Paris — Pat Lambie aims to give Dan Carter a winning European send-off from his French club career when Racing 92 face Leinster in Saturday’s Champions Cup final even if it means leaving the All Blacks legend warming the bench. South African flyhalf Lambie, who at 27 is nine years younger than Carter, will start the final in Bilbao as Racing seek to secure a first European title against the three-time winners. Carter was part of the Racing team which lost the 2016 final to Saracens before earning a degree of redemption with a man-of-the-match performance in the 29-21 Top 14 final victory over Toulon a few weeks later. "It’s really nice to have him on the same side and to have trained and played with him, seen how he does things and speak to him about the game and life outside rugby as well," Lambie said. The player heads for a club career in Japan at the end of this season. Lambie said he had some sympathy for Carter, who will again be poised to play a super-sub role for Racing on S...
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