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Jerry Flannery celebrates after scoring for Munster on Friday night

Munster 37-14 Sale: Jerry Flannery scores Munster's second try as the hosts take a 12-6 half-time lead at Thomond Park on Friday

David Wallece scores Munster's third try on Friday

Ireland flanker David Wallace stretches over as defending champions Munster extend their lead after the break

Paul Warwick score Munster's final try

Paul Warwick completes the rout as the 26,000 capacity crowd at Thomond Park celebrates Munster's passage into the last eight

Ben Cairns races clear of the Castres defence to score

Edinburgh 32-14 Castres: Ben Cairns races over for one of Edinburgh's four tries as they complete the double over Castres

Toulouse centre Maleli Kunavore scrags Glasgow scrum-half Colin Gregor

Toulouse 26-33 Glasgow: Maleli Kunavore scrags Colin Gregor but Glasgow pull off probably the biggest shock in Heineken Cup history

Glasgow's Dan Turner beats Jean Bouilhou to the ball

Glasgow lock Dan Turner beats Toulouse flanker Jean Bouilhou to the ball at a line-out as Glasgow give it their all in France

Toulouse winger Vincent Clec (right) and hooker Virgile Lacombe (centre) tackle Glasgow centre Max Evans

Max Evans, here tackled by Vincent Clerc and Virgile Lacombe, scores Glasgow's third try and they hold off a late fightback to claim victory

Matt Smith scores for Leicester against Treviso

Leicester 52-0 Treviso: Matt Smith scores in the first half as Leicester run in eight tries against the out-gunned Italians

Johne Murphy goes over in the corner for Leicester

Johne Murphy scores as Treviso are put to the sword at Welford Road by the Pool Three leaders

Marty Holah of the Ospreys is tackled by Perpignan's Guilhem Guirado

Perpignan 17-15 Ospreys: Ospreys flanker Marty Holah takes on the hosts' defence as the visitors claim a losing bonus point

Wasps players celebrate Serge Betsen 's opening try.

Wasps 19-12 Leinster: Serge Betsen (bottom right) scores the English team's try in the big match at Twickenham

Danny Cipriani of Wasps

Danny Cipriani shrugs off two early misses for Wasps to land four penalties and a conversion

Leinster's Isa Nacewa escapes the tackle of Dominic Waldouck

Isa Nacewa eludes the grasp of Dominic Waldouck but all Leinster's points come from kicks as they claim a vital losing bonus point

Luke Charteris

Dragons 12-15 Bath: Luke Charteris is yellow-carded as his Dragons side are beaten by Bath in a tight encounter at Rodney Parade

Colin Charvis gets physical with Nick Abendanon as the Dragons give Bath a mighty scare before falling 15-12

Colin Charvis gets physical with Nick Abendanon as the Dragons give Bath a mighty scare before losing 15-12

David Lyons gets the opening try as the Scarlets give Stade Francais a hot reception in Llanelli

Scarlets 31-17 Stade Francais: David Lyons gets the opening try as the Scarlets give Stade a hot reception in Llanelli

Scarlet Stephen Jones makes his case for the Wales jersey against Stade Francais

Scarlets fly-half Stephen Jones makes his case for the Wales jersey as the hosts end an 11-game win-less run in Europe

Gloucester's Matthew Watkins tackles the Blues' Nicky Robinson in a white-hot Heineken Cup clash at Kingsholm

Gloucester 12-16 Cardiff Blues: Gloucester's Matthew Watkins tackles the Blues' Nicky Robinson in a white-hot clash at Kingsholm

Alan Lewis and Tom James

Blues wing Tom James is given his marching orders by Alan Lewis for a first-half head-butt on Gloucester hooker Oliver Azam

Bradley Davies gets the dramatic late, winning try as the Blues advance to the quarter-finals with a 16-12 victory

But replacement lock Bradley Davies dives over for a dramatic, late winning try to put the Blues into the quarter-finals



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