Bordeaux-Bègles eliminated Toulouse from the Champions Cup for the second consecutive season with a commanding 30–15 victory at Stade Chaban-Delmas, setting up a semi-final meeting with Bath.

Key moments

23 mins – TRY BORDEAUX: The champions strike first. A devastating rolling maul from a lineout five metres out sees hooker Maxime Lamothe crash over for the opening try. Maxime Lucu misses the conversion from wide. (Bordeaux 5–0 Toulouse)

25 mins – TRY TOULOUSE: Toulouse respond immediately. From the restart, Yoram Moefana spills the ball and Santiago Chocobares gathers at the edge of the 22. The forwards pound away before Romain Ntamack finds space on the outside to score. Thomas Ramos converts. (Bordeaux 5–7 Toulouse)

37 mins – RED CARD TOULOUSE: A potential turning point. Dorian Aldegheri collides with Damian Penaud after a kick-chase and is shown a 20-minute red card. Penaud leaves the field for a head injury assessment and does not return.

39 mins – TRY TOULOUSE: Despite being down to 14 men, Toulouse produce a moment of brilliance. Playing from their own half, Ramos finds Kalvin Gourgues who feeds Teddy Thomas for a 30-metre run to the line. Ramos misses the conversion. (Bordeaux 5–12 Toulouse)

41 mins – PENALTY TOULOUSE: Thomas Ramos kicks a penalty straight after the restart following a Bordeaux infringement. (Bordeaux 5–15 Toulouse)

Half-time: Bordeaux 5–15 Toulouse. Toulouse lead despite playing the final minutes a man down. Aldegheri’s red card will see him off for the first 20 minutes of the second half, with Joel Merkler able to replace him afterwards. Penaud failed his HIA and will not return.

45 mins – TRY BORDEAUX: Matthieu Jalibert brings Bordeaux roaring back. The fly-half chases his own grubber kick to the corner, gathers the ball just before it crosses the touchline, and dives over. Lucu converts from the sideline. (Bordeaux 12–15 Toulouse)

56 mins – YELLOW CARD TOULOUSE: Antoine Dupont is sent to the sin bin for an illegal tackle on Cameron Woki near the Bordeaux line. Toulouse are temporarily down to 13 men.

57 mins – TRY BORDEAUX: With Toulouse down to 13, Bordeaux capitalise. From a lineout maul, the ball is worked to Ben Tameifuna who powers over from close range. Lucu converts and the champions lead for the first time since the opening quarter. (Bordeaux 19–15 Toulouse)

58 mins – SUBSTITUTION TOULOUSE: Aldegheri’s 20-minute red card period ends and Joel Merkler enters the fray.

62 mins – PENALTY BORDEAUX: Tameifuna wins a crucial turnover at the breakdown and Lucu kicks the penalty to extend the lead. (Bordeaux 22–15 Toulouse)

74 mins – TRY BORDEAUX: The sealing try. Jalibert makes the initial break before finding Arthur Retiere, who finishes in the corner after the forwards soften up the defence with repeated pick-and-goes. Lucu misses the conversion. (Bordeaux 27–15 Toulouse)

77 mins – PENALTY BORDEAUX: Lucu adds the final points from the tee to confirm the victory. (Bordeaux 30–15 Toulouse)

Full-time: Union Bordeaux-Bègles 30–15 Stade Toulousain

Teams

Union Bordeaux-Bègles: 15 Romain Buros, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Pablo Uberti, 12 Yoram Moefana, 11 Salesi Rayasi, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Maxime Lucu (c), 1 Jefferson Poirot, 2 Maxime Lamothe, 3 Carlü Sadie, 4 Cameron Woki, 5 Boris Palu, 6 Pierre Bochaton, 7 Marko Gazzotti, 8 Anthony Jelonch.
Replacements: 16 Gaëtan Barlot, 17 Matis Perchaud, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Tiaan Jacobs, 20 Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer, 21 Léo Banos, 22 Temo Matiu, 23 Arthur Retiere.

Stade Toulousain: 15 Thomas Ramos, 14 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 13 Santiago Chocobares, 12 Pita Ahki, 11 Matthis Lebel, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Antoine Dupont (c), 1 David Ainu’u, 2 Peato Mauvaka, 3 Dorian Aldegheri, 4 Emmanuel Meafou, 5 Jack Willis, 6 François Cros, 7 Kalvin Gourgues, 8 Teddy Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Julien Marchand, 17 Cyril Baille, 18 Joel Merkler, 19 Joshua Brennan, 20 Théo Ntamack, 21 Blair Kinghorn.

Match details

Union Bordeaux-Bègles 30 (Tries: Lamothe, Jalibert, Tameifuna, Retiere; Conversions: Lucu 2/4; Penalties: Lucu 2/2)
Stade Toulousain 15 (Tries: R Ntamack, T Thomas; Conversions: Ramos 1/2; Penalties: Ramos 1/1)
Half-time: 5–15

Venue: Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux
Attendance: 32,930
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Player of the Match: Maxime Lucu (Union Bordeaux-Bègles)

Cards:
– Dorian Aldegheri (Toulouse) – 20-minute red card (37′)
– Antoine Dupont (Toulouse) – Yellow card (56′)

Toulon ended Glasgow Warriors’ Champions Cup dream with a 22–19 victory at Scotstoun, condemning the hosts to a fourth quarter-final defeat in four attempts and setting up a semi-final meeting with Leinster.

Key moments

9 mins – TRY GLASGOW: A classic Warriors move from the lineout, the ball going to the tail before an inside pass sends Stafford McDowall crashing over. Dan Lancaster converts. (Glasgow 7–0 Toulon)

13 mins – TRY TOULON: Toulon strike back almost immediately. Ollie Smith is isolated in contact and concedes a penalty. From the resulting lineout, the ball is spun wide and Gaël Drean finishes well in the corner. Melvyn Jaminet misses the conversion. (Glasgow 7–5 Toulon)

20 mins – YELLOW CARD TOULON: Junior Kpoku is sent to the sin bin for repeated infringements near the Glasgow line.

22 mins – TRY GLASGOW: Glasgow make the man advantage count. McDowall is at the heart of it again, spinning a gorgeous long pass to put Ollie Smith away in the corner. Lancaster misses the conversion. (Glasgow 12–5 Toulon)

28 mins – TRY TOULON: Toulon respond despite being a man down. Slack handling from Glasgow invites pressure and prop Jean-Baptiste Gros powers over from close range. Jaminet converts. (Glasgow 12–12 Toulon)

36 mins – TRY TOULON: Brilliant hands along the Toulon backline find Drean, who skips away from the cover defence to score his second. Jaminet misses the conversion but Toulon lead at the break. (Glasgow 12–17 Toulon)

Half-time: Glasgow 12–17 Toulon. Glasgow started brightly but lost their way as the half wore on. Drean’s pace has been the difference, with two tries for the French winger. Warriors’ handling has been uncharacteristically slack and they trail by five heading into the second half.

44 mins – TRY GLASGOW: Glasgow hit back immediately after the restart. From a rolling maul, hooker Gregor Hiddleston peels off the base to power over. Adam Hastings, on at half-time for Lancaster, kicks a superb conversion into the wind. (Glasgow 19–17 Toulon)

54 mins – WARNING GLASGOW: The referee warns captain Kyle Steyn that any further infringements will result in a yellow card as Toulon camp on the Glasgow line.

55 mins – PENALTY GLASGOW: After a monumental defensive effort, Glasgow win the penalty for holding on. Huge roar from the Scotstoun crowd as the pressure valve is released.

58 mins – TRY TOULON: The killer blow. Nacho Brex takes first-phase ball, shows and goes to find a gap, then turns on the afterburners to race away from halfway. Adam Hastings’ first-up defence looks suspect as Brex scores in the corner. Jaminet misses the conversion. (Glasgow 19–22 Toulon)

68 mins – HIA GLASGOW: Adam Hastings is forced off for a head injury assessment. Dan Lancaster returns at fly-half.

79 mins – LAST CHANCE GLASGOW: Glasgow throw everything at Toulon in the final minutes but the French defence holds firm. Toulon turn it over and kick the ball dead.

Full-time: Glasgow Warriors 19–22 RC Toulon

Teams

Glasgow Warriors: 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Steyn (c), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Ollie Smith, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 Ben Afshar, 1 Patrick Schickerling, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Olujare Oguntibeju, 5 Alex Samuel, 6 Matt Fagerson, 7 Rory Darge, 8 Jack Dempsey.
Replacements: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Euan Ferrie, 20 Angus Fraser, 21 Jack Oliver, 22 Adam Hastings.

RC Toulon: 15 Melvyn Jaminet, 14 Gaël Drean, 13 Nacho Brex, 12 Jérémy Sinzelle, 11 Setariki Tuicuvu, 10 Tomas Albornoz, 9 Ben White, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 2 Teddy Baubigny, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 Corentin Mezou, 5 David Ribbans (c), 6 Junior Kpoku, 7 Charles Ollivon, 8 Mikheil Shioshvili.
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Daniel Brennan, 18 Beka Gigashvili, 19 Matthias Halagahu, 20 Zach Mercer, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Esteban Abadie, 23 Mathis Ferté.

Match details

Glasgow Warriors 19 (Tries: McDowall, O Smith, Hiddleston; Conversions: Lancaster 1/2, Hastings 1/1)
RC Toulon 22 (Tries: Drean 2, Gros, Brex; Conversions: Jaminet 1/4)
Half-time: 12–17

Venue: Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Attendance: 7,321
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
Player of the Match: Gaël Drean (RC Toulon)

Bath completed one of the great European comebacks as Ted Hill’s try four minutes from time sealed a 43–41 victory over Northampton Saints in a Champions Cup quarter-final that will live long in the memory.

Key moments

2 mins – YELLOW CARD BATH: Miles Reid is sent to the sin bin for a cynical offence as Northampton attack inside the Bath 22.

2 mins – TRY NORTHAMPTON: Henry Pollock takes a quick tap and barges through tackles to stretch over the line for the opening score. Fin Smith converts. (Bath 0–7 Northampton)

5 mins – TRY NORTHAMPTON: Sublime handling from Rory Hutchinson and Archie McParland sends Tommy Freeman racing through a gap, and he passes inside to Fraser Dingwall who scores under the posts. Smith converts. (Bath 0–14 Northampton)

8 mins – TRY BATH: Bath win a lineout deep in the Northampton 22 and take a quick tap penalty. Tom Dunn barges his way over from close range with Charlie Ewels providing a monster latch. Finn Russell converts. (Bath 7–14 Northampton)

15 mins – TRY NORTHAMPTON: Quick hands from the breakdown and a deft offload from Dingwall finds Smith, who spins a pass wide to second row Tom Lockett on the wing. He races in, beating Beno Obano’s covering tackle. Smith converts. (Bath 7–21 Northampton)

21 mins – TRY NORTHAMPTON: Smith’s clearing kick is semi-charged down and the bounce falls kindly for Hutchinson, who races away. The yellow shirts swarm forward and Josh Kemeny is given the honour of touching down. Smith converts. (Bath 7–28 Northampton)

25 mins – TRY BATH: Brilliant off-the-cuff play from Russell. The lineout doesn’t go to plan but the loose ball is hacked on by the Scottish fly-half, who dribbles his way over to score. Russell converts his own try. (Bath 14–28 Northampton)

29 mins – TRY NORTHAMPTON: First-phase ball from a lineout and Ollie Sleightholme, on his 100th appearance for the club, crashes through Cameron Redpath’s tackle to power over. Smith converts. (Bath 14–35 Northampton)

32 mins – TRY BATH: Strike play perfection from the Bath scrum. Russell’s dummy pass draws in Hutchinson before he flicks the ball to Henry Arundell, who sprints under the posts. Russell converts. (Bath 21–35 Northampton)

38 mins – TRY BATH: Bath go through the phases near the Saints line and a short ball back inside finds the rampaging run of replacement prop Francois van Wyk, who powers over. Russell misses the conversion. (Bath 26–35 Northampton)

Half-time: Bath 26–35 Northampton. A breathless first half sees Saints race into a 28–7 lead with four stunning tries, but Bath refuse to panic. Guided by Russell’s magic, they score three tries of their own before the break, with Van Wyk’s effort on the stroke of half-time shifting momentum towards the hosts.

42 mins – PENALTY NORTHAMPTON: Smith slots a straightforward penalty from in front of the posts. (Bath 26–38 Northampton)

56 mins – YELLOW CARD NORTHAMPTON: JJ van der Mescht is sent to the sin bin for repeated team infringements.

57 mins – TRY BATH: Bath win the lineout and set the maul. Replacement hooker Kepu Tuipulotu breaks out and dives over. Russell nails the conversion. (Bath 33–38 Northampton)

64 mins – PENALTY NORTHAMPTON: Alfie Barbeary is penalised for offside and Smith kicks the three points. (Bath 33–41 Northampton)

67 mins – PENALTY BATH: Kemeny is offside on his own 22 and Russell slots the penalty. (Bath 36–41 Northampton)

72 mins – YELLOW CARD NORTHAMPTON: Henry Pollock is sent to the sin bin for an infringement at the breakdown as Bath attack the line. Bath kick to the corner.

75 mins – TRY BATH: The pressure pays off as Ted Hill picks up from the base of the ruck and powers over under the posts. Russell converts to give Bath the lead for the first time. (Bath 43–41 Northampton)

Full-time: Bath 43–41 Northampton

Full match report to follow.

Teams

Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Henry Arundell, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Will Muir, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 1 Beno Obano, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 Billy Sela, 4 Quinn Roux, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Guy Pepper, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Miles Reid.
Replacements: 16 Kepu Tuipulotu, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Bernard van der Linde, 22 Santiago Carreras, 23 Alfie Barbeary.

Northampton Saints: 15 George Furbank (c), 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Rory Hutchinson, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 Ollie Sleightholme, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Archie McParland, 1 Danilo Fischetti, 2 Curtis Langdon, 3 Cleopas Kundiona, 4 Tom Lockett, 5 JJ van der Mescht, 6 Josh Kemeny, 7 Tom Pearson, 8 Henry Pollock.
Replacements: 16 Craig Wright, 17 Emmanuel Iyogun, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Ed Prowse, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Alex Mitchell, 22 Tom Litchfield, 23 George Hendy.

Match details

Bath 43 (Tries: Dunn, Russell, Arundell, Van Wyk, Tuipulotu, Hill; Conversions: Russell 5/6; Penalties: Russell 1/1)
Northampton 41 (Tries: Pollock, Dingwall, Lockett, Kemeny, Sleightholme; Conversions: Smith 5/5; Penalties: Smith 2/2)
Half-time: 26–35

Venue: The Rec, Bath
Attendance: 14,509
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Player of the Match: Alfie Barbeary (Bath)