Stade F ………. 24 Lyon ……………..41

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.

Stade Français edged in front again courtesy of Segonds’s boot, but Lyon once again hit back as Sopoaga slotted two more penalties in quick succession.

And Guillaume Marchand and Ethan Dumortier both followed up with late tries to add further gloss to the scoreline and keep their cup defence alive.