And winger Stoddart touched down four minutes before half-time, Priestland converting and adding a drop goal in the last minute of the first half to send his side into the interval 13-10 to the good.

BBC: Aironi 17-34 Scarlets

Crusaders then got their own back by doing the league double over the Frenchmen last season, although Catalans won at the Racecourse Ground in the Challenge Cup, thanks to a last-minute Thomas Bosc drop goal.

BBC: Catalan Dragons 31-18 Crusaders

Best Buy, whose Q3 results were, well, pretty bad with a 20% drop in profits, is offering free shipping this weekend along with all the other online retailers trolling for last minute shoppers. (Those same Q3 figures, by the way, showed that its online channel delivered a 20% increase in revenues compared to the same period a year earlier).

FORBES: 'Tis the Season to Give Shopping Malls the Shaft