Josh Lewis – Dragons (190)

Despite being on the losing side against Lyon in Round 2, the 29-year-old took advantage of an end-to-end game of rugby as he gained 175m and made one clean break across 14 carries.

Such was the enormity of his gains in that fixture, he has flown to the top of the metres made chart even though he played just 25 minutes of Dragons’ opening night defeat to USAP.

François Vergnaud - Biarritz Olympique (195)

Biarritz have played just once so far in the EPCR Challenge Cup, but Vergnaud snatched at the opportunity with an impressive performance in their victory at Zebre Parma.

The centre recorded a try assist, beat six defenders and made two clean breaks as he carried the ball 15 times at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi.

Duhan van der Merwe - Worcester Warriors (161)

Worcester slipped to a defeat at Newcastle Falcons on the opening night of this season’s EPCR Challenge Cup, but the hosts struggled to cope when the giant British and Irish Lions winger got ball in hand.

The former Edinburgh Rugby man, who went over his side’s first try, made four clean breaks – the most of any player in the competition so far – and beat 10 defenders, a tally only bettered by Dragons’ Taine Basham (15).

We’ve taken a look at which players have made the most metres across the opening EPCR Challenge Cup games, a category where Dragons' Josh Lewis starring...