Summary

  • Northampton Saints clinch place in Champions Cup semi-finals with emphatic win

  • Henry Pollock scores two tries as home side turn on the style at Franklin's Gardens

  • England full-back George Furbank scores try on return to side but goes off injured

  • Saints will face four-time champions Leinster in Dublin in May

  • Bordeaux Begles beat Munster 47-29 to set up last-four match with either Toulon or defending champions Toulouse

  • Damian Penaud and Louis Bielle-Biarrey both score for Bordeaux who had Cyril Cazeaux sent off

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance

  1. Sin-bin: Tom Ahern

    Bordeaux 32-15 Munster

    The replacement Tom Ahern is shown a yellow card for a breakdown infringement.

    That could shift the momentum back towards the hosts.

  2. Penalty: Bordeaux 32-15 Munster

    Matthieu Jalibert

    Bordeaux respond immediately with points from the boot of Matthieu Jalibert.

  3. try

    Try: Bordeaux 29-15 Munster

    Andrew Smith

    Stephen Smith scores for MunsterGetty Images

    Try for Munster!

    Tom Farrell eats up ground with a powerful carry before the ball is spread wide to winger Andrew Smith who grubbers and races down the flank to collect and score.

    The conversion goes wide but Munster have a lifeline.

  4. Missed penalty: Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    Matthieu Jalibert

    Matthieu Jalibert skews his kick wide and the score-line remains the same.

  5. Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    Bordeaux rumble forward with a rolling maul and it is deemed to have been stopped illegally.

    Penalty to Bordeaux and Matthieu Jalibert points to the posts.

  6. Sin-bin: Cyril Cazeaux

    Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    Six penalties in a row results in the referee showing a yellow card to second row Cyril Cazeaux to clamp down on the French side's indiscipline.

  7. Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    Jack Crowley kicks another penalty to the corner.

    Can Munster capitalise on this spell of territory?

    No, the lineout malfunctions again and the ball is cleared to the halfway line.

  8. Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    A brilliant penalty kick from Jack Crowley into touch deep inside Bordeaux's half.

    An infringement while on the attack sees Munster lose momentum.

    The hosts kick back to Munster who now look eager to turn the tide with another attack approaching the 22.

  9. Second half under way

    Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    Referee Nika Amashukeli blows the whistle and the second half has begun.

    Matthieu Jalibert kicks deep into Munster's half.

  10. Champions Cup route to the final

    Quarter-finals

    Friday - Leinster 52-0 Glasgow Warriors

    Saturday - Bordeaux Begles v Munster (15:00 BST)

    Saturday - Northampton Saints v Castres (17:30 BST)

    Sunday - Toulon v Toulouse (15:00 BST)

    Semi-finals (ties to be played 2/3/4 May):

    Bordeaux/Munster v Toulon/Toulouse

    Leinster v Northampton/Castres

  11. Half-time

    Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    Bordeaux go into the break with a 19-point lead following a dominant first half.

    The hosts scored four tries through Damian Penaud, Maxime Lucu, Pete Samu and Jon Echegaray. Matthieu Jalibert added points from the kicking tee with three conversions and a penalty.

    A try from Alex Nankivell just before the break gives the hosts a lifeline but it has been a difficult first half for the Irish side.

  12. converted try

    Converted try: Bordeaux 29-10 Munster

    Alex Nankivell (con: Crowley)

    Alex Nankivell scores Munster's tryGetty Images

    Munster score!

    It's Alex Nankivell who eventually crashes over from close distance after a period of territory and possession for the visitors.

    The score reduces the deficit but they face a long way back after a first half dominated by Bordeaux.

    Jack Crowley helps the cause by adding a tricky conversion.

  13. Bordeaux 29-3 Munster

    Munster applying some pressure just before the break and the referee gives Bordeaux a talking to for repeated infringements.

    Munster camped on the line but can they capitalise?

  14. Bordeaux 29-3 Munster

    A penalty to Munster gives them another chance to attack before the break.

    They secure the ball and sling the ball wide.

    An offside from the hosts gives Munster another penalty and they point to the corner.

  15. Bordeaux 29-3 Munster

    Munster's lineout sails over the top and Bordeaux will look to clear their lines.

    Maxime Lucu's box-kick in charged down but they manage to clear the ball on the second attempt.

    Munster have a lineout in what will be the last play of the half.

  16. converted try

    Converted try: Bordeaux 29-3 Munster

    Jon Echegaray (con: Jalibert)

    Echegaray scores Bordeaux's fourthGetty Images

    Wonderful hands from Bordeaux as they sling the ball wide with a series of well-worked passes.

    Louis Bielle-Biarrey motions towards the line but then cuts back inside and supplies the ball to his back-three colleague, Jon Echegaray, who twists his way over the line and dots down.

    Matthieu Jalibert slots a tricky conversion.

  17. Bordeaux 22-3 Munster

    Bordeaux spark a rapid break forward and it looks to be a certain try but Jack Crowley intervenes to stop their progress.

    The out-half knocks on the ball but it's deemed to a legitimate attempt at an intercept so it's just a scrum to the hosts.

  18. Bordeaux 22-3 Munster

    Stephen Ferris
    Former Ireland and Ulster flanker on Premier Sports

    Munster look like they're flagging a bit, they're fatigued. We all thought could they go to the well and do it again [after beating La Rochelle]. But they've spent so much time in their half.

  19. Missed penalty: Bordeaux 22-3 Munster

    Matthieu Jalibert

    Matthieu Jalibert pulls his attempt at the posts just wide.

  20. Bordeaux 22-3 Munster

    Munster win a lineout inside their own half and hoist a high kick up to Damien Penaud who runs it back.

    Munster penalised for going off their feet at the breakdown and it's another penalty for the hosts.

    They point to the posts.