Challenge Cup quarter-final: Connacht 40 Racing 92 43
Connacht’s Ben Murphy scores a try despite the efforts of Vinaya Habosi of Racing 92 during the Challenge Cup quarter-final at Dexcom Stadium in Galway. Photo: Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile
Connacht blew a glorious chance of Challenge Cup glory against a Racing side who had a man sent off after 13 minutes and who finished the game with just 13 men at Dexcom Stadium.
Connacht, who would have been home to Lyon in the semi-final had they won, again squandered a big lead and had no answer to Racing’s powerful pack in the second half.