{"id":611,"date":"2026-01-18T15:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=611"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:25:16","slug":"bielle-biarrey-hat-trick-fires-holders-bordeaux-to-champions-cup-victory-at-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=611","title":{"rendered":"Bielle-Biarrey hat-trick fires holders Bordeaux to Champions Cup victory at Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Pool 4: Bristol 15-27 Bordeaux<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Bielle-Biarrey lights up match to secure top spot<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The odds on Bordeaux-B\u00e8gles successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/may\/24\/northampton-bordeaux-champions-cup-final-match-report\">defending their Champions Cup crown<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears, seeking to play billionaire rugby on a day crying out for more prudent housekeeping, made far too many unforced errors and duly paid the price against opponents who are now perfectly placed in this year\u2019s tournament. They will have the luxury of playing all their subsequent knockout games either on French soil or, if they reach the final, just across the Spanish border in Bilbao and at this rate it will require something special to prevent them claiming back-to-back titles.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/jan\/18\/bristol-bordeaux-champions-cup-rugby-union-match-report\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Pool 4: Bristol 15-27 Bordeaux<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Bielle-Biarrey lights up match to secure top spot<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The odds on Bordeaux-B\u00e8gles successfully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/may\/24\/northampton-bordeaux-champions-cup-final-match-report\">defending their Champions Cup crown<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears, seeking to play billionaire rugby on a day crying out for more prudent housekeeping, made far too many unforced errors and duly paid the price against opponents who are now perfectly placed in this year\u2019s tournament. They will have the luxury of playing all their subsequent knockout games either on French soil or, if they reach the final, just across the Spanish border in Bilbao and at this rate it will require something special to prevent them claiming back-to-back titles.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/jan\/18\/bristol-bordeaux-champions-cup-rugby-union-match-report\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-napoli-eye-tolu-arokodare-as-striker-hunt-intensifies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bielle-Biarrey hat-trick fires holders Bordeaux to Champions Cup victory at Bristol - GiveMeSoccer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=611\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bielle-Biarrey hat-trick fires holders Bordeaux to Champions Cup victory at Bristol - GiveMeSoccer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pool 4: Bristol 15-27 BordeauxBielle-Biarrey lights up match to secure top spotThe odds on Bordeaux-B\u00e8gles successfully defending their Champions Cup crown shortened considerably on a damp, grey Sunday lunchtime in Bristol. 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