Racing recover to topple French rivals

92 recovered from a shaky start to beat fellow French club Clermont and secure their spot in the last four of the Champions Cup.

Clermont opened a 9-0 lead thanks to three penalties by Morers, This shows Andrew Conway gathering a Francois Trinh-duc clearance prior to his stunning solo try. But it is Alex Wootton who makes the space for Munster’s hero. Offering himself as an option for a quick line-out, he

draws Toulon wing Josua Tuisova in-field. After Conway catches the ball gan Parra, but Leone Nakarawa reduced the arrears when he dived over after unsettling the hosts’ defence with a fine dummy pass.

Maxime Machenaud converted and put the visitors ahead with a penalty just after the half hour.

But Racing lost focus and were immediately punished. Parra found space in the Racing defence and set up Peter Betham with a long pass for the wing to touch down in the corner. Machenaud and Parra Conway Tuisova Wootton

– monitored by assistant referee Ben Whitehouse – he can bolt down the

unpatrolled touchline. Tuisova pays the price for thinking too far ahead. traded penalties early in the second half and the former then found Dan Carter, with the New Zealander’s offload collected out wide by Marc Andreu to score.

Just after the restart, Carter slalomed through the Clermont defence, found Teddy Thomas, who then set up Boris Palu for Racing’s third try as the hosts looked hapless. Clermont hopes were dashed when Remy Grosso’s try was disallowed for offside.