Summary

  • Champions Cup

  • Pool 4 result: Bristol run in nine tries to hammer sorry Pau 61-12

  • Pool 2 result: Toulon overcome Bath 45-34

  • Pool 4 result: Northampton Saints crush rotated Bulls side 50-5

  • Pool 3 result: Harlequins run in 10 tries to beat youthful Bayonne side 68-14

  • Pool 2 result: Much-changed Edinburgh side beaten 33-0 by Castres

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Live Reporting

Steve Mather and Phil Cartwright

  1. Sin-bin: Alulutho Tshakweni (Bulls)

    Northampton 21-5 Bulls

    Moment of controversy here and we've had a lengthy check for something that happened off the ball.

    Bulls prop Alulutho Tshakweni is yellow-carded for a trip on Emmanuel Iyogun - reported to the referee by Saints skipper George Furbank.

    Tshakweni is adamant that Iyogun tripped him first and there is contact between the two beforehand but the officials say the first one was accidental.

    Even if he had been tripped first it was all a bit needless and silly and the Bulls are down to 14 for the next ten minutes.

  2. try

    Converted try: Toulon 28-27 Bath

    Arthur Green (con: Russell)

    They're over!

    One of the replacements, Ewan Richards, gets Bath so close and Arthur Green eventually dots the ball over the line.

    It's a one-point game again - you can't take your eyes off this one.

  3. Toulon 28-20 Bath

    Bath inches away from the tryline...

  4. Toulon 28-20 Bath

    Bath have brought on a host of replacements - maybe even the whole bench! Will have to check that.

    It's certainly a brand new front row which will contest an attacking scrum in Toulon's 22.

    Those bright white shirts they're wearing will soon be dirty on this boggy pitch.

  5. No try

    Northampton 21-5 Bulls

    Saints think they have the bonus point score but it's a fairly clear forward pass from Alex Mitchell to Alex Coles and this one won't count.

  6. try

    Converted try: Toulon 28-20 Bath

    Gael Drean (con: Garcia)

    No sooner do Bath get back to within one point, Toulon go straight up the other end and score a try themselves.

    Kyle Sinckler again gets over the gain line with a powerful surge and, from the next phase of play, wing Gael Drean picks a great line to race in.

  7. converted try

    Converted try: Northampton 21-5 Bulls

    George Hendy (con: Smith)

    The Saints pressure tells with Fin Smith again the architect.

    The fly-half takes a step inside to wrongfoot the advancing defence before sending a left-footed kick over the Bulls line for George Hendy to grab his second and Saints’ third.

    They're well on top now and will be confident of adding more tries with half-an-hour still to play.

  8. try

    Converted try: Toulon 21-20 Bath

    Santi Carreras (con: Russell)

    Bath fight back again!

    The forwards build and build, and in the end the ball is recycled back to Finn Russell, who delays his pass perfectly to pick out Santi Carreras.

    Russell's conversion is good too and suddenly the Prem leaders are back to within one point.

  9. Penalty: Toulon 21-13 Bath

    Mateo Garcia

    And Toulon do that by kicking three points from in front of the posts, taking them beyond a one-score lead.

  10. Toulon 18-13 Bath

    Toulon are camped in Bath's half in the opening stages of the second half.

    They spread the ball wide right and it goes wrong, but the French side had a penalty advantage so they can keep the pressure on.

  11. HT: Northampton 14-5 Bulls

    Chris Jones
    BBC rugby union correspondent at Franklin's Gardens

    This place has become a Champions Cup fortress for the Saints over the past couple of seasons, and they’ve been much the better side in the first 40, albeit with only a nine point lead.

    Plenty of customary slick attack from Northampton, with Fin Smith pulling the strings and both wings crossing, but they’ve been loose and a bit inaccurate - and the Bulls are still in it after a neat try against the run of play from Stravino Jacobs.

    You would definitely expect Saints to pull away after half-time, although some strange things have happened this weekend…

  12. Kick-off

    Toulon 18-13 Bath

    Back under way at Stade Mayol.

  13. Champions Cup round two results

    Here's a reminder of what's happened so far in the Champions Cup this weekend:

    Friday

    • Leicester 15-23 Leinster

    Saturday

    • Stormers 42-21 La Rochelle
    • Sharks 28-23 Saracens
    • Clermont 14-35 Sale
    • Munster 31-3 Gloucester
    • Bordeaux Begles 50-21 Scarlets
    • Glasgow 28-21 Toulouse

    Sunday

    • Castres 33-0 Edinburgh
    • Harlequins 68-14 Bayonne

  14. Half-time

    Northampton 14-5 Bulls

    Saints have scored two tries and take a nine-point lead into the break.

    The Bulls have had their moments though and certainly are no pushovers here.

  15. HT: Toulon 18-13 Bath

    The Pool Two table makes for fascinating viewing at the moment.

    We're in a scenario where a bonus-point win for Toulon, with Bath failing to gain a bonus point, would leave all six teams on five points after two matches.

    If Bath can squeak a win out of this one, it would put them in a great position heading into January's block of fixtures.

    Their remaining pool games are a trip to Castres, followed by a home match against Edinburgh.

  16. Half-time: Toulon 18-13 Bath

    Charles Ollivon's break almost sets up a third Toulon try just before the interval, but Bath scramble back and the ball is held up as the men in black try to ground the ball.

    And that'll be half-time.

  17. converted try

    Converted try: Northampton 14-5 Bulls

    George Hendy (con: Smith)

    Quick hands get Saints in for their second try to stretch out that lead to two scores.

    Alex Mitchell whips the ball out from the base of a ruck and Fin Smith moves it on swiftly to George Hendy to score.

  18. Toulon 18-13 Bath

    This game is going back and forth and back and forth.

    Bath kick to the corner from a penalty but Toulon halt the catch-and-drive and will now have the put-in at a scrum close to their own line.

    Four minutes until half-time.

  19. try

    Try: Toulon 18-13 Bath

    Juan Ignacio Brex

    Must be a Toulon try - and it is.

    Kyle Sinckler's powerful run gets the home side within a metre of the try line, Bath scramble well to deny the ex-England prop, but there are black shirts queueing up to score on the right side and Italy centre Juan Ignacio Brex does the honours.

  20. try

    Try: Northampton 7-5 Bulls

    Stravino Jacobs

    Ollie Sleightholme put Saints in front but it's his error that lets the Bulls back in the contest.

    He loses the ball in contact allowing opposite number Stravino Jacobs to kick on and show electric pace to go over the line.

    Great response from the Bulls.

    Kade Wolhuter has missed both his attempts at goal so far - an early penalty and this conversion as Saints stay in front by two.