Visser gets the timing right

TIM VISSER’S try double earned Edinburgh a sensational Heineken Cup Pool Two success over Racing Metro at Murrayfield last night.

The Flying Dutchman, who will qualify to play for Scotland at the end of the season, scored a try after 35 seconds and another four minutes from time as Edinburgh sensationally came from behind to triumph and claim a second win from two games following last weekend’s win at London Irish.

The hosts scored 17 points in the opening 10 minutes but conceded 28 unanswered points and were trailing by 20 with 14 minutes remaining.

But Racing replacement Jone Qovu was sin-binned with 11 minutes to go and Edinburgh scored two converted tries to triumph, with captain Greig Laidlaw, who finished the with 18 points, kicking the winning conversion.

Racing finished with five tries — for Julien Saubade, Juan Imhoff, Henry Chavancy (two) and Jonathan Wisniewski, who kicked 20 points, while Juan Martin Hernandez kicked one conversion but missed a drop-goal attempt with the last play of the game.

Edinburgh scorers: Tries: Visser 2, Laidlaw, Talei, T Brown, Grant. Cons: Laidlaw 6. Pens: King, Laidlaw.

Racing Metro scorers:Tries: Saubade, Jose Imhoff, Wisniewski, Chavancy 2. Cons: Wisniewski 5. Pens: Wisniewski 4.

EDINBURGH: Thompson, Jones, De Luca, Scott, Visser, Leonard, Laidlaw, Jacobsen, Ford, Cross, Lozada, Gilchrist, Talei, Grant, McInally.

Replacements: T Brown for Thompson (48), King for Scott (21), M Blair for Leonard (40), Lawrie for Ford (60), S Turnbull for Gilchrist (60).

RACING METRO 92: Wisniewski, Saubade, Chavancy, Bousses, Jose Imhoff, Hernandez, Loree, Tuugahala, Noirot, Coetzee, Ghezal, Nallet, Leo’o, Le Roux, Chabal.

Replacements: Vakatawa for Jose Imhoff (53), Ben Arous for Tuugahala (55), Bianchin for Noirot (75), Orlandi for Coetzee (66), Vaquiin for Leo’o (60), Battut for Le Roux (68), Nailiko for Chabal (64).

Referee: John Lacey (Ireland).