And referee Cardona sounds his whistle bringing this tightly fought encounter to a closed, and it's Racing Metro who emerge as victors, beating Bayonne 29-10. A much deserved victory for the home side as they dominated both possession and territory. The visitors however showed glimpses of promise and definitely looked like they had re-established themselves in the game following the sin bin of Racing No. 8 Claassen. But notable performances from Machenaud separated the two sides today, following an excellent kicking performance.

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TRY! A piercing break from Machenaud sends the Racing team deep into the Bayonne 22. The resulting passage of play sees the ball shifted wide for winger Marc Andreu to touch down for Racing.

Claassen returns to the action.

TRY! Bayonne use the extra man superbly. From the line-out resulting from the penalty, Bayonne surge forward making the most of that one man advantage to set up hooker Etrillard to crash over for visitors' first try of the game.

Yellow Card! Antoine Claassen is sent to the bin by referee Cardano for holding back full-back Bustos Moyano and what was a golden Bayonne opportunity.

Racing are awarded with the penalty. Machenaud makes it 5 from 5 with the boot in adding the 3 points.

Racing take up where they left off in the first half. They find themselves camped on the Bayonne line once again.

Machenaud makes it 4 from 4. And referee Cardona sounds his whistle bringing this thrilling opening 40 minutes of play to a close. From what looked like a one-horse race in the opening 15 minutes, Bayonne have pulled themselves back into the match. But ill-discipline costing them in the first half, letting the talisman Machenaud to consistently slot over penalties.

Cardona deems it not to be a try, and calls play back for a Racing penalty. Machenaud points towards the posts.

Racing Metro hit back straight away and after exerting wave after wave of attacking play on the Bayonne defence, they finally crash over. Referee Cardona consults the TMO.