Phillips leaves the Falcons to sign for Stade Francais while Brive have captured Noon.
Flutey left London Irish in 2007 to join Wasps, before moving on to Brive in 2009.
Malone scored his first try for the Exiles in Brive and was pleased with his all-round performance.
BBC: London Irish's Chris Malone is focused for Brive return
Sexton added another penalty just after the break but Brive gave themselves hope with Gerhard Vosloo's try.
After spells at Glasgow Caledonians, Watsonians and Brive, Smith made his Northampton debut on 1 September 2001.
The visitors could have taken the lead after two minutes but Luciano Orquera missed a penalty for Brive.
Having worked at Brive, as well as coaching the French national side, Ellis understands the culture of French clubs.
The England centre's current club, Brive, is reported to be looking to off-load him to reduce their wage bill.
The Exiles beat Brive 36-3 in France last weekend but Malone says they will not allow complacency to set it.
BBC: London Irish's Chris Malone is focused for Brive return
He is expected to line-up against rivals Brive in the French Top 14 League on Saturday at the Mayol Stadium.
Isa Nacewa, Gordon D'Arcy and Brian O'Driscoll scored second-half tries, with Retief Uys and Scott Spedding replying with tries for Brive.
English fly-half Andy Goode put Brive ahead but a try from full-back Rob Kearney and four Jonathan Sexton penalties put Leinster in charge.
Sexton and Shane Horgan then both went close to crossing the Brive line but were kept out by determined defence from the visitors.
Leinster then piled on the pressure and were rewarded when D'Arcy breached the Brive defence and dived over beside the posts after 65 minutes.
The Rodney Parade side reached the semi-finals on that occasion, winning their group and beating Brive in the quarter finals, before losing away to Clermont.
He is now looking to follow in the footsteps of Brive's Flutey, who has nine England caps after originally being called up during his time at Wasps.
Also added to the bench are Northampton lock Courtney Lawes, who won his first cap as a replacement against Australia last November, and Brive hooker Steve Thompson.
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Sexton converted to make the score 22-5 to Leinster but Scott Spedding raced clear in the 76th minute to reduce Brive's deficit, Agulla again missing the conversion.
Sexton extended the lead when Brive were penalised at a scrum and although Goode replied with his second kick, further indiscipline gave Leinster two penalties before the break.
In the injury-enforced absence of Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood, uncapped Leicester fly-half Sam Vesty and Brive's Andy Goode were selected ahead of Cipriani for the senior squad.
He began his domestic career with Bristol in 1991 before moving to Bath six years later, helping them win the Heineken Cup against French side Brive in 1998.
The link with Toulon came in the same week Wasps trio James Haskell, Tom Palmer (both Stade Francais) and Riki Flutey (Brive) joined French clubs for next season.
The former Leicester, Brive and Sharks number 10 says the big difference between Worcester and their play-off rivals is the strength in depth, funded by owner Cecil Duckworth.
Falcons face Gloucester on Sunday and have ties with Brive and Cetransa prior to the Bristol game and Noon says the club must not look too far ahead.
Two-time Heineken champions Munster, who failed to qualify for the knock-out stages of the elite tournament for the first time in 13 years, have an away tie in Brive.
Brive did reduce the deficit on 65 minutes when flanker Vosloo barged over after a spell of pressure but the home side were punished for an error from the kick-off.
That forward dominance by Gloucester, whose mighty front row of Scottish prop Alasdair Dickinson, France cap Olivier Azam and former Brive tight-head Pierre Capdevielle dominated their opposite numbers, told before half-time.
Richard Francis and John Slade, both recruited from Neath, fill some of the holes, while John Welborn is expected to arrive from Brive, but Connolly knows he still needs to strengthen.
Mattie Stewart (Northampton) Gordon Bulloch (Glasgow) Tom Smith (Brive).
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