Summary

  • Bordeaux-Begles beat Bath 38-26 in Champions Cup semi-final and will face Leinster in final in Bilbao on 23 May

  • Read the match report from superb semi-final

  • First half: Gazzotti, Bielle-Biarrey, Lucu for Bordeaux; Muir (2) for Bath

  • Second half: Hennessey and Carr-Smith tries for Bath; Tameifuna and Matiu for Bordeaux

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Alastair Telfer

  1. Bordeaux 31-19 Bath

    Bath win it this time. They will keep it tight through the forwards.

  2. Bordeaux 31-19 Bath

    Bath win a penalty and go for the corner. They need a score ASAP.

  3. Bordeaux 31-19 Bath

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at the Stade Atlantique

    That passage of play all came from a Bath mistake.

  4. try

    Converted try - Bordeaux 31-19 Bath

    Ben Tameifuna (con Maxime Lucu)

    A long way back.

    Big Ben Tameifuna powers over.

  5. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at the Stade Atlantique

    There is no clear angle.

  6. No try - Bordeaux

    Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Gaetan Barlot loses it and Bath remain alive.

    However, Charlie Ewels is sent to the sin-bin.

  7. Try review - Bordeaux

    Hold on? Did he drop it?

  8. try

    Try - Bordeaux 29-19 Bath

    Gaetan Barlot

    That could be that.

    The maul powers over.

  9. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Bordeaux have a line-out after Cameron Woki's offload was forced out.

  10. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Tom de Glanville is on for Will Muir.

  11. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Will Muir now with a cracking tackle to stop Cameron Woki, who was racing up the wing.

    He is down and does not look good.

    Incredible game of rugby.

  12. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Bordeaux win a penalty after Ollie Lawrence was spotted jumping on top of a maul. That's so silly.

  13. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at the Stade Atlantique

    Such a shame. They went 90 metres up the field.

  14. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Bath have a line-out deep in Bordeaux's 22, but they lose it.

    How costly could that be?

  15. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Penalty Bath! Ben Spencer goes quickly and boots the ball up the pitch. Salesi Rayasi sends the ball out.

    He found his legs again....

  16. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Louis Bielle-Biarrey is unleashed and off go Bordeaux. Bath scramble well. Big defence needed now.

  17. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at the Stade Atlantique

    Bath are approaching the championship minutes. This is exactly what they would have wanted.

  18. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    This feels like a proper European semi-final. It has delivered in spades.

    Bath have a scrum deep in their own half.

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  19. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Paul Grayson
    Ex-Northampton and England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra at the Stade Atlantique

    That is the first kick that I thought Ben Spencer looked leggy. He has slowed down.

  20. Bordeaux 24-19 Bath

    Finn Russell goes into the scrum-half and smashes the ball up the pitch. Both Henry Arundell and Louis Bielle-Biarrey are beaten by the bounce.