Champions Cup novices La Rochelle are through to the quarter-finals at the first attempt as winners of Pool 1 but a spirited Harlequins performance prevented them from getting a home tie. Wasps were hoping Quins could do them a favour by beating La Rochelle, but they had to be content with their own bonus-point victory at the Ricoh Arena that knocked out Ulster. One of those for side entry midway through the first half gave the home side the chance to take a scrum five metres out. La Rochelle went back to their power play and, after destroying the Quins scrum, Bales kicked a second penalty. Just after the hour mark a clever kick to the posts by Smith forced La Rochelle to concede a penalty.

Source: Evening echo January 21, 2018 18:22 UTC