La Rochelle 20 Connacht 30: European Chellenge Cup Pool 2: A "bit of X-factor" combined with a huge team effort is what vLam credits for Connacht’s dramatic four-try bonus win over La Rochelle, which sealed their quarter-final place as last seeds in this season’s European Challenge Cup.

Connacht 16 Bayonne 13

IT MAY have taken almost 24 hours longer than originally intended but Munster negotiated a safe passage to a home quarter final of this season’s Heineken Cup by virtue of their comprehensive 26-point victory at the Stade De Sapiac.

THERE were times yesterday when Munster were close to their awesome best but in the end workmanlike was the best word to describe their performance in beating Montauban at the Stade de Sapiac.

Montauban 13 Munster 39