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2025 Northampton Saints vs Union Bordeaux Begles - ICC Final

Bordeaux Begles, Penaud Defeat Northampton To Win First Champions Cup Final

Bordeaux Begles, Penaud Defeat Northampton To Win First Champions Cup Final

Bordeaux Bègles beat the Northampton Saints 28-20 in Cardiff to win their first Champions Cup Final, with Damian Penaud scoring twice and Lucu named MOTM.

May 24, 2025 by R. R. Ellis
Inside The Investec Champions Cup

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Bordeaux-Bègles has done it. 

In the team's first Investec Champions Cup Final, Bordeaux Bègles toppled the Northampton Saints 28-20 in Cardiff, Wales, clinching UBB's first European crown.

Despite an explosive start for the Saints—Alex Coles crossed within two minutes—Bordeaux weathered the early storm. 

Damian Penaud was electric, scoring twice, while Louis Bielle-Biarrey's flair lit up the wings. UBB dominated set-pieces and held nearly 60% territory, with Ben Tameifuna anchoring the scrum. 

The Saints lost George Furbank early to a head injury, a blow that reshaped their tactics. 

Maxime Lucu, named man of the match, steered Bordeaux through chaotic swings, including yellow cards for both sides and disallowed tries.

Cyril Cazeaux’s second-half score gave UBB breathing room, and the squad held firm as Northampton pushed late. It’s a fifth straight Champions Cup for Top 14 rugby—and a new chapter for Bordeaux.

Recap live updates, scores, lineups and highlights below—or subscribe to watch the Investec Champions Cup final replay.

Bordeaux Bègles Wins First Champions Cup

In the team's first trip to the Champions Cup Final, Bordeaux knocked off the Northampton Saints in Cardiff to win the pinnacle of European club rugby. 

Damian Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey were transcendent in the game, with Penaud garnering two tries. 

UBB dominated scrums and line-outs with clinical precision and also held territory nearly 60% of the time. 

Big Ben Tameifuna was a dominant force for UBB today, effectively leading the scrums and showcasing his strength for the Bordeaux side. 

Northampton struck first, scoring a try within two minutes, but quickly was dealt a blow when George Furbank left with a head injury. 

Champions Cup Winners List

  • 2025 - Union Bordeaux-Begles
  • 2024 - Toulouse
  • 2023 - La Rochelle
  • 2022 - La Rochelle
  • 2021 - Toulouse
  • 2020 - Exeter Chiefs
  • 2019 - Saracens
  • 2018 - Leinster
  • 2017 - Saracens
  • 2016 - Saracens
  • 2015 - Toulon
  • 2014 - Toulon
  • 2013 - Toulon
  • 2012 - Leinster
  • 2011 - Leinster
  • 2010 - Toulouse
  • 2009 - Leinster
  • 2008 - Munster
  • 2007 - London Wasps
  • 2006 - Munster
  • 2005 - Toulouse
  • 2004 - London Wasps
  • 2003 - Toulouse
  • 2002 - Leicester Tigers
  • 2001 - Leicester Tigers
  • 2000 - Northampton Saints
  • 1999 - Ulster
  • 1998 - Bath
  • 1997 - Brive
  • 1996 - Toulouse

Bordeaux Defeats Northampton Saints

Final: Bordeaux 28, Northampton 20

UBB has done it!

UBB Rugby Fans Beginning To Celebrate - 77'

Bordeaux 28, Northampton 20

Will a Top 14 team win the Champions Cup final for a fifth straight time?

Five Minutes Left - 75'

Bordeaux 28, Northampton 20

The Northampton Saints trying their best to get a score. 

Currently at midfield for a Bordeaux scrum. 

Saints Pushing - 67'

Bordeaux 28, Northampton 20

The Saints have made their way into UBB territory as they look to get back in this game with only 13 minutes left. 

Bordeaux Bègles Pushing To End This - 62'

Bordeaux 28, Northampton 20

UBB is pushing to get another score on the board to put this game away, but the Saints continue to foil every chance. 

Saints get a scrum on their 5m line. 

Cyril Cazeaux Scores For UBB - 55'

Bordeaux 28, Northampton 20

Big Cyril Cazeaux takes it across the line for the try. 

Maxime Lucu misses the conversion. 

Back And Forth - 50'

Bordeaux 23, Northampton 20 

Lots of back and forth between the Saints and UBB. 

Bordeaux nearly scored multiple times, but each time had a different outcome, a try being called off, and then a turnover. 

Bordeaux still hangs on to a three point lead.

Lucu Makes Penalty Goal - 43'

 Bordeaux 23, Northampton 20

UBB takes advantage of the penalty and goes up by three points. 

Ed Prowse Yellow Card 🟨 - 43'

Northampton 20, Bordeaux 20

Saints will be a man-down as Ed Prowse heads to the sin bin. 

Saints Score Called Off - 41'

Northampton 20, Bordeaux 20

Some trickery from the Saints allowed Henry Pollock to take it over the try line. 

TMO calls offside, however. 

Second Half Begins - 40'

Northampton 20, Bordeaux 20

Forty more minutes, and we'll have the 2025 Champions Cup winner. 

Bordeaux kicks off to Northampton. 

Halftime Analysis

FloRugby's Philip Bendon with his instant analysis of the first half of the Champions Cup Final:

This half has been a case of capitalizing on the championship minutes. 

Both sides are aware of what the other brings in attack. 

The Saints double-injury blow early in the match meant they had a period of reshuffling their formations and have slightly adjusted to a narrower attacking shape, which I think is likely down to the threat that the UBB wingers pose. 

Scoring right on the stroke of halftime with a man in the sin bin was huge for the Saints. The 10 minutes either side of each half are usually the most important. 

It’ll be interesting to see how UBB responds. 

For me, if UBB doesn't get more than a score ahead by the 70th minute, the doubts of past failures could be the difference, whereas the Saints are a side that revels in a dog fight late on.

Halftime At Investec Champions Cup Final

Northampton 20, Bordeaux 20

Alex Coles scored his second try just before the whistle, leveling the score at 20-20 in a wild first half. 

Damien Penaud notched two tries, with brilliant play from Jalibert and Louis Bielle-Biarrey. 

George Furbank also was sent off with a head injury in a massive blow to Northampton. Both teams received one yellow card a piece. 

Fin Smith scored two penalty goals to keep Northampton moving the needle. 

Alex Coles Gets His Second! - 40'

Northampton 20, Bordeaux 20

Great passing from the Saints, as Alex Coles gets his second try of the day mere seconds before halftime. 

Teams head to the locker room with a tie game. 

Damien Penaud Scores! - 37'

Bordeaux 20, Northampton 13

Three minutes until halftime, and Penaud scores another try. 

Jalibert misses the conversion. 

Tommy Freeman Yellow Card 🟨 - 35'

Bordeaux 15, Northampton 13

Freeman is sent to the sin bin. 

Chaos In Cardiff - 35'

Bordeaux 15, Northampton 13

Bielle-Biarrey kicks it to himself, then kicks ahead to Damian Penaud, who gets the lucky bounce. Penaud is then impeded, leading to a yellow card for Tommy Freeman. 

Line-out for UBB at the 5m line. 

Fin Smith Makes Penalty Goal - 32'

Bordeaux 15, Northampton 13

Fin Smith brings the Saints back to within two points of Bordeaux Begles. 

Mahamadou Diaby Yellow Card 🟨 - 29'

Bordeaux 15, Northampton 10

Massive for Northampton, as the Saints get the man-advantage. We're 10 minutes from halftime. 

Jalibert Makes Penalty Goal - 28'

Bordeaux 15, Northampton 10

The scores continue to pour in. Bordeaux Begles goes five points ahead. 

Fin Smith Makes Penalty Goal - 23'

Bordeaux 12, Northampton 10

Smith tacks on three points to bring the score closer. 

Jalibert -> Coleman Try - 21'

Bordeaux 12, Northampton 7

Bordeaux Begles take the lead after Jalibert gets the ball to Adam Coleman. 

UBB takes the lead. 

Jalibert tops it off by making a difficult conversion. 

UBB Rugby Try Called Off - 14'

Northampton 7, Bordeaux 5

An absolutely gorgeous try from Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Damian Penaud is called off after a forward pass. 

It's unfortunate for Bordeaux, because the back-and-forth passing was brilliant. 

Watch Damian Penaud Try

Penaud Scores! UBB Respond! - 5'

Northampton 7, Bordeaux 5

Only five minutes in, and we've had two injuries and two tries, one of each from each team.

Great work from Bordeaux, as Damian Penaud is able to just walk it across the try line. 

Jalibert misses the conversion. 

Watch Alex Coles Try

George Furbank Injured

Chaos In Northampton Territory - 4'

Northampton 7, Bordeaux 0

Bordeaux was pushing before Lucu kicked it across the field, leading to a collision between Furbank and a UBB player. Furbank then took a knee to the head in the chaos. 

That's two injuries for Northampton through five minutes, with James Ramm and now crucially, George Furbank coming off. 

Saints Score!

Northampton 7, Bordeaux 0

What a start! Northampton hammered its way down to the in-goal area and put the first try on the board. 

Alex Coles gets the try. 

Fin Smith makes the conversion. 

Northampton Attacking! - 1'

Northampton 0, Bordeaux 0

The Saints already have made their way down to the 5m line. 

Game Begins - 0'

Northampton 0, Bordeaux 0

The 2025 Investec Champions Cup Final between Bordeaux Begles and the Northampton Saints is underway. 

Northampton kicks off to Bordeaux. 

Recent Form

Northampton Saints 

  • W – 28-24 vs. Saracens (Premiership) – 5/17/2025
  • L – 14-42 vs. Exeter (Premiership) – 5/11/2025
  • W – 37-34 vs. Leinster (Champions Cup Semifinal) – 5/3/2025
  • W – 48-31 vs. Bristol (Premiership) – 4/26/2025
  • W – 35-34 vs. Newcastle (Premiership) – 4/18/2025

Bordeaux Bègles

  • W – 34-29 vs. Castres (Top 14) – 05/17/2025
  • L – 27-46 vs. Montpellier (Top 14) – 5/11/2025
  • W – 35-18 vs. Toulouse (Champions Cup Semifinal) – 5/4/2025
  • L – 10-21 vs. La Rochelle (Top 14) – 4/26/2025
  • W – 26-22 vs. Pau (Top 14) – 4/19/2025

Head-To-Head All Time

It may be surprising, but Northampton and Bordeaux have met one time prior to today's match. 

During the Champions Cup Round 1 in 2020, Bordeaux defeated the Saints 16-12. 

While names like Furbank, Lucu, Jalibert and Petty show up on the squad sheet from that 2020 match, the teams have changed quite a bit since then. Younger stars, including Fin Smith and Louis Bielle-Biarrey, will have a massive effect on the game's outcome. 

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Northampton Vs. Bordeaux Begles, Investec Champions Cup Kickoff Time

The Investec Champions Cup final between the Northampton Saints and Bordeaux kicks off at 9:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, May 24 at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

Northampton Saints Squad

  1. Emmanuel Iyogun
  2. Curtis Langdon
  3. Trevor Davison
  4. Temo Mayanavanua
  5. Tom Lockett
  6. Alex Coles
  7. Josh Kemeny
  8. Henry Pollock
  9. Alex Mitchell
  10. Fin Smith
  11. James Ramm
  12. Rory Hutchinson
  13. Fraser Dingwall
  14. Tommy Freeman
  15. George Furbank

Substitutes: 16. Craig Wright, 17. Tarek Haffar, 18. Elliot Millar Mills, 19. Ed Prowse, 20. Angus Scott-Young, 21. Tom James, 22. Tom Litchfield, 23. Ollie Sleightholme

Bordeaux Begles Squad

  1. Jefferson Poirot
  2. Maxime Lamothe
  3. Sipili Falatea
  4. Adam Coleman
  5. Cyril Cazeaux
  6. Mahamadou Diaby
  7. Guido Petti
  8. Pete Samu
  9. Maxime Lucu
  10. Matthieu Jalibert
  11. Louis Bielle-Biarrey
  12. Yoram Moefana
  13. Nicolas Depoortere
  14. Damian Penaud
  15. Romain Buros

Substitutes: 16. Connor Sa, 17. Ugo Boniface, 18. Ben Tameifuna, 19. Pierre Bochaton, 20. Bastien Vergnes Taillefer, 21. Marko Gazzotti, 22. Arthur Retiere, 23. Rohan Janse van Rensburg

International Rugby Fixtures 2025 On FloRugby

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June 28

  • 11 a.m. ET: South Africa vs. Barbarians

July 4

  • 11:35 PM ET: Māori All Blacks vs. Scotland

July 5

  • 3:05 a.m. ET (July 5): New Zealand All Blacks vs. France
  • 11:10 a.m. ET: South Africa vs. Italy
  • 2:40 p.m. ET: Argentina vs. England

July 11

  • 12:30 a.m. ET (July 12): NZ Black Ferns vs. Wallaroos

July 12

  • 3:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. France
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  • 2:40 p.m. ET: Argentina vs. England

July 18

  • 4:05 a.m. ET: Manu Samoa vs. Scotland

July 19

  • 3:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. France
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  • 2:40 p.m. ET: Argentina vs. England

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  • TBD: South Africa vs. Australia

Aug. 22

  • TBD: South Africa vs. Australia

Sept. 5

  • 10:05 p.m. ET: Manu Samoa vs. Fiji
  • TBD: Australia vs. Argentina

Sept. 6

  • 3:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. South Africa

Sept. 12

  • TBD: Australia vs. Argentina

Sept. 13

  • 3:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. South Africa

Sept. 16

  • TBD: South Africa vs. Argentina

Sept. 27

  • 1:05 a.m. ET: New Zealand All Blacks vs. Australia

Oct. 3

  • TBD: Australia vs. New Zealand All Blacks

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