Northampton gave themselves a glimmer of hope before half-time when Chris Mayor flicked the ball on one-handed for Diggen to cross in the left-hand corner.
Wigan pressurised the visiting ball-carriers and after the ball was spilled, Deacon fired a cross-kick to the corner which was collected in the air by Carmont and then touched down for the first try after only two minutes.
The outstanding Burns chipped away and then set up Sharples with a perfect cross-kick to the right corner after the break.
O'Gara landed a superb penalty from 40m after 45 minutes, and 10 minutes later his cross-kick to the right corner led to the opening try.
The Irish fly-half then set up Howlett to score in the corner with a delightfully executed cross-field kick, adding his fifth conversion to increase Munster's advantage.
Messi, who has been criticized after indifferent recent form, set up Keita for the opener as the Mali international dived to head home the Argentine's clever cross from a well-worked short corner in the 25th minute.
It was left to a more experienced head to make Chelsea's progression to the quarter-finals secure, as Deco was given time and space in the box to collect Cole's left-wing cross, control and fire in to the bottom right-hand corner of Al Habsi's net.
In the penultimate game of the Magic extravganza, the opening try came when Burrow's cross-field kick found Hall in the corner.
And the home side took the lead on 27 minutes when England winger Hall took full-back Webb's cut-out pass to cross at the corner.
Shortly before the break, a James penalty gave Bath their first points but Saracens responded with vigour as winger Strettle broke free to cross the whitewash in the right-hand corner.
Kevin Sinfield's slick offload set up a cross-field move rounded off when Senior went over in the left-hand corner, a historic try as it kept up his record of having scored in every season of Super League.
Gillies scored it, just reward for his hard work, catching Craig Brown's cross-field kick to touch down in the corner.
The excellent Beldhaj produced a inch-perfect cross from the left and Defoe instinctively and precisely volleyed the ball into the corner to make it 2-0.
But the last laugh went to Ponty, when a Lee Jarvis cross-kick from halfway saw Wyatt cross near the corner.
The Algerian midfielder, who is on loan from Benfica, powerfully headed in Kevin Prince Boateng's right-wing cross after Wolves failed to clear a corner.
Crouch, who Redknapp publicly backed after his sending off in the Bernabeu, was perfectly placed to head in strike-partner Roman Pavlyuchenko's cross following a short corner.
And it was not long before they claimed their first try thanks to Tovey's cross-field kick which saw Harries go over in the corner for an unconverted try.
Leeds staged a late rally and looked to have pinched a win when Iestyn Harris and Blackmore worked the ball wide for right winger Karl Pratt to cross at the corner and Harris' superb touchline goal - his third from four attempts - edged the visitors back in front.
And Little made no mistake just after the restart when meeting Lee Briscoe's cross with a powerful drive which flew into the top right-hand corner of the net.
The prolific Peter Thompson fired into the bottom corner from Mark Dickson's cross to make it 2-0 on 40 minutes.
But he did brilliantly to keep out Carew's close-range header from Young's clipped cross - only for the Eagles' resistance to be finally ended from the resulting corner.
Villa could only half block Cruyff's cross and the ball broke to Sheringham who planted it left-footed into the corner of the net, although Enckelman managed to get a hand to the shot.
And then on 18 minutes, Leinster stretched the Scarlets with Shaun Berne's long cross-field pass finding wing Dempsey in acres of space to go over in the corner.
Modric was the creator with a diagonal pass of the highest calibre that exposed the left side of Villa's defence and when Hutton sent in his cross Van der Vaart side-footed a precise finish low past Friedel into the bottom corner.
Deane prodded home a left-wing corner by Muzzy Izzet after visiting striker Ashley Ward had flashed the cross dangerously across his own goal line.
Helguson headed over from 15 yards after a fine McBride cross and the American flashed a shot wide at the near post from a well-worked corner.
Ryan Babel equalised with a glancing header from Lucas Leiva's cross and Albert Riera put them ahead with a 25-yard drive that found the top corner.
The LA Galaxy midfielder sent over an inch-perfect cross from the right that Crouch expertly chested down and smashed into the bottom corner from seven yards.
Mossie Lawlor was first to cross the Welshmen's try line just before half-time, finishing off in the corner after some heavy Munster pressure in front of the posts.
But the visitors hit back and Andy Griffin waltzed into the area before pulling a cross across the face of goal and in-form striker Long then headed wide from a corner.
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