Toulon halt Sexton’s Metro

Toulon 41 Racing Metro 14

And in the process Jonny Wilkinson produced a class performance to win the first battle of the most expensive out-halves in world rugby hands down.

Sexton landed all three penalties but Racing Metro were nearly always on the back foot of a heated contest which saw the crowd gather outside the port venue three hours before kick-off and which ended with several dust-ups in the closing minutes when Toulon were coasting to victory.