From NICK CAIN at Murrayfield

STADE Francais have been Europe’s nearly men for so long they must have thought they were jinxed.
However, the players who went on strike a few weeks ago to foil a merger with arch Parisian rivals Racing, finally carried them over the threshold with a final quarter surge in the Edinburgh drizzle which swept gritty Gloucester aside.
A 56th minute try by Jonathan Danty – one of the leaders of the strike – was the spark that carried them to their first European silverware in five attempts, having lost two European Cup and two Challenge Cup fina...