European Challenge Cup round up

The Scottish side led 16-10 at halftime, on the back of a try to winger Francisco Leonelli and the boot of Dan Parks, but referee Hayes became the toast of more than 4,000 home fans by awarding his second penalty try of the match. Glasgow salvaged a losing bonus point with a 73rd-minute try to former rugby league winger Hefin O'Hare, but Saracens held on for the win. The English club opened the scoring through the boot of Glen Jackson, before Leonelli's well-taken try and four goals from Parks gave the visitors a healthy
16-3 advantage. A penalty try late in the first half was the start of Saracens'
fightback, and a try to Kevin Yates and the second penalty try gave the home side 23 straight points and the victory. Guinness Premiership leaders Bristol had to work hard to get the better of Bucuresti in a European Challenge Cup match in Romania

Scrum-half Brian O'Riordan scored a second-half brace of tries to save Bristol's blushes in the 27-3, and coach Richard Hill was left shaking his head afterwards.

"We were up for it, but we were sloppy," he said. "Bucuresti were strong and they make life hard for you. They are a strong, well organised side.

"We made quite a few changes from last week and we didn't click. We thought we could run the ball and score 12 fantastic tries without doing the hard work, but you can't do that at this level. We went away from our game-plan.

"I don't know if it was complacency - I honestly don't know what the reason was. We should have won by a much bigger margin today."

The Romanian side, beaten by Gloucester by 100 points last season, showed plenty of grit on their home turf, limiting Bristol to two first-half tries to inside centre Sam Cox and winger Marko Stanojevic.

Home fly-half Dan Dumbrava gave the small crowd some cheer with a penalty goal, before O'Riordan moved his side clear with a clever try after Bucuresti backrower Alex Tudori was sin-binned for killing the ball.

O'Riordan completed his brace as the match entered its dying stages, and replacement fullback Luke Arscott grabbed his side's fifth try to finish the scoring.

Elsewhere, Worcester cruised to a 25-7, bonus-point victory over Italian side Viadana at Sixways Stadium.

Wales prop Chris Horsman crashed over for the crucial fourth try early in the second half, matching the first-half effort of fellow front-rower Lee Fortey, but Viadana's line remained intact for the final half an hour.

Italy international winger Kaine Robertson scored the visitors' only try in first half, and they showed enough to give the Warriors plenty to think about before the return match in Italy in round six.

The boot of diminutive Narbonne outside-half Christopher Ruiz dashed GRAN Parma's hopes of a rare European victory as they lost 19-16 at home.

The sides were locked at 10-all at halftime after tries to Parma lock Gaston Llanos and Narbonne backrower Benjamin Beaux, but the home side's Rima Wakarua lost a second-half kicking war, slotting only two penalty goals to Ruiz's three.