Montpellier Langueboks vs Northampton

..Jake Whites Monpellier playing with much more conviction today...Some good runs by Tomane and Nadolo... Nadolo's setting up the first try witha magical offload 
...Montpelier heavy favourites to win at home today...but alot of plodders in the team which is a concern
...currently 7-0 after 30 minutes...

 ...just when you think Montpellier is looking good they concede a TRy the muppets...to Northampton halfback Dickson & now 7 -7 scoreline

 ...Halftime 10- 7 to Northampton ...anyones game
Hold a mirror to Montpellier and see the Springbok crisis according to this report..http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/european-cup/hold-mirror-to-montpellier-and-see-a-reflection-of-springboks-in-crisis-1.2838862

In other Montpellier news Aaron Cruden is set to become the next Kiwi hero worshipped in Europe after signing a reported $3.6 million contract with the club...Dopey AB coach Hansen has a lot to answer for letting a quality first five like that go, especially after never losing a game that he started at 10 in the All Black jersey...
...With Ben Smith and Dagg also reportedly to be leaving one wonders how weakened the ABs will have become...  

 ...One minute into the second half Montpelier concede another TRY..or do they?
Hang on says the TMO... just as the conversion is about to be taken it's.. NO TRY Tuala had a foot on the sideline before passing to North who dotted down....Montpellier dodges a bullet...
Attempted drop goal from Northampton unsuccessful..

 ...TRY Nadolo after bulldozing his way past and over four Northampton players..Lomuesque style...Great TRY that..
Montpel lier leading 14 - 10

 Montpellier playing with a lot more confidence now...Nadolo getting more heavilly involved in the centres..  
TRY Jaques du Plesis...Montpellier up 21 -10

 ...Nadolo secures bonus point TRY in the corner...all depends on tomorrow's results now on whether Montpellier go through to the 1/4 finals..
Late TRy to Northampton but too little too late...26 - 17
Nadolo named MOM..

 The game was dull, collectively poor, with flashes of individual brilliance now and then.

Northampton was also out of the race.

The english clubs are managing the european cup: they will get two clubs with solid winning chances, the rest will spare energy to focus on the domestic league.

 The article shows how important that quota policy stuff is. Excellent men enjoy thinking in circles and this is another example of it.

Article proposition: make the SA team a bottleneck. Players going abroad lose the opportunity to play for the SA national team.

Here, the quota stuff must click to protect from basic considerations. The proposition would be a nice plan but players are spooked by the quota policy, they flee abroad.

A self servicing story.

Short examination of the proposition:

The SA team is 30 active positions. In a large addition, 70 players in stand by.
For a total of 100 positions.

The four higher paying top 14 clubs are already 4 by 30=120 active positions, all of them providing as good as or better salaries.
Adding the equivalent four english clubs doubles the market.
The rest, 10 french clubs and 8 english clubs adds 18 * 30=540 active, good paying positions.

Making the national team a bottleneck wont work: salaries in Europe are going to increase and the market is large enough to drain all the extended pool locked by the national team.

Very basic. And this is when quota policy serves well to ecape those basic considerations.