No repeat

Stade prop Pablo Lemoine was banned for six weeks after being sent off for head butting Dragons wing Ben Breeze.

Remy Martin and Gareth Baber were yellow carded after a fight broke out and Ross Beattie was sinbinned for deliberately kicking the ball away.

Beattie claimed afterwards that Stade players were saying 'We'll see you next week' when they realised the game was slipping away from them in the rain.

But Mallett says he has warned his players. "I am not at all worried about a repeat, there shouldn't be any problem with discipline," he said.

"There were a few unpleasant scenes last week, but incidents like that are usually frustration on behalf of the players at poor refereeing.

"We were trying to get back into the game and they were holding on for a while. It got quite physical and both sides didn't keep cool when they needed to.

"We won't accept any red or yellow cards, there are financial considerations for the players and for the team."

Mallett says he will be looking for a big improvement for Sunday's return match after their upset defeat at Rodney Parade and he refuses to accept that Stade or anyone else is out of the running to reach the quarter-finals.

"We have certainly got to play better. The team didn't perform last week and they must produce the goods this time," said Mallett.

"It was very poor and the players know I was disappointed. But it's still possible to come back, we've got to win this weekend and so have Leicester if we are to keep it going to the last day.

"It's very hard to win in Ulster and we'll be looking to win at home. This is a crucial weekend.

"But the Dragons and Ulster were the least affected by World Cup calls whereas Leicester and ourselves were, though I'm not taking anything away from the Dragons who were quite confident at home."

Stade have already suffered a pre-match blow because key scrum-half, Agustin Pichot, is out with a damaged shoulder which forced him off during the first-half last week. Lemoine will also be missing after his ban.

And the weather could give the Dragons another lift. "It's been terrible over here, raining very hard, but I'm hoping it will clear up," said Mallett.

Dragons coach Mike Ruddock has again had to delay selection of his team until he receives final medical reports tomorrow on Nathan Brew (head injury), Ian Gough (ribs) and Chris Anthony (neck).

Meanwhile, England flanker Neil Back has given his full support to under-fire Leicester boss Dean Richards - and insisted his critics have 'short memories'.

The Tigers play Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade on Saturday week where they will be out to do the double, having beaten the Welsh region at Welford Road earlier in the group stages.

But they are currently enduring their worst season of the professional era, with the once mighty club lurching from one disappointing result to another.

They now prop up Pool One in the Heineken Cup - the Dragons are second - and lie fourth from bottom in the Zurich Premiership.

Their plight is a far cry from the success of recent years when Richards steered the most feared club in England to four successive league titles and the first-ever European Cup defence.

But Back, who took over the Leicester captaincy from Martin Johnson this season, believes Richards is still the best man for the job, labelling the disastrous campaign a one-off.

"The speculation on Dean is inevitable but unfair. People have short memories. He's not lost his drive to make us as successful as possible - his enthusiasm is as strong as ever," said Back.

"His ability to do the job has not diminished. He's not doing anything differently. You have to remember what he's done over the years and not judge him on this season alone."