Former England winger Jack Nowell was beaten on his league debut.
FORMER ENGLAND winger Jack Nowell tasted defeat on his La Rochelle league debut as last season’s runners-up lost 26-15 at Montpellier on Sunday in the opening round of the French Top 14.
France fly-half Louis Carbonel kicked 13 points for the home side, in ex-England assistant coach Richard Cockerill’s first game in charge.Nowell started in the unusual position of outside centre on the Mediterranean coast and helped set up full-back Dillyn Leyds for a first-half try with a solid tackle.
The Top 14 will play three rounds of games before taking a seven-week break once the tournament starts on September 8. On Saturday, ex-England head coach Stuart Lancaster won his opening league match in charge of 2016 champions Racing 92 as they edged Bordeaux-Begles 23-18.
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