Aviron Bayonnais secured home EPCR Challenge Cup Top 16 advantage by beating Gloucester Rugby 55-17. Both teams qualified for the EPCR Challenge Cup Top 16.
After Charlie Chapman got Gloucester Rugby off to a great start with a try inside four minutes, Baptiste Germain hit back for Aviron Bayonnais six minutes later.
The French continued their momentum, scoring through Lucas Martin and Camille Lopez, leading 22-10 at the halftime break.
Federico Mori sliced through and sped to the corner for a super solo score from the halfway line to get Bayonne's bonus-point just three minutes into the second half, with both sides gunning for a win to secure a home knockout.
Baptiste Germain, Lucas Martin and Camille Lopez dotted down in the first half before tries from Federico Mori, Facundo Bosch, Cheikh Tiberghien, Cheikh Tiberghien and Giovanni Habel-Kuffner powered them to victory.
Cameron Jordan replied for Gloucester as they also secured knockout qualification with Scarlets in Pool 3.
Scorers:
Aviron Bayonnais: Tries: Baptiste Germain, Lucas Martin, Camille Lopez, Federico Mori, Facundo Bosch, Cheikh Tiberghien (2), Giovanni Habel-Kuffner. Conversions: Camille Lopez (3), Joris Segonds (3). Penalty: Camille Lopez.
Gloucester Rugby: Tries: Charlie Chapman, Cameron Jordan. Conversions: George Barton, Charlie Atkinson. Penalty: George Barton.
Teams
Aviron Bayonnais: 15 Tom Spring, 14 Nadir Megdoud, 13 Guillaume Martocq, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Arnaud Erbinartegaray, 10 Camille Lopez (c), 9 Baptiste Germain, 8 Uzair Cassiem, 7 Baptiste Heguy, 6 Noa Traversier, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Denis Marchois, 3 Pieter Scholtz, 2 Lucas Martin, 1 Martin Villar. Replacements: 16 Facundo Bosch, 17 Swan Cormenier, 18 Pascal Cotet, 19 Alex Moon, 20 Giovanni Habel-Kuffner, 21 Guillaume Rouet, 22 Joris Segonds, 23 Cheikh Tiberghien.
Gloucester Rugby: 15 George Barton, 14 Louis Hillman-Cooper, 13 Will Butler, 12 Max Knight, 11 Jacob Morris, 10 Charlie Atkinson, 9 Charlie Chapman, 8 Albert Tuisue, 7 Harry Taylor (c), 6 Danny Eite, 5 Cameron Jordan, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Alfie Petch, 2 Morgan Nelson, 1 Jamal Ford-Robinson. Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Archie McArthur, 18 Jono Benz-Salomon, 19 Deian Gwynne, 20 Caio James, 21 Caolan Englefield, 22 Rory Taylor, 23 Jack Cotgreave.