Stade Francais and Toulouse added to the impression French sides don't travel well as they both lost in the latest set of European Cup matches on Saturday.

Stade Francais - who have yet to reward owner Max Guazzini's multi-million euros investment with the trophy - went down 23-13 to Ulster.

Toulouse suffered a 15-9 reverse at the hands of Cardiff Blues, with Ben Blair scoring all the Welsh side's points in an impressive performance.

Cardiff will travel to Toulouse next weekend trailing by just a point, the French side having at least taken a defensive bonus point.

It added up to a highly disappointing 24 hours for French sides as French champions Perpignan had gone down 24-23 to two-time European champions Munster on Friday.

Ulster gained an extra boost with their victory as Stade failed to take a defensive bonus point.

Ulster fly-half Ian Humphreys - brother of former Ulster legend David - was in great form scoring 13 points and directing all of Ulster's play, setting up hooker Nigel Brady for their first try while Scotland winger Simon Danielli added a second in the second-half.

Jimmy Arias' late touchdown for the French side was too little too late, though, Noel Oelschigg missed the chance to grab a bonus point for Stade as he failed with a late penalty.

Stade hooker Benjamin Kayser held his hands up and conceded they had not deserved anything from the match.

"We did not deserve to win," said the former Leicester star.

"We just kept on making mistakes and were not up to the physical challenge.

"It is a huge disappointment because it was a hugely important match, indeed a key clash."

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