Bath kept their European hopes alive with a shock victory against Toulouse on Saturday.

Adedayo Adebayo's early try and Jon Preston's trusty right boot, which collected 14 points, saw Bath claim victory over a side which had already qualified for the quarter-finals and not lost at home for two years.

Bath will go through as one of the two best-placed runners-up as long as other results go their way.

The west-country side started the game superbly when Adebayo escaped Emile Ntamack's clutches to dive over in the corner after 13 minutes.

Dan Lyle won the line-out to set up the move and the ball went through Preston, Mike Catt, Mike Tindall and Matt Perry, who came into the line perfectly to feed his winger.

Preston's conversion and second penalty put Bath 13-3 ahead, before indiscipline let them down and Michel Marfaing punished the visitors with two penalties before the break.

Bath nevertheless started the second period with their tails up and Preston kicked them further ahead within minutes.

Christian Labit thought he had scored with just 10 minutes to go, but referee Nigel Whitehouse judged the flanker to have been held up short.

By then, Preston had given Bath a 10-point cushion before Jerome Cazalbou picked up and dived over the line in injury time for a late consolation try.

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Padova 25-29 Swansea

Arwel Thomas' reliable kicking helped Swansea salvage just a touch of pride in a bad-tempered clash against Padova in Italy.

Thomas was on target with three conversions and a penalty goal, but Swansea were still able only to edge to an unimpressive win against what amounts to a poor Italian outfit.

Padova were also in good kicking form with two conversions and two penalties in a match that coughed and spluttered but got nowhere.

Swansea's four tries came from various sources all over the pitch; flanker Dean Thomas, scrum-half Rhodri Jones, hooker Chris Wells and full-back Kevin Morgan all touching down.

Padova crossed courtesy of Filippo Rampazzo on the wing, centre Luca Pasqualin and back row Corrado Covi.

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Grenoble v Edinburgh Reivers - postponed due to a frozen pitch

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Pontypridd 38-36 Munster

Pontypridd ended their European campaign on a high with a deserved win over previously unbeaten visitors Munster.

Ponty's trump card proved to be full-back Brett Davey who notched up 23 points.

After surviving heavy Munster pressure and power from the kick-off Ponty shot into the lead with a gem of a try from Rory Greenslade-Jones - though Munster soon drew level with another spectacular touch-down from Alan Quinlain.

After the lead had exchanged hands a number of times, Ponty surged in front, thanks to Davey running in an intercepted pass.

After the interval O'Gara cut Ponty's lead with an easy 22 metre kick. But the Welsh club hit back when Field crashed over from a line-out.

In the closing stages Munster threw everything into attack and edged in front with a try from David Wallace converted by O'Gara.

But in a grand stand finish Pontypridd sealed the win with a try from John Colderley - converted by Davey on the whistle.

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Neath 23-29 Northampton

Northampton took the honours against Neath to claim a home draw in the quarter-finals.

Saints fly-half Ali Hepher, standing in for Paul Grayson, left the home side without a prayer with a superb 29-point contribution.

Former Neath player Allan Bateman also had an afternoon to remember, marking his first appearance at The Gnoll since 1989 with a try.

Neath battled bravely and scored second-half tries through Duncan Jones and James Storey, but they could not cope with Northampton's power, despite a barnstorming show from number eight Shawn van Rensburg.

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Leicester 10-32 Leinster

Leicester crashed to their first defeat at Welford Road in two years as their disappointing European Cup campaign came to an end against Leinster.

The Tigers had seen their hopes of a quarter-final place dashed even before they took to the field following the victory by Stade Francais in Glasgow on Friday.

Rugby manager Dean Richards reacted by resting a clutch of his England internationals who were carrying niggling injuries or suffering from flu as he looked towards next week's crunch league game against Saracens.

The reigning Allied Dunbar Premiership champions did score two fine tries against their Irish visitors through wings Nnamdi Ezulike and Leon Lloyd.

But a team missing the likes of Martin Johnson, Austin Healey and Darren Garforth - Tim Stimpson came on as a late replacement - had no answer to the boot of Emmet Farrell.

The outside-half kicked 22 points for a Leinster side who went into the game still with a chance of qualifying as a best runner-up.