for Leicester and they are back ahead after the rolling maul finally breaks through the Montpellier defence.

    Jasper Wiese was the man who clung on to it off the top of the line-out to dot down.

    George Ford add his second conversion to make it a seven-point lead.

  20. Sin-bin: Guiradopublished at 45 mins

    Leicester 10-10 Montpellier

    Montpellier have lost winger Arthur Vincent to injury but have also had another player sin-binned.

    It's their skipper this time hooker Guilhem Guirado.