The 2023/24 EPCR Challenge Cup final will see South African BKT URC side the Hollywoodbets Sharks face Gallagher Premiership outfit Gloucester Rugby.
Set to be played at the state-of-the-art Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in North London on Saturday, May 25th.
Staging a comeback of epic proportions, the Sharks scored with ten minutes to play to take a late 32 – 31 lead over French Top 14 side Clermont Auvergne in their semi-final.
In the biggest moment of the match, the Sharks’ biggest players set up and finished the try.
It started with an exceptional highball take by iconic Springbok secondrow Eben Etzebeth, who got his team onto the front foot.
From here, the ball went through the hands before Springbok stars Lukhanyo Am and Makazole Mapimpi linked up down the left-hand touchline.
Leaving the Clermont defenders for dead, Mapimpi sprinted away to dot down in the corner.
Still trailing by a point, the Sharks were relying on the player of the match, Siya Masuku, to slot the conversion, which he duly did to edge his team ahead.
As the final whistle blew at the Twickenham Stoop in South London, the Sharks logistics team was hard at booking another flight to London for their team!
Immediately following the final whistle, the coverage shifted 112 miles up the M4 motorway as Italian BKT URC side Benetton travelled to Gloucester.
Coming out hot, the home side scored a superb try inside the first five minutes through the uber-exciting 20-year-old Josh Hathaway.
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