Stade Francais Paris secured a 45-35 bonus-point win over Northampton Saints in a Round 3 match of the Investec Champions Cup. Northampton Saints led 21-19 at the halftime break.
Stade Francais scored seven tries, including a penalty try, to the five scored by Northampton Saints.
Tom Lockett got Northampton Saints on the board just after 10 minutes, before Henry Pollock extended their lead.
Pollock then got another shortly after, breaking through from a ruck to coast in from 40 metres out.
Peniasi Dakuwaqa got Stade Français' first of the evening in response before JJ van der Mescht charged down and ran in to close the gap to 12-21 in Paris.
Yoan Tanga scored early in the second half to keep the French side in it before Henry Walker powered over for Northampton Saints' bonus point.
The hosts hit back shortly after with a penalty try, resulting in Alex Mitchell heading to the sin bin for 10 minutes before Samuel Ezeala finished some great hands to put them in the lead for the first time.
Tanga then got his second to increase their lead to 38-28 before the hour mark before another one from Paul Gabrillagues sealed a 45-35 win.
Scorers:
Stade Francais Paris: Tries: Peniasi Dakuwaqa, JJ van der Mescht, Yoan Tanga (2), Penalty try. Samuel Ezeala, Paul Gabrillagues. Conversions: Zack Henry (4).
Northampton Saints: Tries: Tom Lockett, Henry Pollock (2), Henry Walker, Curtis Langdon. Conversions: Rory Hutchinson (5).
Teams
Stade Francais: 15 Joe Jonas, 14 Peniasi Dakuwaqa, 13 Samuel Ezeala, 12 Julien Delbouis, 11 Lester Etien, 10 Zack Henry, 9 Louis Foursans-Bourdette, 8 Yoan Tanga, 7 Romain Briatte, 6 Tanginoa Halaifonua, 5 JJ van der Mescht , 4 Paul Gabrillagues (c), 3 Francisco Gomez Kodela, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Moses Alo-Emile. Replacements: 16 Alvaro Garcia Albo, 17 Isaac Koffi, 18 Hugo N'Diaye, 19 Sekou Macalou, 20 Baptiste Pesenti, 21 Brad Weber, 22 Louis Carbonel, 23 Joe Marchant.
Northampton Saints: 15 James Ramm, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Tom Litchfield, 12 Rory Hutchinson, 11 Tom Seabrook, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Henry Pollock, 7 Angus Scott-Young, 6 Josh Kemeny (c), 5 Tom Lockett, 4 Ed Prowse, 3 Trevor Davison, 2 Henry Walker, 1 Tarek Haffar. Replacements: 16 Curtis Langdon, 17 Tom West, 18 Luke Green, 19 Callum Hunter-Hill, 20 Fyn Brown, 21 Tom Pearson, 22 Archie McParland, 23 Charlie Savala.