Summary

  • Sale thrash Pool 4 winners Toulon 33-7 to secure last-16 tie against holders Toulouse

  • Toulouse demolish Leicester Tigers 80-12 to finish second in Pool 1

  • Castres shock Saracens 32-24 to clinch second spot in Pool 3

  • Damian Penaud scores record six tries as Pool 1 winners Bordeaux thrash Sharks 66-12

  • Bordeaux's big win means Ulster finish above Sharks on points difference and qualify for knockout stage

  1. Postpublished at 18:21 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January

    HT: Sale 7-0 Toulon

    Sale need three more tries to qualify for the last 16 as things stand.

  2. Half-time Sale 7-0 Toulonpublished at 18:20 Greenwich Mean Time 19 January

    An uneventful half finishes on a high.

  3. try

    Converted try - Sale 7-0 Toulonpublished at 40 mins

    Tom Roebuck (con George Ford)

    FINALLY!

    Sharp hands get Sale away down the wing. Raffi Quirke then produces an outrageous behind-the-back flick to keep the attacking move.

    The ball goes wide and Tom Roebuck smashes his way over.

    Tom RoebuckImage source, Getty Images
  4. Postpublished at 38 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Dan Biggar is smashed by Tom Curry! However, Sale are unable to retrieve the ball.

  5. Postpublished at 37 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    George Ford is the next player to drop a relatively easy pass.

  6. Postpublished at 35 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Sale nick a line-out and go charging into the Toulon 22. Here we go, points please!

  7. Postpublished at 34 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    For anyone joining us, you are reading that score correctly.

  8. Postpublished at 33 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Toulon get in and spoil the Sale maul. Great defence and another turnover.

  9. No trypublished at 32 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Nothing clear and obvious to overturn the original call. A fair call.

  10. Try review - Salepublished at 32 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Asher Opoku-Fordjour pinballs his way to the tryline. So much power from the 20-year-old prop. Has he got it down?

  11. Postpublished at 30 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Toulon make a mess of a five-metre line-out and the ball goes dead. Big chance now five metres out for Sale.

  12. Postpublished at 29 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Dancing feet sets Robert du Preez clear but he is unable to link up. Another chance goes.

  13. Sale held uppublished at 27 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Toulon do well to get a load of bodies in to hold Sale up over the tryline.

  14. Postpublished at 26 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    A big scrum penalty as new England prop Asher Opoku-Fordjour works some magic. George Ford fires the penalty into Toulon's 22.

  15. Postpublished at 24 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    The ball goes down again and we have a couple of reset scrums. Tom Curry gets involved in some afters and his brother is quickly in behind him.

  16. Postpublished at 22 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    The ball goes wide to Tom Roebuck but he is forced into touch by Rayan Rebbadj. Huge tackle as it looked like Roebuck was in space.

  17. Postpublished at 20 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    George Ford finds touch deep in Toulon territory with a thumping kick from a penalty.

    Big chance for Sale to get on the board.

  18. Postpublished at 17 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Skill.

    Gabin Villiere jumps to take a clearing Sale kick in mid-air before landing just inside the touchline.

    We're talking just a few blades of grass. The home fans think his foot is in touch, of course.

  19. Postpublished at 13 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Tom O'Flaherty decides to run the ball from his own 22 and gets wrapped up by a couple of white shirts.

    Dan Biggar looks to kick the penalty out wide for Gabin Villiere but Sale can gather and clear their lines.

  20. Postpublished at 11 mins

    Sale 0-0 Toulon

    Sale have dominated the early exchanges but the game remains scoreless.

    Toulon have started slowly.