CHALLENGE Cup holders Lyon had to come from behind twice to win at Stade Français and earn a place in the quarter-finals.
Lyon with face another Top 14 side – Toulon – next weekend as they continue their quest for a second successive title.
Stade Français were in front at the break thanks to a penalty try and a Joris Segonds penalty, but a hat-trick of penalties from former All Blacks fly-half Lima Sopoaga kept Lyon in touch.
And they turned it round in the second half courtesy of a penalty try, and another from Baptiste Couilloud, converted by Sopoaga.
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