While it was fairly dour stuff until Newcastle cut loose after the break, Wilkinson kept Newcastle's nose in front with the boot.While these matches are of interest for their own sake, enabling clubs to test themselves against unfamiliar opposition, the tournament is almost at the stage where clubs know if they are going to progress to the quarter-finals in January. For the past two seasons no club has completed the pool stages unbeaten, though that scenario seems unlikely to be repeated this year, making it increasingly difficult to predict which of the two best runners-up will join the six pool winners in the new year.With tries scored being used to break any ties where clubs are level on match points Toulouse, having scored eight tries in their previous three games – five against Newcastle last weekend – needed to make up ground on Cardiff, with 10 touchdowns, who play Glasgow today, and free-scoring Castres, who are best of the second-placed teams. But defeat at Kingston Park ended the French champions' interest in the competition.Having been comprehensively outplayed in France, Newcastle were much changed. In came Wilkinson, Scotland lock Stuart Grimes, and Mower, who looks certain to win his first cap for Scotland, against Tonga, next Saturday.To some extent it did the trick, as Newcastle were surer in the tackle and safer with the ball in hand They also had Wilkinson in his brilliant best kicking form. Anywhere in his opponent's half was within range for the England outside-half before the interval, when he never looked as if he would miss He did, though, twice. Newcastle, however, found more productive means of scoring as the tries began to arrive.

First it was Hugh Vyvyan after Taione had surged upfield from 55 metres Then Taione broke up the left side for try number two. With Vyvyan in support, the lock looked inside for the supporting Michael Stephenson to touch down.Taione then went on his own for the final blockbuster from 50 metres, swatting away tacklers as if they were flies. Wilkinson had dropped his goal, converted with aplomb and Toulouse's dreams of European glory were in tatters.Newcastle: D Walder; M Stephenson, J Noon (V Tuigamala 29-32), T May, L Botham (Tuigamala 73); J Wilkinson (capt), H Charlton (G Armstrong 73); M Ward (I Peel 51), N Makin (C Balshen 63), M Hurter, H Vyvyan, S Grimes (D Weir 73), E Taione, A Mower (R Devonshire 65), J Dunbar (P Lam).Toulouse: C Poitrenaud; M Marfaing (N Jean Jean h-t), X Garbajosa, E Ntamack C Heymans; F Michalak, J Fillol; A Lo Cicero (C Soulette 56), Y Bru (W Servat 68), F Tournaire, D Gerard, F Pelous (capt; F Belot 62), C Labit (F Maka 56), S Dispagne (D Lacroix 45), I Maka.Referee: R Dickson (Scotland).. Unbeaten Montferrand maintained their iron grip on Northampton Saints to pull off the double with a 50-17 win in Pool Five of the Cup. Unbeaten Montferrand maintained their iron grip on Northampton Saints to pull off the double with a 50-17 win in Pool Five of the Cup. A crowd of more than 10,000 saw the Saints bow to some fine flowing moves from the Frenchmen. Wingers David Bory and Aurelian Rougerie raced over for two tries apiece in the home side's eight-try haul. Full-back Joe Shaw and prop Matt Stewart went over for Saints' tries with Alastair Hepher slotting over two conversions and a penalty goal.Irishman Simon Mason beat Wasps on his own with deadly goalkicking which brought him eight penalties out of 10 attempts.

His pinpoint kicking enabled Italian club Treviso to grab their first win of the season in Pool Two of the Cup at the fourth time of asking.Mason, the former Irish international who was in Ulster's Heineken Cup-winning side, made Wasps pay dearly for their mistakes. Now he would love to repeat the feat in remaining pool games against two of his old clubs, Ulster and Stade Fran?s.The Treviso pack were superb, providing the platform for their 32-17 win though it wasn't until the last minute that they made the game safe with a try from scrum-half Peter Richards. Wasps' points came from four penalties from the outside-half, Mathew Leek, and a try from speedy winger Shane Rosier.Bridgend's interest in the Cup was effectively ended at Munster where they went down 40-6 to a home side on top of their form. Bridgend have lost all four games in Pool Four while the Irishmen have not yet lost – and don't look like doing so on this form.Munster ran in five tries through Anthony Horgan, John Kelly, Jason Holland, Mike Mullins and Ronan O'Gara. O'Gara also landed three penalties and three conversions for a 20-point haul. Bridgend's consolation points were scored by Craig Warlow with a penalty goal and a drop goal.In Pool Eight of the Shield, there were two tries apiece for Gabriel Brezianu, Laurent Labit and Sebastien Kuzbick as Bordeaux-Begles crushed Dinamo Buchuresti 83-5.Sale soared to a 44-6 win over Connacht to keep up their tremendous run in Pool Four.