By Press Association Sport Staff
Published: 23:47 GMT, 20 January 2019 | Updated: 23:59 GMT, 20 January 2019
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Toulouse earned themselves a quarter-final trip to Racing 92 but they had to work hard for their 20-17 win over Champions Cup Pool One rivals Bath at a sold-out Stade Ernest Wallon.
With a place in the last eight assured before kick off, the only question was who Toulouse would face.
A win with a try-scoring bonus would have seen them head to Leinster; a simple win meant Racing away, while a draw or a defeat would have seen them head to Saracens.
Bath centre Jonathan Joseph was making his first appearance in nine months after injury
TOULOUSE: Medard; Huget, Guitoune, Ntamack, Kolbe; Holmes, Dupont; Castets, Marchand, Faumuina, Arnold, Tekori, Madaule, Elstadt, Kaino
REPLACEMENTS: Ramos for Kolbe (58), Bezy for Holmes (58), Baille for Castets (41), Ghiraldini for Marchand (54), Aldegheri for Faumuina (41), Faasalele for Tekori (50), Tolofua for Elstadt (50), Placines for Kaino (72).
TRIES: Tekori, Dupont
CONS: Holmes (2)
PENS: Holmes, Ramos
BATH: Homer; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Clark, Atkins; Priestland, Cook; van Rooyen, Walker, Perenise, Attwood, Charteris (c), Louw, Bayliss, Mercer
REPLACEMENTS: A. Davies for Homer (79), Wright for Joseph (50), Fotuali'i for Cook (50), Lahiff for van Rooyen (53), Dunn for Walker (53), Thomas for Perenise (53), Stooke for Bayliss (59).
NOT USED: van Vuuren.
TRIES: Rokoduguni, Mercer
CONS: Priestland (2)
TRIES: Priestland
And two first-half tries to cap a dominant early period looked to have the game in the bag - but the hosts let the game drift in the second half, and nearly paid the price.
The Toulouse tries came from Joe Tekori and Antoine
