Harlequins 19 - 18 Stade Francais: Last-gasp Camacho seals European glory for Quins

Harlequins qualified for the Heineken Cup next season in dramatic fashion as they won European rugby's second-tier knockout tournament for a record third time.

Wing Gonzalo Camacho's 76th-minute try, converted by Nick Evans, inched Quins home at Cardiff City Stadium.

Stade looked to have done enough through four Lionel Beauxis penalties and drop-goals from centre Mathieu Bastareaud and full-back Martin Rodriguez. But Quins conjured a special finish as prop Joe Marler and scrum-half Danny Care completed the hard yards for Camacho to cross and hand Evans his match-winning chance. Evans earlier kicked four penalties for a 14-point haul, and Stade now need Northampton to win today's Heineken final against Leinster in the Welsh capital.

If Saints topple the favourites then Stade will join Quins in Heineken action next term. But a Leinster win would leave Stade floundering and send Irish province Connacht through instead.

Stade were mentally shattered at the end, particularly their England forwards Tom Palmer and James Haskell, who both produced top-class displays.

But their England colleague Care made the telling contribution of a stop-start final, breaking deep into Stade territory and then having the presence of mind to send through a teasing kick that Camacho latched on to.

Evans, despite a testing angle, showed his class to convert with nerveless aplomb, and Stade simply ran out of options during the frantic closing stages.

Harlequins: Brown, Camacho, Lowe, Turner-Hall, Monye, Evans, Care, Marler, Gray, Johnston, Kohn, Robson, Fa'asavalu, Robshaw, Easter. Replacements: Cairns, Jones, Lambert, Browne, Skinner, Moore, Clegg, Chisholm.

Stade Francais: Rodriguez, Arias, Bastareaud, Bousses, Camara, Beauxis, Dupuy, Roncero, Bonfils, Attoub, Palmer, Pape, Haskell, Burban, Parisse. Replacements: Weber, Gerber, Joly, Marchois, Rabadan, Leguizamon, Oelschig, Phillips.

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