Abendanon hopes to have impressed

05 April 2015Abendanon was spellbinding as Clermont cruised into the semi-finals of Europe by dismantling the Aviva Premiership champions and runaway leaders 37-5 at a hostile Stade Marcel-Michelin.

It is still the 28-year-old's debut season in the Massif Central following eight years at Bath, but his graceful running from full-back has hastened the downfall of Sale, Saracens and now Northampton in the Champions Cup in recent months.

On the form displayed at the highest level of European club rugby Abendanon deserves to be judged alongside Mike Brown, the Red Rose's current …