London Irish and Pau Rugby do battle on Sunday afternoon, with both sides eager to maintain their unbeaten start to the European Rugby Challenge Cup. Irish produced a devastating display in France to knock-off Agen 34-8 to go top of the preliminary stage table, while their French opponents secured a last-gasp triumph over Worcester 24-20. Action at the Brentford Community Stadium kicks-off at 15:00 local time and is available to watch on ChallengeRugbyCup.com. Match facts:

London Irish have won four of their five previous matches against Pau in the Challenge Cup, the last of which came in January 2006.
London Irish have lost three of their last four home games against TOP 14 opposition in the Challenge Cup, having lost just one of their 20 such games previously (W18, D1).
Pau have lost six of their last seven away games in the Challenge Cup, however their one victory in that spell came in their most recent such outing, a 47-19 win at Calvisano in January 2020.
London Irish’s Albert Tuisue was one of just two players to score multiple tries in the opening round of this season’s Challenge Cup (also Sam Parry, Ospreys).
Pau’s Lekima Tagitagivalu made 18 carries in Round 1 of the Challenge Cup, four more than any other player, including teammate Mathieu Ugena (14).