Sam Gilbert kicked an early penalty to place Connacht forward on three minutes earlier than Montpellier hit again once they have been awarded a penalty attempt three minutes later following a five-metre maul.
Issues went from unhealthy to worse to Connacht once they have been decreased to 13 males for a spell as each Dylan Tierney-Martin and Shamus Hurley-Langton have been proven yellow playing cards.
Montpellier took full benefit and added a second attempt on 14 minutes via Christopher Tolofua.
Returning to full complement, Connacht battled again and decreased the deficit when Tierney-Martin completed off a free-flowing transfer within the nook.
Mohamed Haouas and Domingo Miotti then crossed earlier than the break with Shayne Bolton additionally proven a yellow card for Connacht, as Montpellier went in with a cushty half-time lead.
Sean Naughton then reduce the hole for Lancaster’s facet quickly after the restart as he crossed underneath the posts, however once more Montpellier responded to re-establish their wholesome benefit.
Auguste Cadot scored the decide of the tries for the hosts on 52 minutes as he weaved his manner via numerous challenges earlier than racing over with Ali Value including a sixth by diving over the road from shut vary to all however safe the win.
Jack Aungier scored a late comfort attempt for Connacht earlier than Valentin Welsch rounded off the scoring with a last-minute rating for Montpellier.
Montpellier: Banks; Taofifenua, Cadot, Anyanwu, Echegaray; Miotti, Value; Erdocio, Tolofua, Haouas, Verhaeghe, DuGuid; Camara, Becognee, Vunipola (capt)
Replacements: Akrab, Forletta, Welsch, Tauleigne, Nouchi, Charges, T Vincent, A Vincent
Connacht: Gilbert; Bolton, Forde, Aki, Mullins; Naughton, M Devine; Bohan, Tierney-Martin, Illo; Joyce, Murray; Prendergast (c), Hurley-Langton, Boyle
Replacements: Victory, Dooley, Aungier, J Murphy, O’Brien, B Murphy, Carty, J Devine
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