Bernard Laporte's Montpellier are taking a growing trend in French rugby to the extreme by loaning out nearly one-fifth of their side to other clubs next season.
Mohed Altrad's reign has seen a slew of coaches hired and fired, and club culture eroded.
A lapse in concentration at the beginning of the second half proved to be the difference as Edinburgh fell to a hard-fought 13-8 defeat to La Rochelle.
The incident featuring Geoffrey Doumayrou was handled brilliantly by referee Thomas Charabas in La Rochelle’s contest with Montpellier in the most recent round of the Top 14.
Exeter booked a home quarter-final in the Heineken Champions Cup by beating La Rochelle 33-14 at Sandy Park.
Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Heineken Champions Cup match between Exeter Chiefs and La Rochelle at Sandy Park.
Sale’s hopes of progressing to the European Champions Cup quarter-finals came to an end as they were beaten 30-23 by La Rochelle.
With five minutes remaining, centre Geoffrey Doumayrou was seen stomping on an opposition arm at a ruck, pushing his boot into the wrist of a player competing for the ball.
The Chiefs' have failed to deliver in the Champions Cup, their European form often a shadow of their Premiership power, but they started their latest campaign in fine style in France.
