It was Saints first draw in 125 games in the top tier of European rugby and keeps them in the hunt for a top two finish in their Pool as they chase another quarter-final.

All the points came from the boots of the respective outside halves - three apiece for home No 10 Steve Myler, who also missed once from the half-way line, and three from Dan Carter.

The closest either side came to scoring a try was in the 66^th minute when Carter had a clearance kick from behind his own line charged down. The ball fell into the hands of home wing Jamie Elliott, but he couldn't force his way over to celebrated his 100^th appearance for the club.

But Saints still had the put in at the five metre scrum, although replacement tight head prop Paul Hill gave way a penalty and the chance went begging. Twice Racing 92 led, but they conceded a penalty at 9-6 after a fracas in their 22.

Carter had been knocked over in a tackle by Alex Waller and the 'afters' led to World Cup final referee and TMO Derek Bevan, the other Welshman who has controlled a World Cup final at Twickenham, picked out Wenceslas Lauret for putting his arms around the neck of a home player.

That allowed Myler to level once again and a tight contest ended in draw - the second in a sequence of five away games without defeat in Europe for Racing 92. It mean they lead Pool 3 by two points from Saints with a game in hand.