Top performers
Points 18 Santiago Carreras (Gloucester Rugby)
Carries 15 Zach Mercer (Gloucester Rugby)
Metres 98 Jack Walsh (Ospreys)
Defenders beaten 9 Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby)
Tackles 19 Pita-Gus Sowakula (ASM Clermont Auvergne)
Line-outs won 7 Adam Beard (Ospreys)
Key statistics
• The Hollywoodbets Sharks are the first South African club to qualify for an EPCR semi-final match
• Peceli Yato and Pita Gus Sowakula (ASM Clermont Auvergne) were the only teammates to score two tries apiece in last weekend’s quarter-finals.
• Bundee Aki (Connacht Rugby) made as many carries as any other player at the weekend - a total of 15, a round-high seven of which were dominant - and beat the most defenders (nine).
• Stephen Varney of Gloucester Rugby made 253 more kick-in-play metres than any other player at the weekend, a total of 602. Three of his 21 kicks in play were retained, including the only 50/22 of the quarter-finals.
• Michele Lamaro (Benetton Rugby) made as many dominant tackles as any other player at the weekend (three).
• In his 24 minutes off the bench, Sebastien Bezy (ASM Clermont Auvergne) became the only player in the quarter-finals to assist two tries.
Fixtures
Semi-finals
Saturday (SA Times)
Hollywoodbets Sharks (1) v ASM Clermont Auvergne (4), Twickenham Stoop (12.30pm)
TNT Sports / France TV / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
Gloucester Rugby (2) v Benetton Rugby (3), Kingsholm (4pm)
TNT Sports / epcrugby.tv / beIN SPORTS / SuperSport / FloRugby
2024 EPCR Challenge Cup final: Friday 24 May; Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London (9pm)
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