How To Watch EPCR Challenge Cup Final 2025, Bath Rugby Vs. Lyon OU
How To Watch EPCR Challenge Cup Final 2025, Bath Rugby Vs. Lyon OU
Bath Rugby will face Lyon Olympique Universitaire in the 2025 EPCR Challenge Cup Final. Here's how to watch, live on FloRugby.
In the first fixture of championship weekend for European club rugby, Bath Rugby will take on Lyon Olympique Universitaire for the glory of the 2025 EPCR Challenge Cup.
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After a semifinal that impressed head coach Johann van Grann in every way and saw his Bath squad take down Edinburgh 39-24, his team will face a Lyon side that was thrilled with its controlling 29-15 win over Racing 92.
Now, the teams will head to Cardiff, Wales, for the final match, the first fixture in a weekend of championship rugby.
Here’s everything to know about the 2025 EPCR Challenge Cup Final:
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How To Watch The EPCR Challenge Cup Final 2025
Who Are The Teams?
Bath Rugby is playing in its fifth Challenge Cup Final and hoping for its second title, winning only in 2008.
The team makes the short trip from Bath to Cardiff and is playing in its third final in a row, having competed for the Premiership last season and the Prem Cup this season, though the squad still is eyeing its first title.
Led by a pair British and Irish Lions, Finn Russell and WIll Stuart, Bath is well-prepared for its matchup against Lyon.
Lyon Olympique Universitaire is making a longer trip to Cardiff for the final match, but is just as prepared. Lyon defeated Racing 92 in controlling fashion, winning 29-15 in their semifinal fixture.
Now, LOU players are as excited as ever to head to the final, taking down an eager Racing 92 that had something to prove. The French side executed the semifinal match in stride and now is hoping for its second Challenge Cup title after winning in 2022.
Both are highly regarded as some of the top rugby clubs in the world.
Where Is The Match?
The Challenge Cup championship match is the first Fixture in a weekend of championship rugby that will take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, also known as the Millennium Stadium.
Bath Rugby Squad:
- Arthur Cordwell – Prop
- Beno Obano – Prop
- Francois van Wyk – Prop
- Thomas du Toit – Prop
- Will Stuart – Prop
- Kieran Verden – Prop
- Hame Faiva – Hooker
- Tom Dunn – Hooker
- John Stewart – Hooker
- Niall Annett – Hooker
- Charlie Ewels – Lock
- Ross Molony – Lock
- Quinn Roux – Lock
- Ted Hill – Back Row
- Miles Reid – Back Row
- Josh Bayliss – Back Row
- Jaco Coetzee – Back Row
- Guy Pepper – Back Row
- Alfie Barbeary – Back Row
- Ewan Richards – Back Row
- Ethan Staddon – Back Row
- Thompson Cowan – Back Row
- Ben Spencer – Scrum Half
- Tom Carr-Smith – Scrum Half
- Neil Le Roux – Scrum Half
- Louis Schreuder – Scrum Half
- Orlando Bailey – Fly Half
- Sam Harris – Fly Half
- Finn Russell – Fly Half
- Raff Weston – Fly Half
- Cameron Redpath – Centre
- Max Ojomoh – Centre
- Ollie Lawrence – Centre
- Will Parry – Centre
- Will Butt – Centre
- Louie Hennessey – Centre
- Charlie Griffin – Centre/Wing
- Joe Cokanasiga – Wing
- Will Muir – Wing
- Regan Grace – Wing
- Ruaridh McConnochie – Wing
- Tyler Offiah – Wing
- Austin Emens – Wing
- Jack Woods – Full Back
- Ciaran Donoghue – Full Back
- Tom de Glanville – Full Back
Lyon Olympique Universitaire Squad
- Jermaine Ainsley – Tighthead Prop
- Irakli Aptsiauri – Tighthead Prop
- Hamza Kaabeche – Tighthead Prop
- Ave Maalo – Tighthead Prop
- Valentin Simutoga – Tighthead Prop
- Jerome Rey – Loosehead Prop
- Feao Fotuaika – Prop
- Cedate Gomes Sa – Prop
- Camille Chat – Hooker
- Guillaume Marchand – Hooker
- Sam Matavesi – Hooker
- Arno Botha – No. 8
- Beka Shvangiradze – No. 8
- Steeve Blanc-Mappaz – Blindside Flanker
- Maxime Gouzou – Openside Flanker
- Mickael Guillard – No. 5 Lock
- Liam Allen – No. 4 Lock
- Coenraad Basson – No. 4 Lock
- Yanis Charcosset – No. 4 Lock
- Felix Lambey – No. 4 Lock
- Tomas Lavanini – No. 5 Lock
- Alban Roussel – No. 4 Lock
- Beka Saghinadze – No. 4 Lock
- Zuka Okuyar – Back Row
- Marvin Okuya – Back Row
- Paddy Jackson – Fly Half
- Leo Berdeu – Fly Half
- Fletcher Smith – Fly Half
- Martin Méliandé – Fly Half
- Mathis Galeazzi – Fly Half
- Paco Mazoyer – Fly Half
- Charlie Cassang – Scrum Half
- Jonathan Pelissie – Scrum Half
- Esteban Gonzalez – Scrum Half
- Leny Aram – Scrum Half
- Téo Boucheron – Scrum Half
- Semi Radradra – Outside Centre
- Thibault Regard – Outside Centre
- Josiah Maraku – Outside Centre
- Vincent Rattez – Fullback
- Monty Ioane – Left Wing
- Baptiste Couilloud – Scrum Half
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