Champions Cup: Pau 41-17 Leicester Tigers - hosts gain bonus point in pool victory

Leicester Tigers lost their Champions Cup Pool One opener 41-17 to French side Pau, but they briefly threatened a losing bonus point after a first-half try from captain Ollie Chessum. Pau opened the scoring and led early, yet Leicester’s tactical kicking helped them stay in Pau’s territory before Billy Searle’s 50-22 set up pressure that Chessum converted. Pau responded with three tries across a 20-minute spell around halftime, including one ruled out for a knock-on before Rodrigo Marta’s second and late first-half touchdown from prop Jon Zebala. Marta added another try after the break; Archie van der Flier narrowed the gap late, but Pau then scored 17 unanswered points.