Anglo-French flavour to Amlin last eight

The Welsh club, Biarritz and Harlequins are the three Heineken Cup Pool runners-up who have qualified for the knock-out stages of the Amlin Challenge Cup, with defending champions Harlequins travelling to Toulon, and Biarritz going in the opposite direction to meet London Wasps.
Stade Français Paris - last season's finalists - Brive, Toulon and 2003 champions Wasps were the four Pool winners to clinch home advantage while Exeter Chiefs marked only their second season in European club rugby with a place in the last eight and a trip to Paris.

The growth in both status and popularity of the tournament is reflected by the 273,167 spectators who attended the Pool matches in this season's tournament. That figure represents a significant 17% increase on the 2010/11 total of 233,598.

ERC, the tournament organisers, will announce the dates, venues and kick-off times for the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals on Thursday.

The qualifiers and their rankings for the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals are:
1 Stade Français Paris - Pool 1 winner - 29 points and 33 tries
2 Brive - Pool 5 winners - 27 points and 26 tries
3 Toulon - Pool 2 winners - 25 points and 26 tries
4 London Wasps - Pool 3 winners - 24 points and 21 tries
5 Biarritz Olympique - Heineken Cup Pool 5 runner-up - 18 points and 18 tries
6 Harlequins - Heineken Cup Pool 6 runner-up - 17 points and 11 tries
7 Scarlets - Heineken Cup Pool 1 runner-up - 15 points and 12 tries
8 Exeter Chiefs - Pool 4 winners - 23 points and 22 tries
QUARTER-FINALS - 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 APRIL
Stade Français Paris v Exeter Chiefs
Brive v Scarlets
Toulon v Harlequins
London Wasps v Biarritz Olympique
SEMI-FINALS - 27 / 28 / 29 APRIL
The winner of the first named quarter-final in each semi-final pairing will have home advantage.
Semi-final 1: Toulon or Harlequins v Stade Français Paris or Exeter Chiefs
Semi-final 2: London Wasps or Biarritz Olympique v Brive or Scarlets
AMLIN CHALLENGE CUP FINAL - Twickenham Stoop - Friday, 18 May - 20.00