Edinburgh Rugby 48 Racing Metro 92 47

Edinburgh stormed to a stunning Pool 2 victory over Racing in the Heineken Cup in a dramatic game at Murrayfield, with the sides sharing 11 tries in a scintillating afternoon of European rugby.

Tim Visser led the way for the Scottish region with two of Edinburgh’s six tries, while Henry Chavancy also notched twice for the French outfit.

Edinburgh scrum-half Greig Laidlaw and Racing full-back Jon Wisniewski converted all of the tries as they shared 50 points between them, Laidlaw notching 23 and Wisniewski 27.

The tone for the try extravaganza was set in only the first minute, Visser touching down for his first score of the afternoon.

Wisniewski and Laidlaw then exchanged penalties, before Laidlaw touched down for a try of his own on eight minutes.

The end-to-end affair continued as Julien Saubade notched his side’s second try after 11 minutes, before Juan Imhoff followed him over three minutes later.

Wisniewski then scored a try of his own on 22 minutes as the visitors took the lead for the first time and the French side wrapped up their try-scoring bonus point with Chavancy’s first on 31 minutes.

Another Laidlaw penalty reduced Edinburgh’s arrears to 31-20 at the break, but Racing dominated the opening 10 minutes of the second period, with Wisniewski’s two penalties sandwiching Chavancy’s 47th minute try to extend Racing’s lead to 44-20.

Edinburgh refused to lie down, however, as Netani Talei finished off a powerful move for the home side in the 63rd minute.

Wisniewski stretched Racing’s lead with a 66th minute penalty, but Edinburgh stormed back with Tom Brown diving over two minutes later.

Racing then lost Juan Pablo Orlandi to the sinbin, as Edinburgh took full advantage of the extra man, with Roddy Grant helping himself to a 73rd-minute try to cut the gap to 41-47.

Edinburgh’s remarkable comeback was sealed with three minutes remaining, when Visser grabbed his second try and Laidlaw converted for a historic win.

When Racing 92 were drawn against Edinburgh Rugby in the last 16 of the Heineken Champions Cup, it will surely have brought back memories for both sides of their pulsating first encounter in 2011.