Irish looked firmly in control when they led 24-6 in the 34th minute, but the Argentinian’s red card turned the game.
Top 14 champions Montpellier are standing by the players who were last week taken into police custody in France and will come before the local criminal court next February.
Top 14 champions Montpellier are standing by the players who were last week taken into police custody in France and will come before the local criminal court next February.
Maybe it's time for England to start peeping over the parapet of national boundaries into the big world beyond.
Maybe it's time for England to start peeping over the parapet of national boundaries into the big world beyond.
Leicester and Montpellier have named their teams for Friday night's Challenge Cup final at Twickenham which will have 10,000 fans present.
But Montpellier gatecrashed the party, with flanker Yacouba Camara scoring a try and scrum-half Benoit Paillaugue kicking a conversion and three penalties, before Handre Pollard booted an 80th-minute penalty.
Unlike football's transfer windows, rugby's system leads to situations such as Zach Mercer playing for Bath against his new club Montpellier.
Sergio Parisse was shown a red card in the first half, but Stade Francais made a winning start to the Top 14 away at newly-promoted Perpignan.
