2 - Bristol’s John Afoa and Yann Thomas are now two-time tournament winners after their previous success with Gloucester in 2015.

4 - Sergio Parisse’s appearance for RC Toulon last Friday was his fourth in the Challenge Cup final. His previous three appearances were for Stade Français Paris, with his one success coming in 2017.

5 – Worcester Warriors’ Jamie Shillcock was the individual top try-scorer with five tries in five games.

7 - Bristol were the seventh Gallagher Premiership side to lift the trophy after Harlequins, Sale Sharks, Wasps, Gloucester Rugby, Bath Rugby and Northampton Saints.

9 - Friday night’s match was the ninth Anglo-French Challenge Cup final, with the Gallagher Premiership now leading by six wins to three.

10 – RC Toulon’s Gabin Villière and Wasps’ Jack Willis finished joint top for most turnovers.

12 - Players from 12 different countries featured in the final: Australia, England, Fiji, France, Georgia, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Samoa, South Africa, Tonga and Wales.

13 – Steff Evans, of Scarlets, conjured the most offloads in 2019/20.

15 - Harry Randall’s try for Bristol after just 15 seconds of the final was the fastest in the history of European competition from the start of a match.

29 – Bordeaux-Bègles’ Santiago Cordero beat the most defenders in the tournament, despite playing only six games.

40 - Bristol were the campaign’s top try scorers. Three Bears were joint second in the individual list – Max Malins, Piers O’Conor and Will Capon - with four.

92 – Bristol's Harry Thacker and Enisei STM’s Mikheil Gachechiladze were the tourmament’s leading tacklers, with the latter’s tally coming in only six games.

100 – Callum Sheedy finished as the tournament’s top scorer thanks 16 penalties and 26 conversions, while team-mate Ioan Lloyd was the only player to register a 100% record with his goalkicking (nine conversions and a penalty from 10 attempts).

334 - Bristol rounded off the Challenge Cup season as the highest points-scorers.

542 – Luke Morahan, the Bears’ wing, made the most metres in the tournament. He also executed the most clean breaks (22) in his nine appearances.

With the curtain having finally come down on the 2019/20 European Rugby Challenge Cup campaign last Friday, we look back in numbers at a season which produced a 16th winner in Bristol Bears.