Stade stun Toulon to reach Top 14 final

Stade Francais stunned triple European champions Toulon 33-16 on Friday to reach the French Top 14 final. Led by the irrepressible Italian back row forward Sergio Parisse, Stade scored tries through flankers Rapahel Lakafia and Antoine Bourban, before a freak late score from wing Julien Arias gave a flattering skew to the final score as they reached their first final since defeating Clermont 23-18 in 2007. Toulon had opened the scoring through Australian wing Drew Mitchell but then paid for cruc