- Racing 92 30-29 Harlequins
- 40m kick wins match despite Racing being down to 12 men
Harlequins had victory snatched away from them in dramatic style even though they were playing against 12 Racing 92 players at the time. The French side, three times runners-up in the Heineken Champions Cup, looked dead and buried when they conceded a penalty try in the 75th minute and lost their talisman Finn Russell, who was sent to the sin-bin.
The departure of the Scottish playmaker made it three yellow cards in as many minutes for Racing, and they found themselves behind for the first time in the match at 29-27. Despite being three men down, they managed to gather the restart, after which Harlequins’ André Esterhuizen was penalised for not releasing. That gave Nolann Le Garrec the chance to step into the goalkicking shoes of Russell and win the match. He hit the mark from 40 metres with his penalty and Racing were able to play out the final three minutes to win by a point.
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