There are still two games to be played today - but it is definite that the following teams are already eliminated from going into the quarterfinal stage of the competition:-
Pool 1 = Bath, Wasps - two games to be played
Pool 2 = Exeter, Castres, Gloucester
Pool 3 = Cardiff. Lyon
Pool 4 = Scarletts, Leicester
Pool 5 = Montpellier. Toulon, Newccastle
The situation us that the pool winners will go through to the quarterfinals:-
Pool 1 = Leinster - 25
Pool 2 = Munster - 21
Pool 3 = Saracens - 28
Pool 4 = Racing - 26
Pool 5 = Edinburgh - 23
So which teams would go through to make up the 8 quarterfinals teams:-
Pool 4 = Ulster - 22
Pool 1 = Toulouse - 21
Pool 3 = Glasgow - 19
So the situation will be as follows: iro the joint log:-
1 Saracens - 28
2 Racing Metro - 26
3 Leinster - 25 *
4 Edinburgh - 23
5 Ulster - 22
6 Munster - 21
7 Toulouse - 21
8 Glasgow - 19
So the quarters will be as follows (home teams highlighted):-
# Saracens vs Glasgow
# Racing Metro vs Toulouse
# Leinster vs Munster
# Edinburgh vs Ulster
The following from a international perspective is emerging:-
Ireland - 3 teams
France - 2 teams
Scotland - 2 teams
England - 1 team
Wales - 0
It is a disgrace that only one team from England made it through to the quarterfinals,
