A minutes silence is being held in memory of Nelson Mandela.

Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of Racing Metro vs Harlequins from the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes. Today's sides lie second and bottom respectively in the group. The home side will be looking to build on their recent run of good form and take a vital home win today. Racing will start with both Johnny Sexton and Mike Philips on the bench. A sign of the strong side available to the home side this afternoon. Quins need a win against the Parisians in order to keep their hopes of getting out of the group. A loss today would certainly rule them out of qualifying for the knock-out stages. A testing game in store for both teams that will make or break their Heineken cup campaign. Were just minutes from kick off now. Stay with us for live coverage throughout the action.