Saracens tumbled out of the Investec Champions Cup after a 45-12 loss at Bordeaux while Exeter beat Bath and Leinster defeated Leicester to reach the quarter-finals.
Saracens crashed out of the Investec Champions Cup after a 45-12 loss at Bordeaux. Bordeaux scored six tries in all to set up a home quarter-final against Harlequins next week. The French side were denied no fewer than five first-half tries by TMO and assistant referee decisions, but fly-half Mateo Garcia scored two tries either side of the half-time interval to settle his side's nerves.
Exeter reach quarter-finals Bath could not overcome the loss of injured fly-half Finn Russell as Exeter reached the Champions Cup quarter-finals by beating them 21-15 at a windswept Sandy Park. Scotland star Russell departed the action after just 15 minutes, before his replacement Orlando Bailey went off hurt during the third quarter. And the cumulative effect was too much for Bath to absorb as Exeter fought back - into the wind - from eight points adrift.
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