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Farrell watches Farrell as Racing begin post-Kolisi era with Clermont win
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell witnessed his son, ex-England captain Owen Farell, score five points to help Racing 92 beat Clermont 33-20 in the French Top 14 on Saturday.
Racing's maiden victory of the season marked their first game since South Africa captain Siya Kolisi announced his departure after just one season of his three-year deal.
The hosts crossed for three tries in six minutes during the second half from Owen Farrell's compatriot Henry Arundell, France centre Gael Fickou and scrum-half Nolann Le Garrec, Antoine Dupont's understudy with Les Bleus.
A much-changed Clermont, coached by the colourful Christophe Urios, followed last weekend's win at Pau by defeat despite leading by four points with 20 minutes to play.
The game was moved across the French capital to a fourth-tier football ground in the suburb of Creteil as fly-half Farrell made his home debut after his summer move from Saracens.
Racing's usual La Defense Arena home is being re-adapted for rugby after it was used as a swimming venue at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The sides went into the break 13-13 apiece as Farell was shown a yellow card for offside in the build-up to Clermont fly-half Anthony Belleau's try.
Farrell senior, 49, will take charge of the British and Irish Lions for next summer's tour of Australia and can select his son even if he is ineligible for England as he plays his club rugby abroad.
Racing's three crucial tries came just after the hour mark, the highlight being Fickou's effort, set-up by 32-year-old fly-half Farrell.
- Bus block -
Elsewhere, former Scotland captain Stuart Hogg missed Montpellier's 26-7 win over Perpignan.
The match came days after the 32-year-old was arrested and then granted bail for allegedly breaching previous bail conditions ahead of his trial for domestic abuse.
The game took place 96km east of Perpignan on the Mediterranean coast in Beziers as the pitch at the Catalans' home of Stade Aime-Giral is being re-laid.
Before kick-off the passionate Perpignan fans stopped their side's bus 300m from the stadium, forcing their players to walk the rest of the journey through hundreds of roaring supporters.
Earlier, former New Zealand scrum-half Brad Weber scored twice as Stade Francais held on to beat newly-promoted Vannes 34-31.
Weber, 33, crossed either side of the break as the Parisians won for the first time this campaign having lost at Bordeaux-Begles in their season-opener last weekend.
Vannes, the first club from Brittany to feature in the French top-flight, followed up last Sunday's defeat to champions Toulouse with another loss despite coming within three points of their hosts with a minute to play at Stade Jean Bouin.
The weekend's blockbuster game is La Rochelle's trip to Toulouse on Sunday in a re-run of the 2021 and 2023 finals.
French rugby's poster boy Dupont remains on holiday and unavailable for Toulouse after clinching gold at the Olympics and rugby sevens.
Scrum-half Dupont was part of the post-Games parade held in Paris on Saturday as French athletes were celebrated on the Champs Elysees.
P.Mathewson--AMWN