England international Joe Marchant scored twice and back-row forward Romain Briatte scored a hat-trick as Stade Francais hammered La Rochelle 45-5 on Saturday to storm into the French Top 14 semi-finals.
Marchant made his second-half contributions in a dominant team performance to set-up a last four tie with Montpellier, who finished second in the table to qualify directly for the semi-finals in Marseille next Saturday.
The 29-year-old winger, who is engaged to ex-England footballer Alan Shearer's daughter Hollie, will leave the French capital for Sale next season, re-qualifying him for England duty having been ineligible while playing club rugby abroad over these last three years.
Marchant's efforts secured a first league knock-out win for the Parisians since 2015, when they won the last of their 14 titles.
But it was up front where the Stade Francais made the difference, as flanker Briatte completed his triple with the last play of the game, while former La Rochelle loose forward Yoan Tanga was one of the players of the match.
