Soon-to-retire lock Ali Williams scored a 76th-minute try for Toulon to seal the victory. Photo / Brett Phibbs
A repeat of last season's Heineken Cup final match-up is still on the cards after the weekend's European Champions Cup quarter-finals - and New Zealanders are in the thick of it.
Toulon defeated London Wasps 32-18 at Stade Mayol, keeping alive hopes of an unprecedented "three-peat" in Europe for the
wealthy French club, not to mention the chance of sending soon-to-retire lock Ali Williams out on a high note.
Williams scored a 76th-minute try for Toulon to seal the victory, and had Carl Hayman and Chris Masoe alongside him, though it was the eight goals from Frederic Michalak that proved the difference against Wasps, for whom Manu Samoa wing Alapati Leiua came off the bench.
The most impressive display was Clermont's 37-5 crushing of Aviva Premiership leaders Northampton Saints. Fritz Lee played No8 for the victors while Mike Delany appeared off the bench. Saints fielded James Wilson, Ken Pisi and George Pisi in the backs, while Kahn Fotuali'i and Ahsee Tuala featured off the pine.
The Jimmy Gopperth-Isaac Boss 9-10 axis helped Leinster to an 18-15 victory over Bath, though Gopperth did not take the kicks at goal.
