There were bonus-point wins for London Irish and Cardiff Blues over Rovigo and Grenoble on Saturday, as the Exiles topped Pool 1 of the Challenge Cup.
Grenoble 3-28 Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Blues booked their place in the European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-finals after they beat Grenoble with a try bonus-point on Saturday.
A first-half try from scrum-half Lloyd Williams set the visitors on their way before two second-half penalty tries and a late effort from Josh Navidi sealed the five.
Gareth Anscombe kicked three conversion while Gareth Davies added another.
The scorers:
For Grenoble:
Pen: Hart
For Cardiff Blues:
Tries: Williams, Penalty try 2, Navidi
Con: Anscombe 3, Davies
The teams:
Grenoble: 15 Fabien Gengenbacher (c), 14 Ratu Alipate Ratini, 13 Jackson Willison, 12 Louis Marrou, 11 Daniel Kilioni, 10 Jordan Michallet, 9 James Hart, 8 Florian Faure, 7 Mahamadou Diaby, 6 Henry Vanderglas, 5 Ross Skeate, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Dayna Edwards, 2 Loick Jammes, 1 Rémy Hugues.
Replacements: 16 Alexandre Dardet, 17 Denis Coulson, 18 Richard Choirat, 19 Thibault Rey, 20 Fabien Alexandre, 21 Joannes Henry, 22 Geoffroy Messina, 23 Benjamin Thiery.
Cardiff Blues: 15 Rhys Patchell, 14 Richard Smith, 13 Cory Allen, 12 Adam Thomas, 11 Alex Cuthbert, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Josh Navidi, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Josh Turnbull, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Chris Dicomidis, 3 Tau Filise, 2 Kristian Dacey, 1 Gethin Jenkins (c).
Replacements: 16 Matthew Rees, 17 Sam Hobbs, 18 Adam Jones, 19 Macauley Cook, 20 Ellis Jenkins, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Gareth Davies, 23 Gavin Evans.
Venue: Stade Lesdiguieres
Referee: David Wilkinson (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Kieran Barry (Ireland), Jonathan Peak (Ireland)
Rovigo 6-34 London Irish
London Irish secured top spot in Pool 1 after they battled past Rovigo, with Ofisa Treviranus picking up three tries.
Treviranus' scores came in the 25th, 66th and 72nd minute while James Short and Topsy Ojo added the other tries.
Shane Geraghty kicked three conversions in the game along with one penalty goal.
The scorers:
For Rovigo:
Pen: Basson 2
For London Irish:
Tries: Treviranus 3, Short, Ojo
Con: Geraghty 3
Pen: Geraghty
The teams:
Rovigo: 15 Stefan Basson, 14 Ross Stewart McCann, 13 Francesco Menon, 12 Joe Van Niekerk, 11 Billy Patrick Ngawini, 10 Luciano Javier Rodriguez, 9 Giorgio Bronzini, 8 Matteo Ferro, 7 Edoardo Ruffolo, 6 Guglielmo Zanini, 5 Jean-François Montauriol, 4 Matteo Maran, 3 Massimiliano Ravalle, 2 Luke Mahoney (c), 1 Guillermo Roan.
Replacements: 16 Enrico Ceccato, 17 Renzo Balboni, 18 Andrea Pozzi, 19 Emiliano Caffini, 20 Edoardo Lubian, 21 Marco Frati, 22 Denis Majstorovic, 23 Enrico Manghi.
London Irish: 15 Andrew Fenby, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Tom Fowlie, 12 Eamonn Sheridan, 11 James Short, 10 Shane Geraghty, 9 Scott Steele, 8 Tom Guest, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Ofisa Treviranus, 5 Jebb Sinclair, 4 George Skivington (c), 3 Halani Aulika, 2 Jimmy Stevens, 1 Tom Court.
Replacements: 16 Michael Mayhew, 17 Leo Halavatau, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Sean Cox, 20 Kieran Low, 21 Darren Allinson, 22 Myles Dorrian, 23 Tom Homer.
Venue: Stadio Mario Battaglini
Referee: Gary Conway (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Mark Connolly (Ireland), Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
Bucharest Wolves 10-52 Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle ensured their qualification for the last eight with an easy win over Romania outfit Bucharest Wolves in Cluj.
The Falcons finished on 21 points as runners-up behind Newport Gwent Dragons.
Three players finished with two tries each - Rob Vickers, Juan Pablo Socino and Alex Tait, with Andy Davies and a Penalty Try taking Newcastle's final tally to eight.
Catalin Dascalu scored the only try for the hosts.
The scorers:
For Bucharest Wolves:
Try: Dascalu
Con: Statulescu
Pen: Statulescu
For Newcastle Falcons:
Tries: Vickers 2, Socino 2, Tait 2, Penalty try, Davies
Con: Catterick 6
The teams:
Bucharest: 15 Ionut Botezatu, 14 Marian Apostol, 13 Catalin Dascalu, 12 Csaba Gal, 11 Robert Neagu, 10 Daniel Statulescu, 9 Grigoras Diaconescu, 8 Constantin Ene, 7 Sean Morrell, 6 Johan Van Heerden, 5 Cornel Tatu, 4 Petre Neacsu, 3 Vlad Badalicescu, 2 Otar Turashvili (c), 1 Petru Tamba.
Replacements: 16 Alexandru-Claudiu Oancea, 17 Constantin Pristavita, 18 Silviu Vasiliu, 19 Onal Ageacai, 20 Mihai Dico, 21 Florin Surugiu, 22 Ionut Niacsu, 23 Andrei-Daniel Ilie.
Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Alex Tait, 13 Adam Powell, 12 Juan Socino, 11 Lee Smith, 10 Tom Catterick, 9 Ruki Tipuna, 8 Mark Wilson, 7 Will Welch (c), 6 Richard Mayhew, 5 Kane Thompson, 4 Calum Green, 3 Kieran Brookes, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Rob Vickers.
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Eric Fry, 18 Alex Rogers, 19 Sean Robinson, 20 Andy Saull, 21 Andy Davies, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 Tom Penny.
Venue: Cluj Arena, Cluj
Referee: Neil Hennessy (Wales)
Assistant referees: Simon Rees (Wales), Martyn Lewis (Wales)
Dragons 30-19 Stade Français
Newport Gwent Dragons rounded off their excellent rugby so far in Europe in the pool stages with a win over a weakened Stade Français outfit at Rodney Parade.
The boot of winger Tom Prydie proved influential as he finished with 17 points, including five penalties, with James Thomas and T Rhys Thomas scoring the hosts' two tries.
Digby Ioane and Morné Steyn both featured for Stade, who did score three tries, but are now out of the competition with their focus on the Top 14.
The scorers:
For Dragons:
Tries: J Thomas, TR Thomas
Con: Prydie
Pen: Prydie 5, Jones
For Stade Français:
Tries: Inu, Zhvania, Bonfils
Con: Steyn 2
The teams:
Dragons: 15 Rhys Jones, 14 Tom Prydie, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Jonathan Evans, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Nic Cudd, 6 Lewis Evans, 5 Rynard Landman (c), 4 James Thomas, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Phil Price.
Replacements: 16 T Rhys Thomas, 17 Lloyd Fairbrother, 18 Dan Way, 19 Cory Hill, 20 Ian Gough, 21 Luc Jones, 22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Ashton Hewitt.
Stade Français: 15 Paul Williams, 14 Titouan Cazedepats, 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou (c), 12 Krisnan Inu, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Nicolas Garrault, 7 Mathieu De Giovanni, 6 Matthieu Ugena, 5 Juan Cruz Guillemain, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 3 Davit Kubriashvili, 2 Zurabi Zhvania, 1 Romain Frou.
Replacements: 16 Sofiane Chellat, 17 Zak Taulafo, 18 Adrien Oleon, 19 Julien Nibert, 20 Remi Bonfils, 21 Julien Tomas, 22 Vincent Mallet, 23 Raphael Lakafia.
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Dean Richards (England), Nigel Carrick (England)
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