Scarlets: Nicholas; Rogers, Roberts, J Williams, Mee; Costelow, G Davies; Mathias, van der Merwe, Thomas, Douglas, Lousi, Plumtree, Macleod (capt), Fifita.

Replacements: S Evans, Hepburn, Holz, J Price, Taylor, Hughes, Lloyd, James.

Sin-bin: Douglas 56

Black Lion: Tsirekidze; Tabutsadze, Tapladze, Kakhoidze, Shvangiradze; Matkava (capt), Peranidze; Kakovin, IKvatadze, Chkhartishvili, Chachanidze, Babunashvili, Mamamtavrishvili, Tsutskiridze, Ivanishvili.

Replacements: Zamtaradze, Abdushelishvili, Tchumbadze, Epremidze, Sinauridze, Khuroshvili, Metreveli, Todua.

Red card: Chachanidze 41

Sin-bin: Matkava 16

Referee: Kevin Bralley (FFR)

Assistant referees: Vincent Blasco Baque & Flavien Hourquet (FFR)

TMO: Cedric Marchat (FFR)

After thumping Zebre in their opener, Connacht made the perfect start in their bid to make it two victories from as many matches in Europe as Ralston sniped in from close range after seven minutes.

Jack Carty converted to give the visitors the perfect start at the Stade Aime Giral.

Things got even better four minutes later when De Buitlear crossed after a maul, and Carty again added the extras.

Prop Boyer-Gallardo got Perpignan on the board in the 17th minute, and Aucagne's penalty nudged the hosts to within six points.

However, Connacht ended the half on top and wing Mullins darted over in the 37th minute for give Pete Wilkins' side a 19-8 half-time advantage.

That lead was almost wiped out by a flurry of Perpignan points in the opening 10 minutes after the restart. Aucagne kicked a penalty before wing Joseph crossed out wide.

Fly-half Aucagne then converted to bring the French side to within one point.

However, Connacht weathered the storm and managed to see out the game.

Replacement back row Boyle put daylight between the sides with the bonus-point score, and better was to come when former Ulster hooker Adam McBurney crossed late on.

Perpignan: Crossdale; Joseph; Buliruarua, Naqalevu; Granell; Aucagne, Hall; Boyer-Gallardo, Lam, Roelofse; Ortombina, Warion; Schiava, Hicks, Dvali.

Replacements: Montgaillard, Barcenilla D'Onghia, Brookes, Chinarro, Fa'aso'o, Aprasidze, Allan, Duguivalu.

Connacht: Cordero; Mullins; Ralston, Forde; Smith; Carty, Devine; Buckley, de Buitlear, Illo; Murray, Joyce; Prendergast, Hurley-Langton, O'Brien.

Replacements: McBurney, Duggan, Aungier, Dowling, Boyle, Murphy, Hawkshaw, Oliver.

Benetton: Smith; Lynagh, Menoncello, Fekitoa, Ratave; Albornoz, Uren; Spagnolo, Maile, Ferrari, Cannone, Ruzza (capt), Negri, Zuliani, Halafihi.

Replacements: Bernasconi, Gallo, Pasquali, Favretto, Izekor, Garbisi, Umaga, Brex

Bath: De Glanville; Grace, Ojomoh, Redpath, McConnochie; Bailey, Schreuder; Van Wyk, Annett, Sela, Richards, Molony, Bayliss, Staddon, Reid (capt).

Replacements: Tuipulotu, Cordwell, Du Toit, Roux, Hill, Carr-Smith, Hennessey, Coetzee

Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

In his pre-match television interview, Stade Francais head coach Paul Gustard described how "four minutes of craziness" had cost his team dearly away to Munster last weekend - with two players sent off in quick succession early in the second half of a 33-7 defeat.

Watching on from the sidelines as his team attempted to bounce back from that gruelling experience, Gustard could have been forgiven for thinking: "Oh no, not again."

For 20 minutes, his team followed the gameplan more or less to perfection. Henry kicked to gain ground when the opportunity was there, the hosts turned up the pressure, and Saracens looked uncomfortable.

And then Macalou lost his head, and everything changed.

The flanker's trip on Van Zyl as he came out of the scrum would have earned him a visit to the sin-bin anyway. Following it up by throwing his arm into the tumbling scrum-half's face was inexplicable. Referee Davidson consulted television match official Mike Adamson before passing sentence, but the evidence was overwhelming.

There was more indiscipline to come. A high tackle by flanker Ryan Chapuis on Burke had George shouting to Davidson: "That's just as bad."

A penalty was sufficient punishment there, but Stade Francais might well have seen another red four minutes into the second half, when lock Halaifonua committed a high tackle, his shoulder going into the head of Segun.

In consultation with Adamson, referee Davidson ruled a sudden step by Segun was enough to downgrade the offence from red to yellow - sending Halaifonua to the sin-bin. Late on, N'Diaye was also shown yellow after Stade Francais had collapsed one scrum too many.

The misbehaviour was not entirely restricted to the hosts, though - Saracens prop Rhys Carre couldn't, and didn't, complain about his sin-binning, as a hand-off on Lucas Peyresblanques became an elbow to the neck. And the visitors later received a warning from Davidson for the rising penalty count against them.

Carre's exit gave the hosts a brief spell at playing 14 against 14 once Halaifonua returned - although Saracens were back to full numbers by the time Barre scored, and had a two-man advantage when Dan went over.

Toulon: Domon; Wainiqolo, Fainga'anuku, Sinzelle, Villiere; Garbisi, Serin; Priso, Baubigny, Sinckler, Ribbans, Alainu'uese, Ludlam, Ollivon (c), Isa.

Replacements: Lucchesi, Brennan, Gigashvili, Halagahu, Tolofua, Danglot, Herve, Tuicuvu.

Glasgow Warriors: McKay; Dobie, Tuipulotu (c), McDowall, Rowe; Weir, Afshar; Bhatti, Hiddleston, Talakai, Oguntibeju, Samuel, Venter, Darge, Mann.

Replacements: Matthews, Sutherland, Z Fagerson, Cummings, M Fagerson, Fraser, Horne, Jordan.

Referee: Matthew Carley.

Manchester City's hopes of catching Chelsea in the Women's Super League (WSL) title race were seriously dented on Sunday as Everton claimed an unlikely 2-1 victory at Walton Hall.

Everton move out of the relegation places with the win, while City's failure to captalise on Chelsea's first dropped points of the season at Leicester City on Saturday leaves them six points behind the reigning champions.

The defeat was made worse for City as two of their rivals for the Champions League places both won, with Arsenal downing Liverpool and Manchester United edging past Crystal Palace.

Everton had never picked up points against City in the WSL before Sunday's clash but Brian Sørensen's players showed no signs of mental scars, flying out of the blocks and creating a number of chances in a breathless first half.

The pressure told after 31 minutes as Sara Holmgaard dinked a ball into the penalty area from the right flank and Lucy Hope guided a header past Khiara Keating to give the hosts the lead.

The advantage was then doubled as the first period drew to its close. Honoka Hayashi found space inside the box and saw her shot deflect into the bottom-left corner to leave the visitors shell-shocked at the break.

Gareth Taylor's City side emerged for the second half with renewed vigour and Courtney Brosnan was forced into action on a number of occasions in the Everton net.

Jill Roord and Lily Murphy both went close but the deficit was only halved in the 89th minute after Karoline Olesen brought down Yui Hasegawa in the box and Australia striker Mary Fowler thumped home the resultant penalty.

That made for a nervy close to the game but Everton held out to spark jubilant celebrations at the full-time whistle.

Meanwhile, at St Helens stadium, Alessia Russo's first-half goal from a corner was enough to see off Liverpool. Mariona Caldentey hit the post with a penalty for the visitors but Renee Slegers' side proved difficult to break down for Liverpool and now move to just one point behind City in the WSL table.

United travelled to southeast London to play Crystal Palace and returned home with all the points after Grace Clinton helped herself after the Palace backline passed their way into trouble. Marc Skinner's team are fourth, level on points with Arsenal.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said he has no regrets over signing a two-year contract extension despite the club's on-pitch struggles.

Man City have just one win in six games across all competitions since the Spanish manager's new contract was unveiled last month, keeping him at the club until 2027.

Following a series of disappointing Premier League performances, the reigning champions find themselves in fifth place with 27 points, trailing leaders Liverpool by nine points.

They are already out of the Carabao Cup and are 22nd in the Champions League table after a 2-0 loss to Juventus, with only the top 24 avoiding elimination.

Guardiola admitted that his team's recent form has affected his sleep and diet, yet added he harbours no regrets about extending his contract, which could lengthen his tenure at City to 11 years.

"Absolutely not," Guardiola said when asked about regrets over his commitment to the club.

"I would not be able to sleep -- even worse than now -- if I thought I was leaving when the club is in this situation. Impossible. They might sack me, that could happen. But leaving now, in this position? No chance."

Guardiola joined the Abu Dhabi-owned club in 2016 from Bayern Munich and has guided them to 18 major trophies.

After claiming a historic treble, including a long-awaited Champions League trophy in 2023, Guardiola considers his legacy at the club secure.

However, the 53-year-old remains ambitious to keep his team among the elite of world football.

"What we have done, we have done. The satisfaction to do it is done. It is accomplished," Guardiola said. "The way we have played, the numbers, everything. Always it will remain."

Guardiola added that his confidence has not been affected by the slump and that he wouldn't shirk the challenge that has presented itself.

"In this situation, I could not leave. There are many things we have to do. Nothing is eternal. You have to be honest. If I am losing and losing and losing, more and more, in the end I say: 'Guys, you have to get someone else to fix this,'" he said.

"But I don't feel that. I don't know at [another] big club, if you play 10 games and lose seven, if they have the confidence I have. But the club knows what we have done in the past and that the situation is exceptional for many reasons."

City host Manchester United on Sunday in the first meeting between the clubs since Ruben Amorim replaced Erik ten Hag as head coach.

Wolves have sacked manager Gary O'Neil following their last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Ipswich Town in the Premier League on Saturday.

It marked their fourth league defeat in a row, following a 4-2 loss to Bournemouth, a devastating 4-0 defeat against Everton and a 2-1 loss at West Ham.

Wolves remain 19th in the Premier League table, ahead of Southampton by four points, though the South Coast team have a game in hand.

Sourced have told ESPN that the club are in talks with Portuguese coach Vitor Pereira over replacing O'Neil. Pereira is in charge of Al Shabab in the Saudi Pro League and has previously coached at Porto and Fenerbahce, among other teams.

O'Neil signed a four-year extension in August after guiding the club to a 14th-place finish with 46 points in the 2023-24 campaign. However, his side have struggled defensively since that extension, conceding a league-worst 40 goals after 16 games.

"We're very grateful to Gary for all of his effort, dedication and hard work during his time at the club, and we wish him and his team the best of luck for the future." Wolves chairman Jeff Shi said in a club statement.

O'Neil, a former West Ham defender, becomes the third Premier League head coach to be relieved of his duties this season after Manchester United sacked Erik ten Hag and Leicester City fired Steve Cooper.

Wolves' next game is away at Leicester on Dec. 22, with tough fixtures coming up against Man United and Tottenham later in the month.

Information from ESPN's Rob Dawson contributed to this report.

Sarr at the double as Palace end Brighton's unbeaten home run

Crystal Palace winger Ismaila Sarr scored a brace as his side beat arch-rivals Brighton & Hove Albion 3-1 at the Amex Stadium on Sunday, handing the Seagulls their first home defeat in the Premier League this season.