Bath lose at home to Montpellier in Champions Cup

Montpellier score 22 second-half points without reply to beat Bath on the opening weekend of the Champions Cup. Donovan Taofifenua dived in at the corner to score the first of his two tries for Montpellier against Bath Montpellier earned an impressive victory at Bath, rounding off a disappointing Saturday for English clubs in the Champions Cup. After Gloucester's high-scoring draw against holders Bordeaux on Friday, Bath joined Sale, Bristol and Saracens in losing their opening pool fixture. Leicester, Exeter and Northampton are all in action on Sunday. Bath had scored at least 33 points in each of their first three Prem games this season but failed to reach those heights in attack during their Pool Four opener at The Rec.

The hosts had a try disallowed in both halves, while Joe Cokanasiga failed to cleanly gather a pass with the tryline beckoning when they led 14-10 early in the second period. Bath were punished by Donovan Taofifenua's second-half double and an Alex Becognee try for last season's Challenge Cup winners Montpellier, who scored 22 points without reply after half-time. Bath had already had a Max Ojomoh try ruled out for a knock-on when Montpellier's former Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg raced in for the first points of the match. The hosts would soon be on the scoreboard themselves as England centre