Heineken Cup Round 2 Results
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The second round of the Heineken Cup was played over the weekend. Several teams have started to establish a nice lead in their groups after the second weekend. The Leinster, Munster and Leicester wagons roll on undefeated. While the Cardiff Blues, Toulouse, Stade Francais and Harlequins are the other undefeated teams;
Results from Roudn Two;
Sale 16 Munster 24
Montauban 19 Clermont 24
Leinster 41 Wasps 11
Castres 6 Edinburgh 13
Treviso 16 Leicester 60
Ospreys 15 Perpignan 9
Stade Francais 37 Scarlets 15
Harlequins 42 Ulster 21
Glasgow 16 Toulouse 22
Bath 13 Dragons 9
Boarritz 41 Calvisano 10
Cardiff Blues 37 Gloucester 24
Heineken Cup: Toulouse edge Bath 18-16 in thriller
Toulouse produced a come from behind last gasp victory to defeat Bath 18-16 after a David Skrela penalty at the Stade Municipal. Toulouse were far from their usual expansive self being out-enthused by Bath and also taking a back seat to the expansive play of Bath.
Bath had their chances to secure victory, even scoring two tries to nil but were unable to secure victory mostly due to the wayward kicking of Buth James.
In other matches Leinster scored a 27-16 win over Edinburgh at their hoodoo ground Murrayfield to secure full points in the first round of the Heineken Cup. Leinster scored four tries to one with tries going to Rocky Elsom, Brian O’Driscoll, Shane Horgan and Felipe Contemponi.
Results from the first round of the Heineken Cup;
Sale 32 Clermont 15
Munster 19 Montauban 17
Wasps 25 Castres 11
Perpignan 29 Treviso 16
Leicester 12 Ospreys 6
Stade Francais 26 Ulster 10
Harlequins 29 Scarlets 22
Newport-Gwent 32 Glasgow 22
Cardiff Blues 56 Calvisano 20
Gloucester 22 Biarritz 10
Heineken Cup: Munster narrowly defeat Montauban 19-17
Munster started their defence of the Heineken Cup with a narrow 19-17 victory against Montauban, Montauban were less than four minutes from victory until the always reliable boot of O’Gara secured victory for Munster in what could have been the biggest upset in recent memory.
Munster were neither great nor terrible and were generally evenly matched against there undancied rivals from France. Both sides scored a try but it was O’Gara’s boot that saved Munster in the end. Munster will be hoping it was a match that allowed them to blow out any cobwebs before their next match.
In the other result from Friday Perpignan defeated Treviso 27-16. Perpignan scored three tries to one but were unable to shrug off the Italian side in a disappointing win at home. Perpignan was expected to collect the bonus point but failed and will be up against it next weekend against Ospreys.