Lloyd Williams and Alex Cuthbert score for the Blues


Cardiff Blues battled to a Heineken Cup quarter-final with a compelling win over Racing Metro.

But they travel to holders Leinster in the last eight after finishing second in Pool Two to Edinburgh, who secured a bonus-point win over London Irish.

Lloyd Williams and Alex Cuthbert (twice) went over for the hosts and Leigh Halfpenny did the rest, but they fell short of a bonus-point try.

Josh Matavesi and Sereli Bobo crossed for Racing's tries.

Cardiff Blues were forced into a late change as hooker Rhys Thomas fell victim to a stomach illness to make way for Ryan Tyrell, with Marc Breeze coming on to the bench.

Laulala was a regular threat in attack, but the Blues' first-half scoring efforts owed more to opportunism than creativity.

Visiting fly-half Wisniewski kicked an early penalty, but Steyn was overly relaxed before scrum-half Williams charged down his clearance to gather and score the opening try after seven minutes.

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