Edinburgh remain undefeated as Bayonne and Perpignan qualifies

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SUNDAY WRAP: Edinburgh secured top spot in Pool Three following their 36-15 victory over Black Lion with Bayonne in second spot behind them having thrashed Gloucester by 55-17.

Perpignan's victory over Zebre ensured a third place finish in Pool One to secure Round of 16 qualification ahead of the fourth placed Cardiff.

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Edinburgh were on the scoreboard as soon as the fifth minute through a try by Sam Skinner which Ben Healy converted.

Healy added a penalty goal to extend the lead into double figures in the 10th minute, but Edinburgh found themselves a player down as Pierre Schoeman was yellow-carded in the 15th minute.

Black Lion recorded their first points through Luka Matkava in the 19th minute but Edinburgh struck back through wing Wes Goosen four minutes later who crossed the whitewash as Healy added the extras.

Luke Crosbie scored Edinburgh's third try of the match in the 28th minute as Healy stayed on song with the boot before Magnus Bradbury was sent off for dangerous play in the 34th minute.

Black Lion went down to 14 players on the stroke of half-time when Giorgi Chkhartishvili was yellow-carded.

There were further tries for Edinburgh through Matt Currie and Paddie Harrison while Black Lion scored a couple of their own through Irakli Kvatadze and Shalva Aptsiauri in the second half as one try each way was converted.

There were also more yellow cards as both sides lost players to the sin-bin - with Black Lion's Tornike Kakhoidze given his marching orders in the 57th minute and Edinburgh's Ben Healy soon after joining him in the naughty chair in the 61st minute.

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Down at the Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne put the hammer down against the Cherry & Whites as they recorded a 55-17 victory over Gloucester.

The visitors opened the scoring as soon as the fifth minute through Charlie Chapman which George Barton converted.

Bayonne struck back through Baptiste Germain in the ninth minute as Camille Lopez failed to add the extras before Barton added a penalty in the 23rd minute to extend the lead to five points.

Bayonne stayed in touch with a penalty of their own in the 30th minute through Lopez but then the flood gates opened.

Tries to Lucas Martin and Camille Lopez in the final 10 minutes before half-time saw the hosts hold a 12 point lead at the break - with Lopez converting both scores.

The second half saw the bleeding continue for Gloucester as Federico Mori went over in the 43rd minute, followed by tries to Facundo Bosch and Cheikh Tiberghien who grabbed a brace.

Bayonne's final try of the match came in the 74th minute through Giovanni Habel-Kuffner as Gloucester had to settle for a consolation score in the 78th minute which Charlie Atkinson converted before the match came to a close.

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In the final clash of the weekend Perpignan travelled to Italy as they did enough to secure a place in the Round of 16 by defeating Zebre by 39-21.

The visitors opened their account with back-to-back penalty kicks by Antoine Aucagne in the eight and 15th minutes respectively before crossing the whitewash for the opening try by Riko Buliruarua in the 19th minute.

Aucagne extended the lead to 14 points with another penalty kick but Zebre struck back with their opening try through former New Zealand Sevens player Scott Gregory in the 35th minute which Thomas Dominguez converted.

The second half saw Zebre miss back-to-back penalty attempts by Dominguez and Jacopo Trulla within the first five minutes respectively before Aucagne slotted an attempt of his own for Perpignan in the 51st minute to extend the lead to 10 points.

Zebre clawed back with a try by Giovanni Licata a minute later but it was cancelled out by Apisai Naqalevun four minutes later.

The hosts' final score of the evening came through a try in the 66th minute by Rusiate Nasove which Giovanni Montemauri converted.

Perpignan took the game away in the final 10 minutes of the match - with tries to Apisai Naqalevu and Seta Toganiyadrava of which Aucagne converted one and also added a late penalty kick in the 80th minute to seal the deal for the visitors.

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Sunday's scores and scorers: 

Edinburgh 36-15 Black Lion 

Scorers

For Edinburgh:
Tries: Skinner, Goosen, Crosbie, Currie, Harrison
Cons: Healy 4
Pens: Healy

For Black Lion:
Tries: Kvatadze, Aptsiauri
Con: Matkava
Pen: Matkava

Yellow cards: Pierre Schoeman (Edinburgh - 15'), Giorgi Chkhartishvili (Black Lion - 40'), Tornike Kakhoidze (Black Lion - 57'), Ben Healy (Edinburgh - 61')

Teams

Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Lewis Wells, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Charlie Shiel, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Luke Crosbie (captain), 6 Tom Dodd, 5 Sam Skinner, 4 Marshall Sykes, 3 Paul Hill, 2 Paddy Harrison, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Glen Young, 20 Hamish Watson, 21 Ali Price, 22 Ross Thompson, 23 Mosese Tuipulotu.

Black Lion: 15 Luka Tsirekidze, 14 Akaki Tabutsadze, 13 Tornike Kakhoidze, 12 Ioane Metreveli, 11 Shalva Aptsiauri, 10 Luka Matkava (captain), 9 Tengiz Peranidze, 8 Luka Ivanishvili (captain), 7 Mikheil Gachechiladze, 6 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili, 5 Guram Ganiashvili, 4 Mikheil Babunashvili, 3 Bachuki Tchumbadze, 2 Shalva Mamukashvili, 1 Vasil Kakovin.
Replacements: 16 Irakli Kvatadze, 17 Nika Khatiashvili, 18 Giorgi Chkhartishvili, 19 Lado Chachanidze, 20 Demuri Epremidze, 21 Davit Khuroshvili, 22 Amiran Shvangiradze, 23 Sandro Todua.

Referee: Jeremy Rozier (France)
Assistant referees: Adrien Marbot (France), Benjamin Hernandez (France)
TMO: Cedric Marchat (France)

Bayonne 55-17 Gloucester 

Scorers 

For Bayonne:
Tries: Germain, Martin, Lopez, Mori, Bosch, Habel-Kuffner, Tiberghien 2
Cons: Lopez 3, Segonds 3
Pen: Lopez

For Gloucester:
Tries: Champan, Jordan
Cons: Barton, Atkinson
Pen: Barton

Teams

Aviron Bayonnais: 15 Tom Spring, 14 Nadir Megdoud, 13 Guillaume Martocq, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Arnaud Erbinartegaray, 10 Camille Lopez (captain), 9 Baptiste Germain, 8 Uzair Cassiem, 7 Baptiste Heguy, 6 Noa Traversier, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Denis Marchois, 3 Pieter Scholtz, 2 Lucas Martin, 1 Martin Villar.
Replacements: 16 Facundo Bosch, 17 Swan Cormenier, 18 Pascal Cotet, 19 Alex Moon, 20 Giovanni Habel-Kuffner, 21 Guillaume Rouet, 22 Joris Segonds, 23 Cheikh Tiberghien.

Gloucester: 15 George Barton, 14 Louis Hillman-Cooper, 13 Will Butler, 12 Max Knight, 11 Jacob Morris, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Charlie Chapman, 8 Albert Tuisue, 7 Harry Taylor (captain), 6 Danny Eite, 5 Cameron Jordan, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Alfie Petch, 2 Morgan Nelson, 1 Jamal Ford-Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Archie McArthur, 18 Jono Benz-Salomon, 19 Deian Gwynne, 20 Caio James, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Rory Taylor, 23 Jack Cotgreave.

Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
Assistant referees: Mike English (Wales), Ellis Poulden (Wales)
TMO: Tom Spurrier (Wales)

Zebre 21-39 Perpignan 

Scorers

For Zebre:
Tries: Gregory, Licata, Nasove
Cons: Dominguez, Montemauri 2

For Perpignan:
Tries: Buliruarua, Toganiyadrava, Naqelevu 2
Cons: Aucagne 2
Pens: Aucagne 5

Zebre: 15 Giacomo da Re, 14 Jacopo Trulla, 13 Fetuli Paea, 12 Damiano Mazza, 11 Scott Gregory, 10 Giovanni Montemauri, 9 Thomas Dominguez, 8 Giacomo Ferrari, 7 Jacopo Bianchi, 6 Luca Andreani, 5 Matteo Canali, 4 Rusiate Nasove, 3 Juan Pitinari, 2 Luca Bigi (captain), 1 Luca Rizzoli.
Replacements: 16 Tommaso di Bartolomeo, 17 Paolo Buonfiglio, 18 Muhamed Hasa, 19 Leonardo Krumov, 20 Bautista Stavile Bravin, 21 Gonzalo Garcia, 22 Giovanni Licata, 23 Alessandro Gesi.

Perpignan: 15 Antoine Aucagne, 14 Jefferson Joseph, 13 Riko Buliruarua, 12 Apisai Naqalevu, 11 Seta Toganiyadrava, 10 Jake McIntyre, 9 Gela Aprasidze, 8 Alessandro Ortombina, 7 Patrick Sobela, 6 Noe Della Schiava, 5 Mathieu Tanguy, 4 Marvin Orie, 3 Nemo Roelofse, 2 Victor Montgaillard (captain), 1 Bruce Devaux.
Replacements: 16 Mathys Lotrian, 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili, 18 Akato Fakatika, 19 Bastien Chinarro, 20 Lucas Bachelier, 21 James Hall, 22 Job Poulet, 23 Jean-Pascal Barraque.

Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Daniel Carson (Ireland), Tomas O'Sullivan (Ireland)
TMO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)