At Gerland: Clermont beats LOU 30-22 (halftime 17-10).
Cool weather, 18,288 spectators. Referee: Vivien Praderie.
Points for LOU.- 3 tries Couilloud (33, 56), Dumortier (76), 2 transformations (33, 56) and 1 penalty (23) Méliande.
For Clermont.- 3 tries Moala (30), Fourcade (40), Tauzin (52), 3 Urdapilleta transformations, 2 penalties Urdapilleta (10) and Belleau (73, 79).
Yellow cards.- Shvangiradze (9), Couilloud (40) and Kaabèche (69) at LOU. Lotrian (36) and Fisher (56) in Clermont.
Evolution of the score.- 0/3 (Clermont), 3/3, 3/10, 10/10, 10/17 (half-time). 10/24, 17/24, 17/27, 22/27, 22/30.
The teams
LOU.- Rey (Kaabèche 60), Charcosset, Ainsley (Gomes Sa 31, then Ainsley 60) – Lambey (William 50), Lavanini (Lambey 63, then Lavanini 69) – Cretin, Allen (Okuya 60), Shvangiradze – Couilloud, Méliande – Rattez (Dumortier 60), Maraku, Parisien, Mignot – Tchaptchet (Smith 67).
CLERMONT.- Lotrian (Falgoux 57), Fourcade (Massa 57), Ojovan (Ala'alatoa 57) – Lanen (Yato 18), Ceyte – Sowakula (Hemery 50), Fischer (Sowakula 67), Lee – Jauneau (Bézy 50) , Urdapilleta (Belleau 63) – Jurand, Moala, Fouyssac (Daricarrère 57), Tauzin – Newsome.
