The Pontypridd number eight Dale McIntosh and Brive flanker Lionel Nallier both received one month suspensions tonight after being sent off during a brutal Heineken Cup clash in France. Scottish referee Ed Murray dismissed them following a prolonged 27th minute brawl that blighted Brive's dramatic 32-31 Pool C victory.
McIntosh had been set upon by several Brive players, and appeared to be defending himself when a full-scale fight erupted.
Murray struggled to keep control of a desperate situation, and had no option but to brandish the red card once tempers cooled.
Despite losing such a key player, the Welsh champions came within seconds of an amazing success, leading 31-27 in injury time before Brive lock Yvan Nanhes claimed a controversial winning try.
Meawhile, Wasps claimed a hard-fought 46-22 victory at Glasgow to leave them well-placed to secure a European Cup quarterfinal spot when they face Ulster next weekend.
Wasps ran away with the game with three touchdowns in the last 10 minutes gave the winning margin a flattering look.
Caledonia produced a brilliant battling performance to claim a famous 17-9 win over Benetton Treviso at McDiarmid Park.
Rowen Shepherd kicked the Scotsmen into the lead and though the Italians threatened to come back into the game, Stuart Grimes won a line-out with 12 minutes to go and the pack combined in a rolling maul towards the line for the only try of the game.
Bath grabbed their second away win in Pool C of the Heineken Cup when they beat Scottish Borders 31-17.
Russell Earnshaw scored a brace of tries as the English side struggled to finish off a battling Borders outfit.
Thierry Lacroix scored 25 points as Harlequins routed Bourgoin 45-7 at The Stoop.
