Bielle-Biarrey hat-trick fires holders Bordeaux to Champions Cup victory at Bristol

Bielle-Biarrey lights up match to secure top spot.

Union Bordeaux Bègles' Louis Bielle-Biarrey on the attack. Pic: Bryan Keane/Inpho

Champions Cup: Bristol 15-27 Bordeaux

The odds on Bordeaux-Bègles successfully defending their Champions Cup crown shortened considerably on a damp, grey Sunday lunchtime in Bristol. Good sides can adapt their game to suit awkward conditions and, for the second weekend in a row, French class outflanked English energy and optimism with a hat-trick of tries from the spectacularly prolific French winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey.