Peter Jackson: Now all Racing 92 need is fans

They give the impression of having it all — the world’s most charismatic player, match-winners all over the pitch, and an Irish skills coach better versed than anyone else in the art of conquering Europe.

Racing 92 are not France’s No. 1 contender in the Champions’ Cup for nothing. They have Dan Carter topping an array of All Blacks, Springboks, Pumas as well as a couple of durable Welsh Grand Slammers, and they have the peerless Ronan O’Gara.

Between them, they delivered another super-heavyweight declaration of intent in Paris yesterday afternoon, engulfing the Scarlets on such a scale that the Pro12 leaders suffered the worst beating taken by any Welsh club anywhere in Europe since Cardiff flew over the Bay of Biscay and shipped 75 points to Biarritz in 2002.