Rugby

Family affair at Montpellier with Nadolo's brother arriving as medical joker

March 25, 2019 5:06 am

Montpellier have beefed up for their run-in to the end of the Top 14 season with an interesting choice of a medical joker.

Rugbypass.com reports, the Vern Cotter’s side have been enduring a miserable season, knocked out of the Champions Cup with a defeat at Edinburgh.

That has led to speculation that the future of Cotter, who arrived in summer 2017, is under threat as last year’s Top 14 finalists have nose-dived this term despite their budget being one of the biggest in France.

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With the absence of Benjamin Fall who suffered a foot fracture, the club has turned to Chris Kuridrani who is the younger brother of Nemani Nadolo to replace him.

Kuridrani who can double job on the wing and at full-back, is a former Queensland Reds Super Rugby player who has also had a stint in Japan with the Honda Heat.