TIM VISSER’S try double earned Edinburgh a sensational 48-47 Heineken Cup Pool Two success over Racing Metro at Murrayfield last night. Visser, who will qualify to play for Scotland at the end of the season, scored a try after 35 seconds and another four minutes from time as Edinburgh sensationally came from behind to claim a second win from two games.

The hosts scored 17 points in the opening 10 minutes but conceded 28 unanswered points and were trailing by 20 with 14 minutes remaining.

But Racing replacement Jone Qovu was sinbinned with 11 minutes to go and Edinburgh scored two converted tries to triumph, with captain Greig Laidlaw kicking the winning conversion.

Edinburgh’s tries came from Visser (two), Netani Talei, Tom Brown, Roddy Grant and Laidlaw, who added six conversions and two penalties in a personal 23-point haul. Racing finished with five tries – for Julien Saubade, Juan Imhoff, Henry Chavancy (two) and Jonathan Wisniewski, who kicked 20 points.

Outhalf Dan Parks kicked 14 points as Cardiff Blues made it two from two in Pool Two with a scrappy 24-18 win over 14-man London Irish at Cardiff City Stadium.

First-half tries from hooker Rhys Thomas and scrumhalf Lloyd Williams laid the groundwork for an 18-9 half-time lead, by which time the visitors were a man down after centre Steven Shingler saw red for a spear tackle on opposite number Dafydd Hewitt.

Parks’ boot eventually sealed the hosts’ win with two second-half penalties but Irish kept themselves in the game through the boot of fullback Tom Homer, who kicked all their points.

Clermont Auvergne roared back into contention in Pool Four with an eight-try 54-3 demolition of Aironi at home. Lee Byrne, Gerhard Vosloo, Brock James, Julien Bonnaire, Julien Bardy, Jean-Marcellin Buttin, Wesley Fofana and Julien Malzieu were their try scorers.