While Dowd retired to have three stitches inserted across the bridge of his nose, Pool-Jones could thank his lucky stars that Iain Ramage had, for reasons best known to himself, used a yellow card when the offence called for red.
The Scottish referee went on awarding penalties, 41 in all, and Logan went on missing more than he kicked.
Having sampled one scrum as Dowd's replacement on the tighthead, Will Green disentangled himself from the second clutching a bloodied nose which also forced him into temporary retirement.
Phil Greening, in between missing All Black lock Ian Jones too often in the line- out, finished with seven stitches in a cut above his right eye.
'It's a physical game,' said Stade's Australian coach John Connolly in the time-honoured, euphemistic way. 'I don't condone any type of foul play.
'I know one of our players went to the sin-bin for it and deservedly so, but we have a reasonable reputation for keeping to the rules.'
