• European Challenge Cup - Racing Metro 19-17 London Wasps

Racing Metro dent Wasps' perfect record

Racing Metro's Jonathan Wisniewski kicked his side to victory in Paris © Getty Images

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Racing Metro ended their European Challenge Cup campaign on a high with a 19-17 victory over London Wasps in their clash in Colombes.

However, the Top 14 side were only playing for pride having been pipped to the Pool 4 title by their Premiership rivals last weekend. A losing bonus point for Wasps boosted their chances of securing the top seeding in the last eight - and in doing to avoid one of the three Heineken Cup sides that will join the competition for the knock-out stages - but they face an anxious wait ahead of the remaining pool matches.

Wing Tom Varndell struck in either half - as he did in the reverse fixture last weekend - while Danny Cipriani added seven points to leave the English side on the verge of victory in Paris. But a last-minute penalty from Racing fly-half Jonathan Wisniewski steered the home side to a morale-boosting win.

The cruel defeat means the door is open for Irish province Connacht to finish as top seed with a win at Olympus Rugby in Madrid on Saturday. Racing took a third-minute lead through Wisniewski's penalty but Wasps hit back instantly when in-form Varndell showed blistering pace to shrug off Mani Vakaloa for an opportunist score. Cipriani converted and then added a penalty in the 12th minute for a healthy 10-3 advantage.

Cipriani missed two further presentable kicks before Wisniewski slotted home a long-range penalty at the end of an action-packed opening quarter. Then the Racing fly-half showed a touch of class on 28 minutes to fire home a neat drop-goal to reduce the deficit to just one point at the interval. Dan Ward-Smith went close for the visitors but then the number eight was yellow-carded in the 55th minute for killing the ball.

Racing took control in the scrum and Welsh referee James Jones had no other option but to award a penalty try for the home side. But Cipriani's long pass allowed Varndell to touch down for his second in the right corner before Racing claimed an unlikely victory through Wisniewski's last-gasp penalty.

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