Worcester Warriors 27 Castres Olympique 33

A breathtaking display from Rory Kockott helped Castres Olympique to a 33-27 victory over Worcester Warriors at Sixways.

The visitors were behind for much of the match as Worcester opened up with tries from Jamie Shillcock and Marco Mama.

However, Castres were well up for the fight and responded almost immediately on both occasions with scores from scrum-half Kockott – who racked up 23 points for the visitors – and Wilfrid Hounkpatin.

The hosts would lead 20-12 at the break and looked likely to pull away from Castres when Michael Heaney dotted down at the posts after a nice carry from Perry Humphreys, putting them 15 points clear.

But the Castres response was outstanding again, with Kockott crossing the whitewash for a second time and when Baptiste Delaporte went over on 70 minutes, just one point split the sides.

And it would be the visitors who had the final say with captain Kockott grabbing his hat-trick of tries after the French side continued to pile pressure on the Worcester line.

Pau 24 Leicester Tigers 17

A last-minute penalty from Leicester Tigers fly-half Tom Hardwick earned the English club a losing bonus point in Round 6.

Pau looked as though they were strolling towards the last eight as they opened up a 24-7 interval lead, but those hopes were eventually dashed after the Pool 5 winners staged a gritty second-half comeback.

The French club stretched their winning home sequence in the competition to 10 matches with two tries from wing Vincent Pinto and one from prop Teddy Leffler, plus nine points from fly-half Antoine Hastoy.

Pau had lost four of their previous five games against Leicester, but a fifth defeat never looked likely at Stade du Hameau.

Brive 33 Stade Francais Paris 29

Brive edged a European Rugby Challenge Cup Pool 4 thriller against TOP 14 rivals Stade Francais Paris at Stade Amedee-Domenech.

Stade made a great start, opening up a 10-0 lead inside nine minutes with a penalty from fly-half Joris Segonds, who also converted Daguin’s first try.

But Brive rallied with a Giorgadze’s first try that was improved by Enzo Herve before Stade’s second try – by wing Ruan Combrink on 22 minutes – gave them a 15-14 half-time cushion.

The entertainment continued apace after the break, with Brive taking the lead for the first time in the match via Giorgadze’s second try on 44 minutes, only for Stade to march 29-19 ahead with converted scores from wing Adrien Lapegue and Daguin by the 54th minute.

Brive were not finished, though, and hit back with two tries in 10 minutes from scrum-half Vasil Lobzhanidze and replacement Peniami Narisia that were converted by Tedo Abzhandadze to seal the narrow victory.

Our final set of Challenge Cup classics look back at Round 6 of this season’s European Rugby Challenge Cup featuring the likes of Worcester Warriors, Leicester Tigers and Stade Francais Paris.