Clean sweep for Quins

Biarritz 9 Harlequins 16

The reigning Aviva Premiership champions ended Biarritz’s four-year unbeaten home run in the competition to wrap up a dominant display in the pool stages.

Tom Guest grabbed the game’s only try while the tactical and goal-kicking of Nick Evans, who scored 11 points, proved decisive.

Harlequins are guaranteed a home tie in the quarter-finals and only Toulon and Clermont-Auvergne can now deny them top seeding for the knockout stage.

Defeat ended Biarritz’s slim hopes of progressing, though the 2006 and 2010 finalists could still qualify for the Amlin Challenge Cup as one of three group runners-up.

Harlequins head coach Conor O’Shea will have been satisfied at his team’s professional display, despite a second successive yellow card for England prop Joe Marler.

Biarritz scorers: Pens: Yachvili 3.

BIARRITZ: Balshaw, Ngwenya, Baby, Traille, Brew, Barraque, Yachvili, Barcella, Heguy, Broster, Dubarry, Taele, Lauret, Lakafia, Harinordoquy. Replacements: Burotu for Ngwenya (66), Peyrelongue for Barraque (47), Synagehel for Barcella (66), van Staden for Broster (72), Gray for Harinordoquy (41).

Harlequins scorers: Tries: Guest. Cons: Evans. Pens: Evans 3.

HARLEQUINS: Brown, Williams, Lowe, Turner-Hall, Monye, Evans, Care, Marler, Gray, Johnston, Kohn, Robson, Fa’asavalu, Robshaw, Guest. Replacements: Buchanan for Gray (55), Wallace for Fa’asavalu (66).

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland).

AMLIN Challenge Cup, Pool 4: Agen 19 Calvisano 9.