It was left to Stade Francais to fly the flag for France in the PARKER PEN CHALLENGE CUP tonight after Begles-Bordeaux and Colomiers were knocked out by English opposition.
Stade beat Harlequins 29-12 in Paris after winning the first leg 26-0.
Prolific try-scorer Thomas Lombard got a good bounce from a chip-kick to score the only try of the first half, with Italian Diego Dominguez adding 11 points to give the home side a 16-6 lead at the break. Harlequins' goal-kicker Paul Burke added two penalty goals for his side's first points of the series.
The pair - two of Europe's most accomplished goal-kickers - traded penalty goals in the second half before flanker Christophe Moni scored in the final minute, with Dominguez slotting the touchline conversion to give Stade a 17-point victory.
'They're a very powerful team and they'll go a long way in this competition,' Harlequins manager Mike Scott said.
'They put you under pressure and let you make the mistakes. They're the best team we've played this season, and we've played Leicester and Gloucester.'
Meanwhile, Wasps centre Ayoola Erinle scored a game-breaking try as the London side cruised through to the quarter-finals.
Wasps took a 37-point advantage into the second leg at a damp Stade Andre Moga tonight, but didn't need any of them. Envinle set the stadium alight with a superb 50-metre run to the line after 20 minutes.
Burly Scotland international centre James MacLaren replied for the home side and Harlequins' Alex King and former French Test hardman Richard Dourthe swapped shots at goal as the sides went into the break at 13-all.
Wasps began to dominate up front and hit the lead through Samoan powerhouse Trevor Leota from a rolling maul. A repeat effort, this time resulting in flanker Paul Volley going over the line, took Wasps out to 23-13 and King added his third and fourth penalty goals.
Backrower Alex Manta brought Begles-Bordeaux back into it, but it was too late.
In Colomiers, Frenchman Thomas Castaignede slotted 18 points with the boot to put Saracens into the next round.
The sides were level 9-all at the break, but Saracens began the second half in the worst possible fashion when huge Welsh secondrower Craig Quinnell was yellow-carded for a stray boot in a ruck.
Pinpoint kicks from Australian legend Tim Horan and Castaignede kept Colomiers pinned in their 22m, before a beautiful skip-out pass from Horan gave Adryan Winnan the space to send Irish winger Darragh O'Mahony over in the corner.
A third penalty goal to Castaignede extended the lead to eight points, but Horan greeted Quinnell's arrival back on the park by picking up his own yellow card for offside play. David Skrela converted the penalty but a long-range Castaignede goal restored the margin as Colomiers failed to find any gaps in the six-man Saracens backline.
Castaignede's fifth penalty goal took the score to 23-12, and with rival hookers Christophe Laurent (Colomiers) and James Parkes each stealing a late try, Saracens finished with a well-deserved 11-point victory.
