Poor pitch halts Stade v Timisoara tie
"After talks with Scottish referee Mike Adamson and the two clubs, Stade Francais staff judged that some parts of the Dan Paltinisanu Stadium were not in good enough condition for the match to go ahead as planned," said a statement from European Professional Club.
No new date was given for the Group Five fixture as the French club bid to stay in the running for the quarterfinals.
* Meanwhile Bath Director of Todd Blackadder was delighted with his side blew away local rivals Bristol with their pace and power.
The 57-22 triumph at Ashton Gate has put Bath on the brink of the quarterfinals – only Pau standing in their way of advancing from Pool Four.
George Ford pulled the strings as Bath scored five tries before the break and three more in the second half to secure a bonus-point win that keeps them in the box seat for a home quarterfinal.
The England flyhalf scored 20 points despite being replaced early in the second-half, as he helped his side recover from three Premiership defeats in a row.
And Blackadder was delighted with the way his men bounced back to show their true colours against their West Country rivals.
"What I was most pleased with was that we didn't lose our confidence, the boys worked harder this week in training then they have all season to make sure that we got our basics right," Blackadder said.
"I was so pleased that we played with pace and tempo especially in the first half.
"We wanted to carry hard and do the basic things like clearing out and ball placement right.
"We knew we could open them up if we could get good speed of ball at the rucks. We saw our power running works, and you can play some good rugby if you get the basics right.
"We couldn't relax too much, we have been in winning positions over the last few weeks and relaxed too much which was our downfall.
"We spoke about it at half-time, being five tries up means nothing. We wanted to put in a performance the players could be proud of."
Challenge Cup Round Five scorers and scorers
Bayonne 14-24 La Rochelle
The scorers:
For Bayonne:
Try:Fuster
Pens: Lagarde 3
For La Rochelle:
Tries:Cedaro, Boughanmi, Botia
Cons: James 3
Pen: James
Teams:
Bayonne: 15 Julien Tisseron, 14 Bastien Fuster, 13 Felix Le Bourhis, 12 Adam Whitelock, 11 Julien Jane, 10 Raphael Lagarde, 9 Guillaume Rouet, 8 Pieter Jan Van Lill, 7 Johnnie Beattie, 6 Tanerau Latimer, 5 Adam Jaulhac, 4 Guillaume Ducat, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Manu Leiataua, 1 Jérôme Schuster.
Replacements: 16 Jose Ramon Ayarza, 17 Aretz Iguiniz, 18 Toma Taufa, 19 Pelu Ian Taele, 20 Manu Saubusse, 21 Martin Laveau, 22 Willie du Plessis, 23 Jean-Blaise Lespinasse.
La Rochelle: 15 Arthur Retiere, 14 Steeve Barry, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Botia Veivuke, 11 David Raikuna, 10 Brock James, 9 Ricky Januarie, 8 Jone Qovu Nailiko, 7 Afa Amosa, 6 Jason Eaton, 5 Leo Cedaro, 4 Damien Lagrange, 3 Mohamed Boughanmi, 2 Hikairo Forbes, 1 Dany Priso.
Replacements: 16 Jeremie Maurouard, 17 David Feao, 18 Lekso Kaulashvili, 19 Mathieu Tanguy, 20 Charlie Francoz, 21 Alexi Bales, 22 Zack Holmes, 23 Kini Murimurivalu.
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Kieran Barry (Ireland), Chris Harrington (Ireland)
TMO: Kevin Beggs (Ireland)
Grenoble 31-27 Newcastle Falcons
The scorers:
For Grenoble:
Tries:Mele, Penalty try, Fourcade, Estebanez
Cons: Bosch 4
Pen: Bosch
For Newcastle Falcons:
Tries: Harris, Penalty try, Wilson
Cons: Willis 3
Pens: Willis 2
Teams:
Grenoble: 15 Armand Batlle, 14 Xavier Mignot, 13 Fabrice Estebanez, 12 Clement Gelin, 11 Lucas Dupont, 10 Gilles Bosch, 9 David Mele, 8 Dylan Hayes, 7 Kevin Kornath, 6 Mathias Marie, 5 Ben Hand, 4 Mickael Capelli, 3 Dayna Edwards, 2 Arnaud Heguy, 1 Alexandre Dardet.
Replacements: 16 Etienne Fourcade, 17 Dylan Jacquot, 18 Rossouw de Klerk, 19 Thomas Jolmes, 20 Peter Kimlin, 21 Lilian Saseras, 22 Bastien Guillemin, 23 Sisa Ledua Waqa.
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Brett Connon, 14 Dan Marshall, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Fred Burdon (captain), 11 Zach Kibirige, 10 Craig Willis, 9 Sam Egerton, 8 Dan Temm, 7 Harrison Orr, 6 Sean Robinson, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Will Witty, 3 David Wilson, 2 Ben Sowrey, 1 Ben Harris.
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Adam Brocklebank, 18 Scott Wilson, 19 Calum Green, 20 Glen Young, 21 Michael Young, 22 Dom Waldouck, 23 Tom Catterick.
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu (Romania)
Assistant referees: Radu Petrescu (Romania), Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Newport Gwent Dragons 34-10 Enisei-STM
The scorers:
For Newport Gwent Dragons:
Tries:Thomas, Buckley, Keddie 2
Cons: Jones, O'Brien 3
Pens: Jones 2
For Enisei-STM:
Tries:Simplikevich, Kurashov
Teams:
Newport Gwent Dragons: 15 Carl Meyer, 14 Tom Prydie, 13 Tyler Morgan, 12 Jack Dixon, 11 Adam Warren, 10 Dorian Jones, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Ed Jackson, 7 Nic Cudd, 6 Nick Crosswell, 5 Rynard Landman, 4 Matthew Screech, 3 Brok Harris, 2 T Rhys Thomas, 1 Sam Hobbs.
Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Tom Davies, 18 Lloyd Fairbrother, 19 Cory Hill, 20 Harrison Keddie, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Angus O'Brien, 23 Adam Hughes.
Enisei-STM: 15 Ramil Gaisin, 14 Igor Kurashov, 13 Jurijs Baranovs, 12 Dmitrii Gerasimov, 11 Denis Simplikevich, 10 Iurii Kushnarev, 9 Alexey Shcherban, 8 Anton Rudoi, 7 Plavel Butenko, 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze, 5 Maxim Gargalic, 4 Viacheslav Krasylnyk, 3 Jake Grey, 2 Shamil Magomedov, 1 Andrei Polivalov.
Replacements: 16 Nazir Gasanov, 17 Valery Morozov, 18 Azat Musin, 19 Sergey Chernyshev, 20 Aleksei Mikhaltsov, 21 Konstantin Uzunov, 22 Thomas Halse, 23 Vitalii Orlov.
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Nigel Correll (Ireland), Helen O'Reilly (Ireland)
Bristol 22-57 Bath
The scorers:
For Bristol:
Tries:Varndell, Williams, Tovey
Cons: Searle 2
Pen: Searle
For Bath:
Tries:Dunn, Homer, Fruean, Fotuali'i 2, Ford, Rokoduguni, Cook
Cons: Ford 6, Homer
Pen: Ford
Teams:
Bristol: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Jack Wallace, 13 Thretton Palamo, 12 Tusi Pisi, 11 Tom Varndell. 10 Billy Searle, 9 Rhodri Williams, 8 Mitch Eadie, 7 Olly Robinson, 6 Jack Lam, 5 Ben Glynn, 4 James Phillips, 3 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 2 Max Crumpton, 1 Kyle Traynor.
Replacements: 16 Marc Jones, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Gaston Cortes, 19 Giorgi Nemsadze, 20 Joe Joyce, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Adrian Jarvis, 23 Jack Tovey.
Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Robbie Fruean, 11 Anthony Watson, 10 George Ford (captain), 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 8 Paul Grant, 7 Francois Louw (captain), 6 Zach Mercer, 5 Elliott Stooke, 4 Charlie Ewels, 3 Max Lahiff, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Nathan Catt.
Replacements: 16 Jack Walker, 17 Beno Obano, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Levi Douglas, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Ben Tapuai.
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Assistant referees: Elia Rizzo (Italy), Simone Boaretto (Italy)
TMO: Alan Falzone (Italy)
Timisoara Saracens v Stade Francais – postponed
Source: @ERChallengeCup
