Club Round Up - 12/13 April

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• Llanelli's Heineken cup run came to an end in disappointment. The Scarlets struggled after going down to fourteen men, following Dafydd Jones's sending off after just ten minutes for a ridiculous stamping offence. The open side will miss the rest of the season, picking up a six week ban for stamping. Which may not be a bad thing for Steve Hansen ahead of the tour to Australia and New Zealand
  
  Perpignan deserved their place in the semi final, a penalty try in the opening minute set them up for a rare away victory. The Catalan club owe a lot to Australian outside half Manny Edmunds, who controlled the game with His boot.
  
  The French side will now travel to Dublin to play Leinster. In the other semi final Munster travel to Toulouse, both beat English opposition in the quarters, Leicester and Northampton in the process.
   
• Another disappointing result for Welsh clubs, was Ponty's 34-19 defeat at Wycombe against Wasps. It's going to be a tall order for the Commando's to turn the deficit around in two weeks time at Sardis. From a Wales perspective it was great to see Ceri Sweeney's superb individual try, but other than a few wasted opportunities they were on the back foot for most of the game, Rob Howley was superb for the home team.
   
• In Italy, Caerphilly continued their run in the Parker Pen Shield, the cheese men will take an eighteen point lead back to Virginia Park for the second leg.
   
• Getting back to less important domestic matter's in the Premiership, Cardiff cruised past Swansea,. And in a dress rehearsal for next weeks Principality cup semi final, Bridgend stuffed Newport off the park, and now look certainties for the title.
  
  Heineken Cup Quarter Finals
  Leicester 7-20 Munster (Sun)
  Leinster 18 -13 Biarritz (Sat)
  Llanelli 19-26 Perpignan (Fri)
  Toulouse 32-16 Northampton (Sat)
  
  Parker Pen Challenge Cup
  Semi-Final First Leg
  Wasps 34-19 Pontypridd (Sat)
  Saracens 38-30 Bath (Sun)
  
  Parker Pen Shield
  Semi-Finals First Leg
  Castres 54-25 Pau (Fri)
  Petrarca 10-28 Caerphilly (Sat)
  
  Welsh Premiership
  Bridgend 56-30 Newport
  Cardiff 44-22 Swansea
  
  National League Division One
  Beddau 24-16 Glamorgan Wanderers
  Blackwood 20-22 Tondu
  Bonymaen 5-20 Whitland
  Carmarthen Quins 31-29 Pontypool
  Llanharan 22-30 Bedwas
  Narberth 16-11 Cross Keys
  Newbridge 18-55 Llandovery
  Rumney 13-24 Tredegar
  Treorchy 3-67 Aberavon