Challenge Cup round-up: Newcastle Falcons make it six wins from six
Last Updated: 20/01/18 10:52pm
Adam Radwan scored a hat-trick of tries as Newcastle made it six wins from six in Challenge Cup Pool One after a 33-19 win over Enisei-STM.
Federico Giliberti went over for an early try that Aleksandr Budychenko converted to give the hosts an early 7-0 lead, but Newcastle rallied with tries from Mark Wilson, Radwan (two) and Toby Flood, who converted three times to give the Falcons a 26-7 half-time lead.
Anton Sychev crossed to get the home side back into the game before Radwan completed his hat-trick and Mikheil Gachechiladze added a late consolation for the Georgian side.
Dragons 33-17 Bordeaux-Begles
Dragons edged into second place in the pool on points difference after beating Union Bordeaux Begles 33-17.
Elliot Dee, Cory Hill, Ashton Hewitt, Lloyd Fairbrother and Pat Howard scored their tries and they must now wait to see if that is good enough to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Kransny Yar 17-24 London Irish
London Irish boosted their own faint hopes of qualifying as a best-placed runner-up with a 24-17 victory at Krasny Yar.
Tom Fowlie scored two tries and Matt Williams and Ben Loader also crossed but the Exiles remain reliant on other results going their way.
Connacht 50-14 Oyonnax
Niyi Adeolokun scored a first-half hat-trick as Pool Five leaders Connacht ended the group campaign with a 50-14 win over Oyonnax.
Bundee Aki, Tiernan O'Halloran, Matt Healy and Thomas Farrell also went over for Connacht, who were awarded a penalty try, too.
Zebre 38-30 Agen
Zebre beat Agen 38-30 with both teams already eliminated, while Worcester's game in Brive was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch and was switched to an evening kick-off in Tulle.
Lyon 18-21 Cardiff Blues
Lloyd Williams and Tom Williams crossed for already qualified Cardiff Blues, who were also awarded a penalty try in the 21-18 win over Lyon in Pool Two.
Toulouse 28-21 Sale
Sale, who were already out of the competition, were beaten 28-21 by Toulouse.
Marland Yarde, Luke James and Josh Beaumont scored their tries with Will Addison converting all three.
Stade Francais 17-10 Edinburgh
Edinburgh Rugby secured a home quarter-final against Cardiff Blues despite going down in Paris to Stade Francais.
Richard Cockerill's side, guaranteed to finish top of Pool 4 going into their final group game, scored two second-half tries through Damien Hoyland and Dougie Fife, but slipped to their first defeat in this season's tournament.
Brive 33-7 Worcester
Worcester Warriors were denied a place in the knockout stages after losing their final pool match to Brive, in a delayed kick-off after the game was switched from its scheduled venue.
Warriors required at least two points from their final group fixture to guarantee their place in the quarter-finals, but Brive went over for five tries to clinch a bonus-point win needed to leapfrog them into second place.
Brive's home ground, the Stade Amedee-Domenech, was waterlogged so kick-off was delayed four-and-a-half hours while the venue was switched to nearby Stade Alexandra Cueuille.
