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Racing cling on to deny Toulon
Scrum.com
August 27, 2010
Racing's Mirco Bergamasco goes airborne
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Despite the best efforts of England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson, Racing Metro held on to secure a hard-fought 36-31 victory over Toulon at the Stade Mayol on Friday night. Wilkinson landed 26 of his side's points in front of another capacity crowd, with No.8 Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe scoring their only try with eight minutes left on the clock. The visitors pounced for three tries and saw mercurial Argentina fly-half Juan Martin Hernandez make his long-awaited bow as a second-half replacement. Jonathan Wisniewski and Wilkinson traded early penalties but the game was sparked into life dramatically on 10 minutes when Racing outside-centre Albert Vulivuli made mincemeat of the Toulon line to set up blindside flanker Antoine Battut for the opening try. Toulon were left shellshocked and suffered a further blow when flanker Joe van Niekerk saw yellow for a high tackle on Battut as he charged for the line. Wilkinson's boot dragged Toulon back into contention and the hosts were soon on the right end of a numerical advantage as Racing lost Italian international Andrea Masi for a professional foul as van Niekerk looked to collect a chip ahead. Wilkinson added the three points before a lengthy stoppage for a serious-looking injury to Racing prop Benjamin Salemane Sa. Despite the distressing injury Racing picked up the pace again after the break with a try to Masi, atoning for his earlier indiscretion. As Toulon kept scrapping through Wilkinson, Racing wing Sireli Bobo sealed the result by picking off a lazy pass from Tom May to race away and score under the posts. Lobbe's late try and the continued efforts of Wilkinson made the final minutes nervous ones for Pierre Berbizier's side, but there was to be no great comeback. © Scrum.com
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