Leicester romped to a seven-try European Champions Cup victory as they ran Castres ragged at Welford Road.

Clermont beat Bordeaux in a cracker in Ulster's pool.

Clermont Auvergne 36 Montpellier 14

FEW would have foreseen a scenario whereby Leinster — and Munster — would be hoping to emulate Brive when the Heineken Cup started last November but such is the rather strange way of things as the pool stages fade into memory.

GLASGOW WARRIORS maintained their pursuit of Leinster in Heineken Cup Pool Three with a 20-15 victory over Montpellier at Firhill.