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Full card for La Rochelle

And four!

The defending champion from La Rochelle, already qualified for the eighth, finished the job by largely dominating the English from Northampton (31-13).

Grégory Alldritt's teammates were certainly helped by the two red cards from Dingwall (40th) and Salakaia-Loto (80th) but above all they made their job easier by scoring five tries, including three in the last twenty minutes.

Now guaranteed to finish in the top two, Stade La Rochelle will certainly receive in eighth but also during a potential quarter.

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No achievement for Racing 92

The hard blow.

Semi-finalist last season, finalist three times, Racing 92 will not participate in the final phase of the Champions Cup for the first time since the 2016-2017 season.

Racing 92 players disappointed after the last try conceded against Leinster on Saturday, which marked their elimination from the Rugby Champions Cup, at the Aviva stadium in Dublin (Ireland) on January 21, 2023. © Paul Faith / AFP

It's a real disappointment for the ambitious Ile-de-France club, dominated in Ireland by Leinster (36-10).

Despite this third defeat in four matches, the Ciel et Blancs still save their heads since they will be transferred to the Challenge Cup.

However, they were on par with the Irish ogre for a good hour before breaking down, not really helped by the lack of success of their Scottish striker Finn Russell (three failures on foot).

"We will do honor to the Challenge but our ambition was quite different," said Racing manager Laurent Travers.

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UBB, Clermont and Lyon eliminated

The day before, Lou had stayed in the game by making short work of the Pretoria Bulls (31-7).

But that's still not enough for Xavier Garbajosa's men, who have also returned to the Challenge Cup.

Gloucester's Georgian pillar Val Rapava Ruskin is tackled by the UBB defense during the Champions Cup match between the two teams on Saturday at the Chaban-Delmas Stadium in Bordeaux, January 21, 2023. © Thibaud MORITZ / AFP

Eliminated even before kick-off, the UBB ended its continental campaign on a setback, difficult to swallow, at home, in front of the English of Gloucester (26-17).

Too undisciplined, the Girondins cracked in the second half, the fault of the three yellow cards collected by Diaby (34th), Boniface (35th) and Jalibert (53rd).

And they ended up losing the thread, punished on foot by the back George Barton (11 points).

Powerless against the Stormers (30-16), sometimes too undisciplined, the Auvergnats led for a good half hour but they left the big continental competition by the back door.

ASM, which is going through a complicated period and has just named Christophe Urios on its bench, has scored only one try, by the Argentinian Bautista Delguy (61st).

Place in the Top 14!

Finally, Castres, who had nothing to hope for, once again fell, this time on the field of the Exeter Chiefs (40-3).

The CO finished dead last with a zero point and a match to forget: no try, a red card (Tukino 37th) and three yellow cards (Delaporte 34th, Babillot 38th, Azar 73rd).

Already qualified, the Toulousans will want to continue their flawless performance on Sunday against the Irish of Munster.

At the same time, Montpellier, reigning French champion, receives the London Irish and can still hope to see the final phase.

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