Preview: La Rochelle v Castres
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When the season started most people would have expected La Rochelle to be down at the bottom of the Top 14 after four weeks.
The same cannot be said of Castres, with last year's runners-up languishing in 12th place having lost three of their first four matches.
The 2013 champions were undone first up at home to Stade Fran�ais, and a comfortable win over Bayonne was sandwiched by two crushing defeats on the road.
That means that Castres simply have to win on Friday night, but as Toulouse found out a fortnight ago, La Rochelle are an entirely different proposition on home soil.
The prom…
The same cannot be said of Castres, with last year's runners-up languishing in 12th place having lost three of their first four matches.
The 2013 champions were undone first up at home to Stade Fran�ais, and a comfortable win over Bayonne was sandwiched by two crushing defeats on the road.
That means that Castres simply have to win on Friday night, but as Toulouse found out a fortnight ago, La Rochelle are an entirely different proposition on home soil.
The prom…
