Champions Leinster clinch final home quarter-final berth

Holders Leinster romped to a 34-19 victory at Wasps on Sunday to win Pool 1 and secure a home quarter-final in the European Champions Cup. In the other match in the pool, Toulouse held off a late rally by visiting Bath to win 20-17. Munster's victory over Exeter the previous evening meant Leinster and Toulouse, the only teams to have won the competition on four occasions, kicked off knowing they were already in the last eight. The only question was whether Leinster would slip up, allowing Toulouse to pinch first place in the pool and a home quarter-final. The French club started quickly and raced to a 17-3 half-time lead with tries by Joe Tekori and Antoine Dupont. But with Leinster winning easily in Coventry, Toulouse seemed to lose their edge, conceding tries to Zach Mercer and Semesa Rokoduguni either side of a home penalty by Thomas Ramos that proved to be the final winning margin. At the Ricoh Arena, hooker Sean Cronin scored two of Leinster's four tries to take his tally to six in this year's competition, tied as top scorer with Ulster winger Jacob Stockdale. Wasps scored three second half tries, but trailed by at least 10 points from the 17th minute on. "We're a small bit disappointed with our performance, but happy with the points. We leaked a few easy tries," said Leinster scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park. "We were in control of the scoreboard for most of the game. We got a home game for our supporters," Leinster coach Leo Cullen said. Leinster will host Irish rivals Ulster in Dublin. Cullen said the game would be at the Aviva Stadium, where Ireland plays its internationals but joked "if they can find a bigger stadium maybe they can put it there." Toulouse will travel to Paris to face French rivals Racing 92. On Saturday, Racing clinched the second seed spot with a home victory over the Scarlets who led after 50 minutes, before the French side pulled clear in the last half an hour to win 46-33. "When you can ensure a home quarter-final and, if you win that, a home semi-final, that's far from negligible," said Racing forwards coach Laurent Travers. Earlier on Saturday, Saracens survived an early scare after conceding three tries by visiting Glasgow Warriors in the opening 20 minutes and won 38-19 to complete a clean sweep of their six matches in Pool 3 and secured the top seeding throughout the knockout rounds. Their immediate reward is another home game against the Scottish outfit, who advanced as the third-best pool runners-up. In the other game in the pool, Marty Moore and winger Robert Baloucoune scored tries in the last quarter as Ulster overturned a 13 point deficit to win 14-13 in Leicester and ensure a place in the last eight. - 'A dark place' - On Saturday evening, Joey Carbery kicked a penalty with eight minutes to play to give Munster a 9-7 victory over Exeter and a quarter-final berth. Exeter had needed a win and for an hour in Limerick on Saturday -- after Don Armand squirmed over from a ruck for the only try of a grim and gritty game -- it looked as if the Chiefs might pull off a victory. "The passion the boys showed today and the belief, we had to go to a dark place to win," Munster lock Tadgh Beirne said. Munster had the lowest points tally of any of the five group winners and will have to play away at Edinburgh, who beat Montpellier 19-10 on Friday. With less than two weeks until the start of the Six Nations Sunday's games added to the problems for England coach Eddie Jones. Captain Owen Farrell missed Saracens' game on Saturday after suffering a thumb injury which makes the fly-half a doubt for his side's tournament opener away to Ireland. Flanker Brad Shields was ruled out just before kick-off of Wasps' defeat to Leinster with a side strain. Lock Joe Launchbury went off after a blow to the head, though Wasps coach Dai Young said the forward, who missed the November internationals with a knee injury, had passed a head injury assessment. A lock for the last eight: Joe Tekori touched down as Toulouse edged past Bath