Racing book Top 14 Rugby Final

A late try earned Racing Metro a place in the Top 14 Rugby Final as they beat Clermont Auvergne 33-34 in Extra Time.

Dan Carter added the conversion kick for Imhoff’s try which edged Racing into the Top 14 final by a single point.

Racing will face the winner of the second Semi-final between Toulon and Montpellier.

More to follow.

Final Score Clermont Auvergne 33 (11) Racing Metro 34 (16)

Scorers

Clermont Auvergne
Tries – Lee, Fofana
Pen – Parra, Lopez 3, Spedding
Con – Lopez
Drop – Lopez, James

Racing Metro
Tries – Goosen, Rokocoko, Imhoff
Pen – Carter (4), Goosen
Con – Carter (2)
Drop –

Teams 

Clermont

15 Scott Spedding , 14 David Strettle , 13Aurelien Rougerie , 12Wesley Fofana , 11 Nick Abendanon , 10 Camille Lopez , 9 Morgan Parra ,8, Fritz Lee , 7 Alexandre Lapandry , , 6 Damien Chouly , 5 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 4 Flip van der Merwe , 3 Dan Kotze , 2 John Ulugia ,1 Raphael Chaume

Replacements : 16 Pellow van der Westhuizen , 17 Thomas Domingo , 18 Paul Jedrasiak , 19 Vito Kolelishvili , 20 Ludovic Radosavljevic , 21, Brock James , 22Noa Nakaitaci , 23 Davit Zirakashvili

Racing

15 Brice Dulin , 14 Joe Rokocoko , 13 Johan Goosen , 12 Henry Chavancy , 11 Juan Imhoff , 10 Dan Carter , 9 Maxime Machenaud , , 8 Chris Masoe, 7 Yannick Nyanga Kabasele , 6 Wenceslas Lauret , 5 Manuel Carizza , 4 Bernard le Roux , 3 Ben Tameifuna , 2 Dimitri Szarzewski , 1 Eddy Ben Arous ,

Replacements : 16 Camille Chat , 17 Khatchik Vartanov , 18 Juandre Kruger , 19 Antonie Claassen , 20 Xavier Chauveau , 21 Marc Andreu , 22 Albert Vulivuli , 23 Luc Ducalco