NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will need at least a losing bonus point from tomorrow’s fixture with Stade Francais to earn a home quarter-final in the European Rugby Challenge Cup.

The Dragons have already qualified for the last eight courtesy of topping Pool Three but Edinburgh’s bonus-point win against Bordeaux-Begles means they still have work to do.

The Scottish side triumphed 38-20 at Murrayfield thanks to scores by Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (2), Matt Scott and WP Nel to win Pool Four with a total of 22 points.

Lyn Jones’ men currently have 21 and a bonus point would see them climb above Edinburgh in the seedings by virtue of better points difference.

Current seedings

  1. Gloucester (Q) – played 6, 29 points
  2. Edinburgh (Q) – played 6, 22 points
  3. Newport Gwent Dragons (Q) – played 5, 21 points
  4. Exeter (Q) – played 5, 20 points
  5. London Irish – played 5, 19 points
  6. Cardiff Blues - played 5, 19 points
  7. Bordeaux-Begles played 6, 16 points
  8. Newcastle - played 5, 16 points

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9. Connacht - played 5, 15 points

Remaining fixtures

Pool One: Rovigo v London Irish, Grenoble v Cardiff Blues (both Saturday)
Pool Two: Exeter v Bayonne, La Rochelle v Connacht (both Saturday)
Pool Three: Newport Gwent Dragons v Stade Francais, Bucharest v Newcastle (both Saturday)
Pool Four: London Welsh v Lyon (Sunday)