But either side of that - and the opportunities for Paul Robinson and Schofield either side of half-time - the game was generally well controlled by the hosts.
Fortunately for the slightly shell-shocked home side, fly-half Jones had kept them ticking over on the scoreboard and his third penalty after just 18 minutes meant the Scarlets only trailed 9-12.
After Dave Walder and Ryan Davis traded penalties to leave Wasps with a 9-6 lead, tries either side of half-time put the hosts in charge.
Paul Barratt put Padiham ahead early on away at Stone Dominoes, but two goals either side of half-time saw the home side through to victory.
The ex-All Black converted both of his tries either side of half-time and added three penalties to banish any doubts about Quins' Premiership status.
Lolesi then scored either side of half-time before the game erupted midway through the second half when Tupou was dismissed for punching Stuart Jones in the face.
The absences forced coach Mick Potter to name rookie debutant Lee Gaskell, 19, at stand-off, with Jon Wilkin back in the side at scrum-half alongside him after a 12-match injury absence.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, serving the first of a five-match touchline ban, was in regular telephone contact with the United dugout and acted to change his side at half-time, replacing the injured Brown with Fabio da Silva and replacing Hernandez with Berbatov.
Sharks fly-half Gaffie du Toit scored after a sweeping move downfield as the Durban-based side built a 17-9 half-time lead.
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Leon Osman gave the home side a half-time lead only for Darren Bent to equalise straight after the restart.
Two Darren Boyce goals on either side of half-time put Coleraine in control.
But, with Paul Deacon influential, they turned round the deficit with a flurry of tries either side of half-time.
Cipriani cut the gap to six with two penalties, either side of half-time.
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Their arrival sparked Wigan into life and they ran in six tries in the space of 27 minutes either side of half-time.
Kameli Ratuvou scored a try for Saracens either side of half-time but two Thomas penalties ensured Leeds kept in touch with their hosts.
Further indiscipline by the Llanelli side in first-half injury time allowed Howarth to reduce the Glasgow deficit to 12-8 with his first penalty of the match.
More chances followed either side of half-time as Huddlestone's long-range effort was pushed away by Vaniak before the midfielder smashed a shot against the angle after ghosting past Ladislav Volesak.
Leeds' discipline deserted them either side of half-time when firstly Hendre Fourie was sin-binned for conceding a succession of penalties before Thomas was shown yellow for pulling back Freddie Burns.
Both teams were playing with real ambition and when Cipriani landed a penalty either side of half-time to cut the gap to six points it looked as though a cliff-hanger was in the works.
Since that day, Jonny Wilkinson has returned to the side at fly-half and formed an effective combination with Mike Catt -- he is expected to shrug off a groin problem -- while the likes of Simon Shaw and Andrew Sheridan have been inspirational up front.
Malouda may have left the field to a chorus of vitriol at half-time but he and his team-mates returned to torment the home side with a superb second-half display.
Trailing 1-0 from the first leg, Roberto Mancini's side conceded two first-half goals.
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Doug Howlett scored two tries in the first half, with Paul Warwick kicking two penalties and a conversion to give the Irish side an 18-9 half-time lead.
Newport fared little better, with a shot into the side netting just before half-time from Bowen the best the home side from Conference League South could muster.
Alexander Geynrikh fired against the post for the visitors, while Brazilian-born Cesar curled a left-footed free-kick onto the post for the home side seven minutes before half-time.
Wales led the All Blacks at half-time on Saturday before Henry's side let rip in the second half to win 29-9.
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