Aaron Cruden and his Montpelier side continue to dominate France's Top 14
Dan Carter's Racing Metro is six points behind in second place and with only three rounds to go..
Montpelier 76
Racing 70
...six tightly bunched teams battle for the remaining four spots
Toulouse 66
Toulon 64
Pau 62
La Rochelle 61
Lyon 61
Castres 60
Brycy
One wonders how effective Cruden really is? Montpellier is paying Racing nearly R20 nillion (ie $1,8 million) to get Racing to release Goosen from his contract - they would not spend that kind of money if they were happy with Cruden at flyhalf.
To think the Kiwis preferred Cruden over Barrett for years. That never made any sense to me.
Totally over rated player.
Carter could leave directly from his weekly AA meetings and clean Cruden up without much effort.
