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ils accusaient 24 points de retard avant de faire un retour en force pour gagner de justesse 48-47 dans la Poule 2 après avoir marqué 25 points en l'espace de 17 minutes seulement
All eyes may be on London and Munster’s visit to face Saracens in this Pool, but French side Racing Metro 92 still have ambitions to qualify for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.
French rugby’s big-spenders will travel to face an Edinburgh Rugby side still looking for their first victory in the group but who still have a reputation as a formidable force on their home patch at Murrayfield.
Racing Metro 92 won the first game of this double-header in Paris 19-9 but probably need a bonus point win to make sure they are still in the hunt for a place in the last eight of the competition.
The Top 14 side are only two points behind Munster and Sarries but they still have to play both those sides in the last two rounds of this Pool and they will want to give themselves every chance of a quarter-final place.
Edinburgh, who shocked everyone by becoming the first Scottish side to reach the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup last season, have endured a miserable campaign this time round. They are still waiting for their first try and have only managed three Greig Laidlaw penalty goals in four hours of trying.
The Scots have failed to record a single win and have yet to record a single point in their Pool. They only have pride to play when they play at Murrayfield on Friday night, where they beat four-time winners Toulouse last season.
Match Facts
• Olly Barkley has put boot to ball in open play on 40 occasions this season, the joint-most in the tournament alongside Danny Cipriani of Sale.
• Edinburgh are the only team in the Heineken Cup yet to reach double figures in points scored, they have just nine so far with all of these coming last weekend in Round 3.
• This is the fourth meeting between these sides in the last two seasons. Edinburgh won both games last season, including a 48-47 victory at Murrayfield in Round 2.
• Racing Metro have only won consecutive matches once before in this tournament, a feat they aim to match this weekend.
Victoire solide du Racing à Murrayfield face à Edimbourg (15-3) grâce à la botte de son arrière Gaëtan Germain. Le club francilien
Racing Metro 92 remain in the hunt for a quarter-final spot after they secured successive wins over Edinburgh.
The star-studded French side backed up last week’s 19-9 victory at the Stade Yves du Manoir with a 15-3 triumph at Murrayfield this time around.
A single strike from Olly Barkley and four penalties from Gaetan Germain gave Racing back-to-back Heineken Cup victories for just the second time in their history.
Racing enjoyed a strong start at the headquarters of Scottish Rugby as Barkley and Germain slotted a penalty apiece inside the first seven minutes.
But Edinburgh could have been level by 22 minutes had fly-half Piers Francis not missed two kickable penalties on his first start for the club since signing from Waikato Chiefs in New Zealand.
Francis did get his team on the board six minutes later but he was off target again two minutes past the half hour.
Barkely followed suit in failing to hit the target three minutes before half time as Racing took a slender lead into the break.
Germain and Francis both missed the sticks in the early stages of the second period before the Racing full back made amends with his second success after Edinburgh’s Fijian No8 Netani Talei saw yellow on 53 minutes.
Racing loosehead Eddy Ben Arous followed Talei to the sin bin five minutes later but Edinburgh full back Greig Tonks couldn’t punish the Parisians as he missed with the resulting penalty attempt.
And instead of closing the gap when Talei returned and they enjoyed a numerical advantage, Edinburgh found themselves further behind as Germain slotted a third penalty as the game passed the hour mark.
Neither side were able to do what they had failed to do in the first 60 minutes by crossing the tryline in the final quarter but it was Racing who added to their tally thanks to a fourth successful strike from Germain.
His last effort after 68 minutes made it 15-3 to Racing, securing the visitors a third win in four pool matches and ensuring Edinburgh remain without a single point with two thirds of the group stages behind them.
In making amends for last year’s two defeats to Edinburgh in this competition, Racing kept themselves in the running for a first Heineken Cup quarter final as they moved above both Saracens and Munster at the top of Pool 1 for 24 hours at least.
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