Gavin Henson continued where he left off against Harlequins, however this time the inside centre had a far stronger match with the ball in hand at the Stoop, with a twenty six opint haul, including a try in each half. 20 year old outside half Matthew Jones led a backline that easily dominated the home side, who spent most of the second half with fourteen men through sin binnings.

Lyn Jones' side still face a daunting trip to Thomond park -where anything less than a victory over Munster will see their hopes ended.

Two tries from fellow wings' Aisea Havili and Tal Selley look to have also given the Scarlets' a fighting chance of making the knockout stage. Another poor kicking display by Gareth Bowen hindered their 38-22 win over Glasgow at Stradey.

Three early scores meant Newport Gwent Dragons' were always going to struggle to gain anything at Perpignan. Newcastle are a near centainty to progress in pool five now - unless the Dragons' can turn things around at Kingston Park next month.

Cardiff Blues hopes of qualifying are mathemataticaly over, with Gloucester claiming a more comfortable victory in front of the largest crowd at the Arms Park this season. There were yellow cards a plenty as the Blues struggled for creativity behind the pack, with only a late consolation try from Craig Morgan to show for their efforts.

Match Details:

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CARDIFF BLUES 16 - 22 GLOUCESTER

11th December, Attendance: 10,186

CARDIFF BLUES: R Williams (Macleod 74); Tuilagi, James, Shanklin, Morgan; L Thomas, Powell; Jenkins, R Thomas, M Jones (Yapp 54), D Jones, Sidoli, N Thomas (Sowden-Taylor 65), M Williams (capt), Schubert.

Tries: Morgan, Cons: L Thomas, Pens: LThomas 3

GLOUCESTER: Goodridge; Garvey, Fanolua (Mauger 64), Paul, Bailey; McRae, Gomarsall; Bezuidenhout, Parkes, Powell, Eustace, Cornwell (Brown 44), Forrester (Buxton 74), Boer (capt), Balding.

Tries: Garvey, Goodridge Cons: Paul . Pens: Paul 3

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HARLEQUINS 19-46 NEATH SWANSEA OSPREYS

11th December, Attendance: 7,750

HARLEQUINS: Williams; Harder, Greenwood, James, Keogh; Jarvis, So'oialo; Jones, Fuga (Tiatia 50), FitzGerald, Winters (Rudzki 50), Miall, Easter, Sherriff, Vos (capt).

Try: Greenwood. Con: Jarvis. Pens: Jarvis 4.

NEATH-SWANSEA OSPREYS: Durston; Terblanche (Seveali'i 73), Parker, Henson, S Williams; M Jones, Spice (A Williams 77); D Jones (James 73), B Williams (capt; Davies 36), Millward, Newman (Cockbain 77), Thomas, Bater, Tandy (Pugh 60), R Jones (Lloyd 77).

Tries: Henson 2, R Jones, Williams, M Jones, Terblanche. Cons: Henson 5. Pens: Henson 2.

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LLANELLI SCARLETS 38-22 GLASGOW

12th December, Attendance: 4,500

SCARLETS:
Tries: Havili 2, Selley 2, Cooper. Con: Watkins, Bowen. Pens: Bowen 3.

GLASGOW:
Tries: MacLure, Lamont, Lawson. Cons: Howarth 2. Pen: Howarth.

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PERPIGNAN 32-9 NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS

11th December, Attendance: TBC

PERPIGNAN: Grandclaude (Edmonds 77),Bomati, Hume (Marty 66), Manas (cap.) (Grelon 80), Luger, (o) Laharrague, (m) Durand (Loustau 66) - Labat, Robertson, Le Corvec (Goutta 56) - Alvarez-Kairelis, Gaston - Mas (Debaty 74), Van den Heever (Sempéré 71), Debaty (Freshwater 56)
Tries: Le Corvec, Durand, Robertson, Van den Heever, Cons: Laharrague 3 Pens: Laharrague

DRAGONS: Montgomery (Warlow 64), Wyatt, Brew, Tuipolutu, Morgan, Sweeney, Cooper, R. Thomas (Snow 64), Richards (Jones 67), Black (Robinson 75), Sidoli, Gough,Oakley, Ringer, Owen (cap.)
Pens: Sweeney 3

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