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Cards and scraps a plenty as Racing 92 beat local rivals Stade
By PA
Racing 92 set up a Champions Cup quarter-final against Sale as they came from behind to beat Stade Francais 33-22 on Sunday.
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The victory gave the hosts a 55-31 aggregate win, but they had to come from behind to make sure of it, with the visitors 22-13 up at half-time to close the deficit to three after Racing’s 22-9 triumph in last week’s first leg.
Stade Francais had come out determined to undo last week’s damage, scoring early tries through Telusa Veainu and Adrien Lapegue to take a 15-3 lead, but a 35th-minute red card for Sefa Naivalu changed the equation.
A scary one for Louis Dupichot ?
No attempt to wrap, shoulder to shoulder, head to head, second yellow and Sefa Naivalu is off ?#HeinekenChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/LCt1Ip6jyu
— Rugby on TNT Sports (@rugbyontnt) April 17, 2022
Wenceslas Lauret pulled one back for Racing before Lapegue responded, but a second-half brace from Teddy Thomas, and a second for Lauret, sealed the win.
It was a red-blooded contest between the two Parsian side, with more than its fair share of off-the-ball incidents. One scrap in the 52nd minute after a challenge after the whistle saw the majority of players from either side bail into an all-in-tussle.
Not what we come here for ?
Tempers flaring in Paris ?#HeinekenChampionsCup pic.twitter.com/YzVaHTCGaJ
— Rugby on TNT Sports (@rugbyontnt) April 17, 2022
additional reporting PA
