By TIM JOHNSON

MONTPELLIER stormed into the quarter-finals with an emphatic victory over Perpignan.
The hosts laid the foundations in the first half with Melvyn Rates scoring a hat-trick, while Jon Echegaray also touched down. captain Jac Morgan to error ended th
Despite Antoine Aucagne keeping Perpignan in touch with two early penalties, Montpellier held a 17-6 advantage at the interval.
Perpignan threatened a response early in the second half when Pietro Ceccarelli powered over, with Aucagne converting to narrow the gap to 22-13. However, that proved as good as it got for the vis...