On Thursday the Challenge de France 2019 is commencing play in Montpellier and Beaucaire. Eight teams from the French Division I will compete for the league cup title in the four-day tournament. The winner earns a berth in next year’s European Cup competitions. On day one of the double-elimination formatted event Rouen Huskies take on Stade Toulousain, Montigny Cougars face Paris UC, Montpellier Barracudas square off against Savigny Lions and the Senart Templiers play the La Rochelle Boucaniers.