There were victories for Sale, Dragons, Bath, London Irish and Northampton Saints in Friday's Anglo-Welsh Cup pool games.
Scarlets 18-45 Sale Sharks
Sale brought the curtain down on their Anglo-Welsh Cup campaign with an impressive seven-try 45-18 victory over the Scarlets on Friday.
They led 19-18 at the break but then pulled clear thereafter, despite having Faf de Klerk sent off for a second yellow card on 58 minutes.
Josh Charnley, Rob Webber, Ben Curry, Will Cliff, Arron Reed, Josh Strauss and Curtis Langdon crossed for the visitors in their triumph.
The scorers:
For Scarlets:
Tries: Price, Rees
Con: Maynard
Pens: Maynard 2
For Sale:
Tries: Charnley, Webber, Curry, Cliff, Reed, Strauss, Langdon
Cons: Cliff 4, Redpath
Yellow Card: Cliff
Red Card: De Klerk
Scarlets: 15 Tom Williams, 14 Morgan Griffiths, 13 Rhodri Jones, 12 Scott Lloyd, 11 Jac Price, 10 Jack Maynard, 9 Lee Rees, 8 Jack Condy (c), 7 Stuart Worrall, 6 Lewis Ellis-Jones, 5 Bryce Morgan, 4 Josh Helps, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Emyr Phillips, 1 Phil Price
Replacements: 16 Dafydd Hughes, 17 Berian Watkins, 18 Steff Thomas, 19 Chris Long, 20 Lloyd Pike, 21 Gareth George, 22 Ioan Hughes, 23 Oli Ryland
Sale: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Josh Charnley, 13 Luke James, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Sam James, 9 Will Cliff, 8 Josh Strauss (c), 7 Ben Curry, 6 TJ Ioane, 5 Josh Beaumont, 4 Bryn Evans, 3 WillGriff John, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Ross Harrison
Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 James Flynn, 18 Halani Aulika, 19 Matt Postlethwaite, 20 Nic Dolly, 21 Faf de Klerk, 22 Kieran Wilkinson, 23 Arron Reed
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Wayne Davies (Wales), Jason Griffiths (Wales)
Dragons 33-27 Worcester
Dragons won only their second pool fixture on Friday as they edged out Worcester 33-27 to deny them a place in the knockout stages.
Jarryd Sage, Ashton Hewitt, Zane Kirchner, Sarel Pretorius and Tyler Morgan all scored for the hosts in Wales as they took five points.
Kurt Haupt, Dean Hammond and Tom Howe crossed for Worcester as they suffered a third loss in their four games, ending their hopes.
The scorers:
For Dragons:
Tries: Sage, Hewitt, Kirchner, Pretorius, Morgan
Cons: Kirchner 4
For Worcester:
Tries: Haupt, Hammond, Howe
Cons: Olver 3
Pens: Olver 2
Yellow Card: Howard
Dragons: 15 Ashton Hewitt, 14 Jared Rosser, 13 Jarryd Sage, 12 Connor Edwards, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Zane Kirchner, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Harri Keddie (c), 7 James Benjamin, 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Rynard Landman, 4 Joe Davies, 3 Nicky Thomas, 2 Liam Belcher, 1 Gerard Ellis
Replacements: 16 Rhys Buckley, 17 Luke Garrett, 18 Dan Suter, 19 Henri Williams, 20 Adam Warren, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Tyler Morgan, 23 Calvin Wellington
Worcester: 15 Ben Howard, 14 Alex Hearle, 13 Dean Hammond, 12 Ollie Lawrence, 11 Tom Howe, 10 Sam Olver, 9 Luke Baldwin, 8 Tom Dodd, 7 Matt Cox, 6 Alafoti Faosiliva, 5 Andrew Kitchener, 4 Anton Bresler, 3 Simon Kerrod, 2 Kurt Haupt, 1 Ryan Bower (c)
Replacements: 16 Matti Williams, 17 Gareth Milasinovich, 18 Nick Schonert, 19 Justin Clegg, 20 Huw Taylor, 21 George Wootten, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Nick David
Referee: Andrew Jackson (England)
Assistant referees: Dan Jones (Wales), Aled Liddington (Wales)
Ospreys 19-32 Bath
Bath secured a place in the knockout stages of the Anglo-Welsh Cup after defeating the Ospreys 32-19 with a try bonus-point in Swansea.
Bath led by only a point at the turnaround after going in 13-12 in front, but put 19 further points on the board after their half-time team talk.
Levi Douglas and Matt Banahan crossed while their other scores were penalty tries as they left Ospreys rooted to the bottom of their Pool.
The scorers:
For Ospreys:
Tries: D Cross, S Cross, Hook
Cons: Price 2
For Bath:
Tries: Douglas, Banahan, Penalty try 2
Con: Lewis
Pens: Lewis 2
Ospreys: 15 Dafydd Howells, 14 Dewi Cross, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 James Hook, 11 Jay Baker, 10 Luke Price (c), 9 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 8 Sam Cross, 7 Will Jones, 6 Guy Mercer, 5 Lloyd Ashley, 4 James Ratti, 3 Ma’afu Fia, 2 Scott Otten, 1 Rhodri Jones
Replacements: 16 Ifan Phillips, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Alex Jeffries, 19 Kieran Martin, 20 Josh Cole, 21 Matthew Aubrey, 22 Tiaan Thomas-Wheeler, 23 Joe Gatt
Bath: 15 Darren Atkins, 14 Jeff Williams, 13 Will Hurrell, 12 Matt Banahan, 11 Jack Wilson, 10 Josh Lewis, 9 Max Green, 8 James Phillips, 7 Josh Bayliss, 6 Miles Reid, 5 Charlie Ewels (c), 4 Levi Douglas, 3 Shaun Knight, 2 Ross Batty, 1 Nick Auterac
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Will Vaughan, 18 Sam Nixon, 19 Will Britton, 20 Matt Garvey, 21 Darren Allinson, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 James Wilson
Referee: Steve Lee (England)
Assistant referees: Gwyn Morris (Wales), Carwyn Williams (Wales)
Cardiff Blues 21-42 London Irish
London Irish have done all they can in the Anglo-Welsh Cup pool stage after they thumped Cardiff Blues 42-21 in a bonus-point success.
This result leaves the Exiles top of their pool on 12 points but Newcastle and Leicester are breathing down their neck, with their final pool games against Gloucester and Wasps coming on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
Alex Lewington, Ofisa Treviranus (2), Arno Botha, Tom Fowlie and Joe Cokanasiga claimed Irish's tries in a confidence-boosting victory.
The scorers:
For Cardiff Blues:
Tries: Summerhill, Davies, Domachowski
Cons: Shingler 3
For London Irish:
Tries: Lewington, Treviranus 2, Botha, Fowlie, Cokanasiga
Cons: Marshall 6
Cardiff Blues: 15 Rhun Williams, 14 Ryan Edwards, 13 Aled Summerhill, 12 Garyn Smith, 11 Corey Howells, 10 Steven Shingler, 9 Lewis Jones, 8 Seb Davies, 7 Olly Robinson (c), 6 Josh Turnbull, 5 James Down, 4 Damian Welch, 3 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Ethan Lewis 1 Rhys Gill
Replacements: 16 Kirby Myhill, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Anton Peikrishvili, 19 Owen Lloyd, 20 Alun Lawrence, 21 Reiss Cullen, 22 Max Llewellyn, 23 Dan Fish
London Irish: 15 James Marshall, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Tom Fowlie, 12 Johnny Williams, 11 Alex Lewington, 10 Theo Brophy Clews, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Ofisa Treviranus, 7 Max Northcote-Green, 6 Arno Botha, 5 Mike Coman (c), 4 Franco van der Merwe, 3 Ollie Hoskins, 2 David Paice, 1 Ben Franks
Replacements: 16 Dave Porecki, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Petrus Du Plessis, 19 Sebastian De Chaves, 20 Blair Cowan, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Tommy Bell, 23 Aseli Tikoirotuma
Referee: Michael Hudson (England)
Assistant referees: Gareth John (Wales), Rhys Jones (Wales)
Northampton Saints 36-10 Harlequins
Northampton Saints wrapped up top spot in their Anglo-Welsh Cup pool after they brushed aside Harlequins 36-10 at Franklin's Gardens.
George North, Tom Stephenson, Ahsee Tuala and a Ken Pisi double saw them to the spoils as they finish the pool stage on 15 points.
Mark Lambert and Joe Marchant scored in defeat for Harlequins who must now wait to see how Exeter fare against Saracens on Saturday.
The scorers:
For Northampton:
Tries: North, Stephenson, Tuala, Pisi 2
Cons: Francis 3, Myler
Pen: Francis
For Harlequins:
Tries: Lambert, Marchant
Northampton: 15 Ahsee Tuala, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 Nafi Tuitavake, 12 Tom Stephenson, 11 George North, 10 Piers Francis, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Teimana Harrison, 7 Jamie Gibson, 6 David Ribbans, 5 Christian Day (c), 4 Api Ratuniyarawa, 3 Kieran Brookes, 2 Mikey Haywood, 1 Francois Van Wyk
Replacements: 16 Reece Marshall, 17 Campese Ma’afu, 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19 Mitch Eadie, 20 Heinrich Brüssow, 21 Nic Groom, 22 Stephen Myler, 23 Ben Foden
Harlequins: 15 Aaron Morris, 14 Ross Chisholm, 13 Joe Marchant, 12 Henry Cheeseman, 11 Alofa Alofa, 10 James Lang, 9 Dave Lewis, 8 James Chisholm (c), 7 Luke Wallace, 6 Archie White, 5 James Horwill, 4 Stan South, 3 Josh McNulty, 2 Joe Gray, 1 Mark Lambert
Replacements: 16 Charlie Piper, 17 Cameron Holenstein, 18 Josh Ibuanokpe, 19 Sam Twomey , 20 Mat Luamanu, 21 Jono Kitto, 22 Ian Prior, 23 Cadan Murley
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant referees: JP Doyle (England), Hamish Smales (England)
TMO: Keith Lewis (England)
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