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          European Rugby Champions Cup 2017
          Racing 92Racing 92RAC
          34
          14/01FT
          3
          Leicester TigersLeicester TigersLEI
          • Xavier Chauveau(12')
          • Marc Andreu(17', 77')
          • Gerbrandt Grobler(39')
          • Penalty Try(45')
          • Dan Carter(18', 40', 46')
          • Dan Carter(16')
          • Freddie Burns(35')
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          Racing 92 thump sorry Leicester

          Leicester lock Mike Williams lines up former Racing 92 start Dan Carter. LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images
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          Jan 14, 2017, 05:24 PM ET
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          Leicester's hopes of progressing in the Champions Cup were dashed as they slumped to a 34-3 defeat at Racing 92 at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir.

          The French side punished a succession of Leicester errors to end their opponents' chances of making the quarter-finals in Aaron Mauger's second game since taking over from Richard Cockerill.

          Xavier Chauveau, Marc Andreu and Gerbrandt Grobler all crossed in the first half and a penalty try after the break ended the game as a contest.

          Leicester did improve in a tighter second period, but were unable to come up with a try of their own and Andreu completed the scoring late on seal a comprehensive bonus-point win for Racing.

          The English side had been thrashed by both Glasgow and Munster on the road earlier this season and the early exchanges in Paris only pointed to another one-sided encounter.

          Scrum-half Chauveau soon crossed for the game's opening score in the 12th minute.

          Dan Carter missed the conversion, but then booted a penalty before the New Zealander saw his team extend their advantage.

          The score was all Leicester's fault, the Tigers opting to run the ball clear, but then turning it over. Andreu was the beneficiary, hacking on and dotting down under the posts. Carter added the simple extras to make it 15-0 and, with a quarter of the game gone, the visitors were in trouble.

          Leicester did finally get themselves on the board with a Freddie Burns penalty, but Racing soon moved further clear.

          Carter missed with a penalty effort, but Matt Tait knocked on behind the posts, handing the French side a scrum five metres out.

          From the set-piece lock Grobler powered over for another try Mauger's side could easily have prevented. Carter converted for a 22-3 half-time lead.

          Racing's giant pack had finally turned up in Europe and another powerful forward surge saw them secure a bonus point soon after the restart.

          A driving maul from a line-out was stopped illegally by the Tigers, referee Ben Whitehouse rightly going under the posts to award a penalty try.

          Will Evans was yellow-carded for his role in trying to prevent the score, with Carter once again adding the extras.

          Antoine Claasen's sin-binning for dragging down a Leicester maul then made it 14-a-side, but the Tigers were still having no luck.

          What looked like a legitimate try was adjudged to have been held up by Whitehouse and then the Welsh official decided Burns' kick to touch had gone dead.

          The two incidents did not help Leicester's mood and Andreu's second with a couple of minutes to go compounded a miserable evening for the visitors.

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          Standings

          Pool 1
          RTeamGPPDP
          1GLA4+4920
          2STA4+9412
          3SAL4-3811
          4SAR4+1310
          5SHA4-1010
          6ASM4-1080
          Pool 2
          RTeamGPPDP
          1BAT4+9116
          2RC4+1714
          3CAS4-810
          4EDI4-7110
          5MUN4-28
          6GLO4-276
          Pool 3
          RTeamGPPDP
          1LEI4+3518
          2HAR4+9815
          3STO4-814
          4LEI4+36
          5STA4-136
          6BAY4-1150
          Pool 4
          RTeamGPPDP
          1UNI4+7620
          2NOR4+4616
          3BRI4+5014
          4BUL4-687
          5SEC4-506
          6SCA4-543
          Full Table

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