They could not cross the visitors' line but a third Lamb penalty, with Munster's Tuitupou in the sin bin for a spear tackle on Stringer, followed by a short-range drop-goal, gave the hosts a 12-3 lead.

BBC: London Irish 23-17 Munster

The second main reason for Qatar's political stability is that the country's nationals enjoy a range of generous state handouts, which have swelled under the rule of the current emir, Emir Hamad bin Khalifah Al Thani, who overthrew his father in 1995.

BBC: Qatar's delicate balancing act

On 59 minutes Bristol lost Crompton to the sin bin after the prop tackled Tom Shanklin high, although Blair was short with the resulting long-range penalty attempt.

BBC: Blues 34-18 Bristol

Barkley missed three long-range penalties inside 12 minutes but when Sale's replacement lock Brent Cockbain was sent to the sin-bin for killing the ball he found the target with the 25-metre penalty.

BBC: Gloucester 24-17 Sale

Jarvis levelled the scores with a close-range penalty for the final score of the half but the fly-half was sent to the sin-bin five minutes after the restart after persistent Quins infringement.

BBC: Bristol 15-28 Harlequins