Salesi Rayasi scored a hat-trick as Bordeaux Begles ran in nine tries and thumped Leicester 64-14 in the Investec Champions Cup at Stade Chaban Delmas.
The first-half rout got under way when Maxime Lucu slotted a sixth-minute penalty and they followed it up with the first of five first-half tries in the 20th minute when Cameron Woki crashed over from close range to make it 10-0.
The floodgates well and truly opened and Bordeaux ran in four tries in the space of 12 minutes before the break, firstly when Rayasi zoomed over the whitewash before Lucu ran in under the posts and further efforts from Louis Bielle-Biarrey and Maxime Lamothe to make it 36-0 at the halfway stage.
Tigers got themselves on the board three minutes into the second period when Izaia Perese ran in under the posts following a careless pass but Ben Tameifuna brushed off the challenge of a few defenders to make sure he restored the hosts' 36-point advantage.
Tigers showed great spirit in the second half to grab another try, this time Leicester worked it right and substitute Billy Searle walked in the simplest try of the contest.
That was all the joy Leicester had though, and Bordeaux scored three more tries courtesy of two Rayasi efforts which earned him a hat-trick either side of Arthur Retiere's try, which wrapped up a convincing 50-point victory to book their place in the quarter-finals.
They’ll face fellow Top 14 side Toulouse in a blockbuster meeting of two French heavyweights.
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Leinster booked their place in the quarter-finals with an entertaining 49-31 victory over Edinburgh in a 12-try affair.
Leinster scored twice in the first six minutes to give them an early 14-point advantage courtesy of a couple of tries from Tommy O'Brien but Edinburgh replied with two of their own, firstly when Charlie Shiel raced away before Ross Thompson crossed over to cut the deficit back to two points.
Leinster hit straight back with their third try when Jimmy O'Brien stretched out in the corner but Edinburgh were not going away, and they replied with their third try when Thompson went over for his second of the afternoon.
Both sides still had time to get another try in an electric first half. Hugo Keenan re-extended Leinster's nine-point advantage before Matt Currie cut the lead back to two again in a breathtaking opening half.
Edinburgh hit the front for the first time in the game 11 minutes into the second half through a moment of magic from Darcy Graham, who dinked the ball over the top and had the beating of Jamison Gibson-Park to touch down.
However, the side from Ireland retook the lead through Josh van der Flier and scored twice more in the space of two minutes courtesy of Thomas Clarkson and Rieko Ioane, who sold the dummy on Graham to finish off a chaotic afternoon.
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