An O'Gara penalty five minutes before the interval gave his side a slender one-point advantage at half-time.

BBC: Munster 27-19 Glasgow

Hamilton had gone into the Singapore round with a slender one-point lead over Massa having failed to overturn his demotion from first to third in the Belgian Grand Prix.

CNN: Alonso wins after Massa pit stop drama

But the Dragons held on to their slender one-point lead for another 20 minutes and eventually got a rolling maul try when they pushed the visiting eight back over their own line, with flanker Sowden-Taylor getting the congratulations from his team-mates.

BBC: Dragons 18-12 Gloucester

But despite their dominance, the Ospreys failed to capitalise - Hook missed a 35th-minute penalty attempt, while Leicester just about cleared a Williams chip into the try area - and they had to make do with a slender one-point lead at the interval.

BBC: Ospreys 23-6 Leicester

Midway through the second half Caerphilly were punished for off-side and Mitchell took advantage by sending over a penalty to give Vale a slender, one-point lead.

BBC: Ebbw Vale (12) 22

At that point they were back on course for the finals with only a point required, but Croatia struck again -- and Russia confirmed their qualification with a slender 1-0 victory in Andorra.

CNN: Croatia crush England Euro dreams