Andreu double breaks Racing duck
In their second game under interim coach Aaron Mauger, the Welford Road outfit struggled to cope with the power of the French side and paid the price for a huge number of mistakes.
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 to send them out of Europe.
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.
Scrumhalf 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.
Ben Youngs' exasperation summed things up and although Leicester did finally get themselves on the board with a Freddie Burns penalty, 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 didn't help Leicester's mood and Andreu's second with a couple of minutes to go compounded a miserable evening for the visitors.
The scorers:
For Racing 92:
Tries:Chauveau, Andreu 2, Grobler, Penalty try
Cons: Carter 3
Pen: Carter
For Leicester Tigers:
Pen:Burns
Yellow cards: William Evans (Leicester Tigers, 44 – cynical foul, for pulling don the driving maul), Antonie Claassen (Racing 92, 51 – cynical foul, for pulling don the driving maul)
Teams:
Racing 92: 15 Juan Imhoff, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Casey Laulala, 12 Anthony Tuitavake, 11 Teddy Thomas, 10 Benjamin Dambielle, 9 Xavier Chauveau, 8 Antonie Claassen, 7 Matthieu Voisin, 6 So'otala Fa'aso'o, 5 Francois van der Merwe, 4 Gerbrandt Grobler, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 1 Eddy Ben Arous
Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Viliamu Afatia, 18 Ben Tameifuna, 19 Ali Williams, 20 Olivier Missoup, 21 James Hart, 22 Benjamin Dambielle, 23 Albert Vulivuli
Leicester Tigers: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 Peter Betham, 12 Matt Smith, 11 Tom Brady, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Lachlan McCaffrey, 7 Will Evans, 6 Mike Williams, 5 Graham Kitchener, 4 Ed Slater, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs (captain), 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Greg Bateman, 18 Pat Cilliers, 19 Mike Fitzgerald, 20 Luke Hamilton, 21 Jono Kitto, 22 Sam Harrison, 23 Jack Roberts
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Assistant referees: Sean Brickell (Wales), Gwyn Morris (Wales)
TMO: Jon Mason (Wales)
Source: @ChampionsCup
