Harlequins (13) 13 / 16 (3) Clermont (Final Score)
Harlequins and ASM Clermont Auvergne did battle in the Heineken Cup at
The Twickenham Stoop at 15:35 SA Time (13:35 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Harlequins:
- Penalties – Nick Evans (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Matt Hopper (1)
- Conversions – Nick Evans (1)
Clermont:
- Penalties – Brock James (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Napolioni Nalaga (1), Sitiveni Sivivatu (1)
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Charlie Walker, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw (Captain), 6 Luke Wallace, 5 George Robson, 4 Nick Kennedy, 3 Will Collier, 2 Dave Ward, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Ben Botica, 23 Ollie Lindsay-Hague.
ASM Clermont Auvergne: 15 Jean-Marcel Buttin, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 13 Aurélien Rougerie (Captain), 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Napolioni Nalaga, 10 Brock James, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Fritz Lee, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Julien Bardy, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Ti’i Paulo, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Clément Ric, 19 Julien Pierre, 20 Gerhard Vosloo, 21 Ludovic Radoslavjevic, 22 Mike Delany, 23 Benson Stanley.
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Gary Conway (Ireland), Brian MacNeice (Ireland)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Kicked directly out by Mike brown…
Massive touch kick by Nick Evans
Side entry by Quins, Clermont penalty kickable but they go for touch… great touch
Time is up in the 1st half, last scrum
Lemoenetyd
2nd Half ON!
I am also busy doing the Sharks Squad Contender article on their flyhalves….
Try Nalaga, Clermont… fault by Brown on a kick through caused it
Harlequins 13 / 8 Clermont
Mistake from kick-off by Evans, scrum middle spot
Care injured, they are taking care of his ankle, it seems
Dickson is on for Care, hope he does not play like his surnaame.
Only 5 points in it… 28 minutes to go in the match
Good game to watch, this one, even if the scores are few and far between
Quins scrum inside their own half.
Clermont doing most of the attacking
Good to see they’ve done away with the YES NINE call at the scrums.
Quins scrum penalty
Turnover scrum to Clermont
Clermont penalty 43m out… Brock James for goal
Just missed….
Some crunching tackles going down
Quins penalty, for obstructive running
Lineout quickly taken by Clermont… almost works, was dangerous by Clermont there
14 Minutes to go in the match
Obstruction again by Clermont, Quins can relieve pressure
Attacking Quins lineout… 26m out
This time Clermont off their feet… and this is a kickable penalty for Quins
Badddd miss by Nick Evans, scores stay the same
Now only 10 minutes to go in the match
Clermont get a penalty, holding on, on the ground… anybody’s game
Clermont very close… 1m out
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