European Champions Cup
Racing Metro, Toulon, Clermont, Leinster, Bath, Northampton, Wasps, and Saracens have all booked a place in the Champions Cup quarterfinals. Heading into the weekend only Toulon had sealed their place making for an exciting weekend. It began on Saturday as Racing Metro and Northampton squared off to see who would win Pool 5. In the end it wasn't much of a contest as Racing Metro won 32-8 to claim the top seed overall in the quarterfinals. Northampton weren't guaranteed a spot in the quarterfinals until Toulouse fell to Montpellier 27-26. Bath were also beneficiaries of Toulouse's defeat. They beat Glasgow 20-15 to not only eliminate the Warriors but also to take the top spot in the pool.
In Pool 1 both Clermont and Saracens were essentially guaranteed a place in the quarterfinals when their clash began on Sunday. All Saracens had to do was avoid losing by 35 points. That's exactly what they did as tries from Nick Abendanon and Vincent Debaty secured a 18-6 win for Clermont. In Pool 3 Toulon already had things sealed and they went out in style from pool play with a 26-3 win over Scarlets. Ulster beat Leicester 26-7 in the other pool match.
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Lastly in Pool 2, Leinster and Wasps drew 20-20 making things very interesting. Matt Mullan and Nathan Hughes scored for Wasps while Fergus McFadden and Isaac Boss had the honors for Leinster. The result was enough to give Leinster the top spot in the pool. Harlequins beat Castres 47-19 to draw level on points with Wasps but a better point differential let Wasps sneak through.
In other scores, Munster beat Sale 65-10 and Benetton Treviso beat Ospreys 23-20. The quarterfinals will see Racing Metro vs. Saracens, Toulon vs. Wasps, Clermont vs. Northampton, and Leinster vs. Bath.
European Challenge Cup
The competition in the European Challenge Cup was much more straightforward than the Champions Cup with most of the pools already decided. The pools with the biggest competition included Pool 1 where London Irish beat Rovigo 34-6 to claim the top spot on point differential over Cardiff, who beat Grenoble 28-3. Pool 4 also had intrigue where Edinburgh beat Bordeaux 38-20 to claim the pool and Lyon only beat London Welsh 17-12 to miss out on the quarterfinals.
In other scores, Newcastle beat Bucuresti, the Dragons beat Stade Francais 30-19, Connacht beat La Rochelle 30-20, Gloucester beat Brive 31-20, and Oyonnax beat Zebre 20-3. The quarterfinals have Gloucester vs. Connacht, Exeter vs. Newcastle, Dragons vs. Cardiff, and London Irish vs. Edinburgh.
British & Irish Cup
The quarterfinals of the British & Irish Cup took place over the weekend. Bristol beat Yorkshire 41-28 to set up a semi-final against Doncaster, who beat Munster A 38-17. The other semi-final will have Leinster A vs. Worcester. Leinster A beat Rotherham 51-32 and Worcester beat Pontypridd 24-10.
Pro D2
It was pretty much a standard week in the Pro D2 with Pau head by double digits and a bunch of other teams trying to play catch-up. Paul beat Colomiers 45-10. Biarritz are in second place thanks to a 18-10 win over Massy. Perpginan are close along with Aurillac. They beat Tarbes 23-19 and Narbonne 33-11 respectively. In other scores, Carcassonne beat Dax 15-6, Agen beat Beziers 30-13, Albi beat Montauban 21-9, and Bourgoin beat Mont-de-Marsan 21-16.
Top League
The Top League got their playoffs underway last week. The final will come down to the Panasonic Wildknights and Yamaha Jubilo after they won their semi-finals. The Wildknights beat Toshiba Fuchu Brave Lupus 50-15 and Yamaha beat Kobelco Steelers 41-12. In the wildcard playoffs the Ricoh Black Rams beat the NTT Shining Arcs 16-12, Suntory beat Kintetsu Liners 24-16, the NEC Green Rockets beat the Canon Eagles 14-10, and the NTT-Docomo Red Hurricanes beat Toyota Verblitz 36-27.
Eccellenza
The Eccellenza had the weekend off.
All-Ireland League
The All-Ireland League had the weekend off.