Racing 92 kept pace with the leading pack in the Top 14 as they beat a disappointing Montpellier side 26-0 at U Arena in Paris on Sunday.
Table-toppers Montpellier were hugely underwhelming as they leaked three tries, with next week's trip to La Rochelle also a hard fixture.
Racing though will be thrilled with their performance as they pick up their seventh win out of 11 games, with a bonus point also in the bag.
They led 13-0 at half-time thanks to inside centre Albert Vulivuli's try that saw him hit a superb line off Pat Lambie, who added six points.
Brice Dulin showed his pace to cross on the right wing on 46 minutes and with Lambie kicking a penalty five minutes later, they led 21-0.
And Racing 92 added the bonus-point try on 63 minutes thanks to Juan Imhoff's controversial score, as he appeared to knock the ball on when grounding. The officials declined to check the replays though as Joe Rokocoko's kick ahead proved profitable for the Argentine and Racing.
They were made to sweat at the end, however, as Montpellier almost wiped that extra point, but scrambling work that saw Maxime Machenaud yellow carded kept the visitors out, ending a disappointing day at the office for them.
The scorers:
For Racing 92:
Tries: Vulivuli, Dulin, Imhoff
Cons: Lambie
Pens: Lambie 3
Yellow Card: Machenaud
Racing 92: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Louis Dupichot, 13 Joe Rokocoko, 12 Albert Vulivuli, 11 Marc Andreu, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Teddy Iribaren, 8 Yannick Nyanga, 7 Boris Palu, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Edwin Maka, 4 Manuel Carizza, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Eddy Ben Arous
Replacements: 16 Teddy Baubigny, 17 Viliamu Afatia, 18 Bernard Le Roux, 19 So'otala Fa'aso'o, 20 Maxime Machenaud, 21 Remi Tales, 22 Juan Imhoff, 23 Cedate Gomes Sa
Montpellier: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Alexandre Dumoulin, 12 Francois Steyn, 11 Joseph Tomane, 10 Aaron Cruden, 9 Benoit Paillaugue, 8 Martin Devergie, 7 Julien Bardy, 6 Kelian Galletier, 5 Julien Delannoy, 4 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, 3 Johannes Jonker, 2 Charles Geli, 1 Gregory Fichten
Replacements: 16 Romain Ruffenach, 17 Yvan Watremez, 18 Joffrey Michel, 19 Fulgence Ouedraogo, 20 Wian Liebenberg, 21 Enzo Sanga, 22 Henry Immelman, 23 Mohammed Haouas
Referee: Cyril Lafon
Assistant referees: Julien Castaignède, Jean-Luc Rebollal
TMO: Denis Grenouillet
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