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Edinburgh will want to build on their impressive start to their Heineken Cup Pool when they face a Racing Metro side determined to make an amends for their poor start to the campaign. - 17/11/2011 08:41
Edinburgh will want to build on their impressive start to their Heineken Cup Pool when they face a Racing Metro side determined to make an amends for their poor start to the campaign.
The Scottish side pulled off a real upset when they recorded a 20-19 victory over Premiership outfit London Irish in Reading to end an eight-game losing streak in Europe on the road.
Edinburgh, who reached the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup when they lost out to Toulouse in 2004, will be hoping to add the scalp of one of the emerging powers of French rugby on Friday night.
Racing Metro, who suffered a shock 26-20 home defeat to the Cardiff Blues last weekend, will make their first trip to Scotland in the Heineken Cup and will want to prove why they were runners up in last season’s Top 14 in France.
The French side, who are only in their second season of Heineken Cup rugby, have only won two of their seven games in Europe and will be looking to return home from Scotland with a win.
Edinburgh s'en sort avec une victoire stupéfiante de 48-47 face au Racing Métro 92 au terme d'un match palpitant à Murrayfield. - 18/11/2011 21:06
Edinburgh stormed to a stunning 48 v 47 victory over Racing Metro in a pulsating game at Murrayfield.
Michael Bradley’s side made it two wins from two in the Heineken Cup, collecting a try scoring bonus point in a classic European encounter.
Edinburgh raced into an early lead only to be dragged back and then passed by a clinical Racing Metro outfit.
But a stunning second half fight-back from the hosts clinched the game which entertained the supporters with 11 tries.
Edinburgh’s try scoring machine Tim Visser set the pace with a try for the hosts in the first minute, which Greig Laidlaw converted.
Jon Wisniewski and Laidlaw then exchanged penalties before the Edinburgh scrum-half touched down for a try of his own.
It was end to end rugby and Julien Saubade scored the game’s third and his side’s second try after 12 minutes, with Argentina star Juan Martin Hernandez adding the extras with the boot.
Juan Imhoff was next to score for the visitors with Wisniewski on form with the conversion once again.
Wisniewski then scored a try of his own as the visitors took the lead for the first time in the game. The French side then wrapped up the try-scoring bonus point before the break with a Heny Chavancy score.
Edinburghhad the last say of the half though with Laidlaw kicking a further three points just before interval.
The French side dominated the opening ten minutes of the second period, Wisniewski kicking his second penalty with the half just a minute old.
Centre Chavancy then grabbed his second try with Wisniewski converting and then kicking another penalty to give them a comfortable 44 v 20 cushion.
Edinburghrefused to lie down though and Netani Talei rounded off a powerful move for the home side to score.
Wisniewski kicked a penalty but the game was soon straight back at the other end with Tom Brown diving over in the corner for yet another score.
Racing Metro lost Juan Pablo Orlandi to the sin-bin and Edinburgh took full advantage again with Roddy Grant helping himself to a try to bring the scores 20 41 v 47.
The remarkable come-back was sealed with three minutes to go. Visser grabbed his second try and Laidlaw converted for a historic win.
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