Three to fall: Stade Français, against the Lions (30-12), Perpignan, in Glasgow (26-18) and Brive, against Connacht (31-24) all fell on Friday, during the 2nd day of the Challenge Cup.
For their first in South Africa, the Parisians had put the dishes in the big ones: yet leaving a week before in Johannesburg, the pink soldiers were no match for the local Lions, conceding four tries.
Usap, for its part, stumbled in Scotland, at the Warriors, the fault of a complicated first period with two of their three tries conceded in the first forty minutes.
Finally, Brive paid dearly for his indiscipline, at home, against the Irish province of Connacht. Almost the whole match in numerical inferiority (red card for Papalii 20th, yellow cards for Ratuva 31st and Karkadze 47th), the Brivistes finished strong. But too late to win, despite three tries in the last twenty minutes.