Full time here and Brive come away with a hard fought but well deserved 5 point victory. Bucharest battled well and gave nothing easy. They should look forward to the challenge of going to Brive next week knowing there isn't a great deal between the sides. For Brive it's an important step towards the knock-out stages. Thanks for stopping by, we hope you enjoyed our coverage. Final Score, Bucharest Wolves 13: 18 Brive

PENALTY BRIVE. Laranjeira lands another kick to push his side out to a five point leadand that should wrap up the game as a contest. 18-13 they lead.

Now Brive are down to 14 men for the remainder with second-row Simon Pinet joining his opponent Sasu in the sin-bin.

PENALTY BRIVE. Disaster for Bucharest as replacement Florin Sasu is sin-binned and Thomas Laranjeira capitalises on the resultant penalty to give his side the lead with just over 10 minutes to go. Bucharest will have to play most of the remainder of the match a man down. 15-13 Brive lead.

PENALTY BRIVE. Thomas Laranjeira refinds his kicking form to bring his back to within just one point. 13-12 is the score.

That try seems to have really shook Brive with a triple substitution being their immediate response.

TRY BUCHAREST! The game has now shot to life with a try for the hosts through second row Valentin Popirlan! The big man crashed over to give his side a four point lead after Vlaicu converted and an upset could well and truly be on the cards here. 13-9 the score.

Laranjeira misses with a chance to open the scoring for the second half and double his side's lead. Still 9-6 to Brive.

The second half is underway and there has been a number of changes on both sides.

It's half-time here and the favourites Brive have struggled towards a 9-6 interval advantage. Twice Bucharest held the lead, at 3-0 and 6-3 but have not been able to hold on. All to play for in the second half with both teams neck and neck for the majority of the opening 40.