Vakatawa says he wasn't trying to be clever with butchered try blunder

Racing 92 coach Laurent Travers: "It is a mistake that he made and that he will not make again. It will serve as a lesson to him."

BLUNDER: Racing 92's Virimi Vakatawa has the ball knocked from his grasp by Gabin Villiere with the try at his mercy in the Top 14 clash at the La Defense Arena on Sunday. Picture: Anthony Dibon

FRANCE centre Virimi Vakatawa insists he wasn’t trying to “look pretty” when he butchered a simple try-scoring opportunity in Sunday’s Top 14 defeat at home to Toulon.

Racing 92’s Vakatawa was teed up for a simple touchdown by winger Teddy Thomas but inexplicably delayed long enough for Toulon’s Gabin Villière to knock the ball out of his hand and deny the five-pointer. Toulon won the game 29-23.