Thomas gets first La Rochelle try as O'Gara's side down Racing 

Top 14 round-up: France winger makes up for earlier error to pounce late on in 24-19 win while Alivereti Raka scores hat-trick for Clermont

Familiar faces: La Rochelle head coach Ronan O'Gara (L) and Racing's French head coach Laurent Travers look on prior to the French Top 14 rugby union match between Stade Rochelais (La Rochelle) and Racing 92 at The Marcel-Deflandre Stadium in La Rochelle, western France on October 1, 2022. Pic: XAVIER LEOTY/AFP via Getty Images

Teddy Thomas scored his first try for La Rochelle against his former club Racing 92, as Ronan O’Gara’s side came from behind to win a scrappy, messy, thoroughly enthralling match 24-19 at Stade Marcel Deflandre.

The winger dived over in the corner 12 minutes from time to pull the hosts back into a game they had, for much of the previous hour-and-a-bit, conspired to lose.