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Newport Gwent Dragons will host Cardiff Blues in the quarter-finals of the European Challenge Cup – and officials are toying with the idea of switching the derby to the Millennium Stadium.

Blues officials had already approached their counterparts at Rodney Parade before the final round of group matches in the event of a meeting in the last eight.

Dragons directors will consider the idea and have to weigh up giving away home advantage in favour of a potential bumper crowd and pay day – if the match is marketed and priced right.

Exeter Chiefs had to beat French club Bayonne by a minimum of a 41-point margin to ensure a Welsh shoot-out and it was in the balance until three minutes to go, when captain Dean Mumm scored the decisive try during a 45-3 victory.

Dragons did the double over French Championship Top 14 leaders Stade Francais, winning 30-19 in Newport to top Pool Three while the Blues secured a 28-3 bonus point victory at Grenoble in Pool One to finish the best of the three runners-up to progress to the knock-out stage.

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Today's match reports...

Grenoble 3 v 28 Cardiff Blues match report

Newport Gwent Dragons 30 v 19 Stade Francais

“We are really pleased to have got the job done and we want to go as far as we can in Europe. We’d love to get to the final but we’ve got the quarter-final to think about first,” said Dragons skipper Rynard Landman.

“I thought there was a good balance about how we played against Stade, between the forwards and the backs. The backs are making the most of the ball which makes the job of the forwards a lot easier.

“Stade had a quality back-line out there – you could see that by how they threw the ball around. We let them into the game a bit in the second half through some ill-discipline but I don’t think we ever looked like losing it.”

In the other quarter-finals, top seeds Gloucester will have home advantage against Connacht, Exeter host Newcastle Falcons and London Irish meet Edinburgh in Reading. The ties take place on the weekend of April 2-4.