Defending champions Stade Francais out of Euro tourney
Paris giants Stade, struggling to stave off relegation in the Top 14, squandered a golden opportunity to make the semifinals when star kicker Jules Plisson missed a penalty as well as a conversion in the last five minutes.
Brive, second from bottom of the Top 14, were also eliminated, going down 10-25 at Newcastle for whom wing Alex Tait crossed for two tries in the last 20 minutes.
Saturday's other quarterfinals see Connacht host Gloucester while Edinburgh welcome Cardiff.
Scores and scorers:
Newcastle 25 Brive 10
The scorers:
For Newcastle:
Tries: Wilson, Kibirige, Tait 2
Con: Flood
Pen: Hodgson
For Brive:
Try: Herjean
Con: Bezy
Pen: Bezy
Teams:
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Alex Tait, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Zach Kibirige, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Sam Stuart, 8 Nili Latu, 7 Will Welch, 6 Ryan Burrows, 5 Sean Robinson, 4 Calum Green, 3 Scott Wilson, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Sam Lockwood.
Replacements: 16 Santi Socino, 17 Rob Vickers, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Will Witty, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Joel Hodgson, 22 Adam Radwan, 23 Tom Penny.
Brive: 15 Thomas Laranjeira, 14 Guillaume Namy, 13 Felix Le Bourhis, 12 Seremaia Burotu, 11 Sevanaia Galala, 10 Nicolas Bézy, 9 Florian Cazenave, 8 Etienne Herjean, 7 Retief Marais, 6 Said Hireche, 5 Jan Uys, 4 Johan Snyman, 3 Soso Bekoshvili, 2 Francois Da Ros, 1 Julien Brugnaut.
Replacements: 16 Thomas Acquier, 17 Na'ama Leleimalefaga, 18 James Johnston, 19 Peet Marais, 20 Julien Le Devedec, 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 22 Arnaud Mignardi, 23 Franck Romanet.
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Andrew Brace (Ireland), Frank Murphy (Ireland)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Pau 35 Stade Francais 32
The scorers:
For Pau:
Tries: Vatubua, Stanley, Daubagna, Lespiaucq
Cons: Taylor 3
Pens: Taylor 3
For Stade Francais:
Tries: Daguin, Camara, Francoz, Marvin O'Connor
Cons: Plisson 3
Pens: Plisson 2
Teams:
Pau: 15 Charly Malie, 14 Frank Halai, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Jale Vatubua, 11 Julien Fumat, 10 Tom Taylor, 9 Thibault Daubagna (captain), 8 Stefon Armitage, 7 Sean Dougall, 6 Ben Mowen, 5 Dave Foley, 4 Daniel Ramsay, 3 Malik Hamadachie, 2 Quentin Lespiauco, Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Lucas Rey, 17 Jamie Mackintosh, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Julien Pierre, 20 Paddy Butler, 21 Julien Tomas, 22 Antoine Hastoy, 23 Florian Nicot.
Stade Français: 15 Morné Steyn, 14 Marvin O'Connor, 13 Théo Millet, 12 Jimmy Yobo, 11 Djibril Camara, 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Clement Daguin, 8 Willem Alberts, 7 Matthieu Ugena, 6 Charlie Francoz, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Mathieu De Giovanni, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Remi Bonfils (captain), 1 Zurabi Zhvania.
Replacements: 16 Lucas Da Silva, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Paul Alo Emile, 19 Paul Gabrillagues, 20 Sergio Parisse, 21 Charl McLeod, 22 Waisea Vuidarvuwalu, 23 Jonathan Danty.
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant referees: Marius Mitrea (Italy), Ian Tempest (England)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
