The Crusaders ensured they will finish top of the table in Super Rugby after battering the Rebels on Saturday.
There was late drama in both Super Rugby matches on Friday, with Scott Higginbotham the hero for the Reds in their win over the...
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Marcus Smith was perfect with the boot as England edged to a Quilter Cup success against the Barbarians.
The Lions overcame South African rivals Stormers 41-22 in an exhilarating Super Rugby clash in Johannesburg.
Lyon booked a Top 14 semi-final against Clermont after a hard-fought 21-16 victory over Montpellier on Saturday.
Exeter Chiefs led by 11 points midway through the second half, but Saracens produced a comeback worthy of champions to win the double.
The Crusaders were 20-0 up midway through the first half, but the Chiefs rolled up their sleeves to pull off an unlikely victory.
La Rochelle finished behind Racing 92 in the Top 14 regular season but dumped the Paris club out of the play-offs on Friday.
The Blues looked set to claim a dramatic Super Rugby win over the Bulls, but Harry Plummer failed to convert a late penalty.
Leinster failed to read the script as Stuart Hogg's final Glasgow Warriors match ended in a painful Pro14 final defeat.
The Blues have now suffered 10 consecutive losses to the Crusaders after Super Rugby's leaders edged a tense Christchurch encounter.
There will be a new Top 14 champion after Castres missed out on a top-six finish with a final-day defeat to Toulon.
Will Genia's head injury was the only disappointment for the Rebels as they thrashed the rock-bottom Sunwolves in Tokyo on Saturday.
A 19-13 defeat to the Chiefs has ruined the Reds' hopes of reaching the Super Rugby finals, while the Brumbies beat the Bulls on...
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Neither Bordeaux Begles nor Stade Francais can make the play-offs in the Top 14 after suffering painful defeats in the penultimate round.
Perpignan suffered a 23rd loss in 25 Top 14 games as Louis Dupichot and Simon Zebo scored hat-tricks in Racing 92's 52-14 victory.