Melville red-faced as Gloucester get hammering from Stade Francais

Gloucester 0 Stade Francais 27

Melville’s side needed to beat the French champions emphatically to have any chance of a Heineken Cup quarter-final place from Pool Six - a result which would also have given Munster a home quarter-final draw against Newcastle.

However, Gloucester were unable to do either themselves or Munster any favours, being crushed 27-0 at a sold-out Kingsholm.