CLER
	No.	Name
15Scott Spedding, FB  2
14David Strettle, W
13Damian Penaud, C
12Wesley Fofana, C
11Alivereti Raka, W
10Isaia Toeava, FH
9Morgan Parra, SH  6
1Etienne Falgoux, P
2Benjamin Kayser, H
3Rabah Slimani, P
4Flip van der Merwe, L
5Sebastien Vahaamahina, L
6Peceli Yato, FL
7Alexandre Lapandry, FL
8Fritz Lee, N8
Replacements
16John Ulugia, R
17Raphael Chaume, R
18Aaron Jarvis, R
19Paul Jedrasiak, R
20Vito Kolelishvili, R
21Charly Trussardi, R
22Peter Betham, R
23Nick Abendanon, R

SARAC
	No.	Name
15Alex Goode, FB
14Sean Maitland, W
13Marcelo Bosch, C
12Alex Lozowski, C T
11Chris Wyles, W
10Owen Farrell, FH   3
9Ben Spencer, SH T
1Mako Vunipola, P
2Jamie George, H
3Vincent Koch, P
4Will Skelton, L
5George Kruis, L
6Nick Isiekwe, FL
7Calum Clark, FL
8Jackson Wray, N8
16Christopher Tolofua, R
17Richard Barrington, R
18Juan Figallo, R
19Ben Earl, R
20Schalk Burger, R
21Tom Whiteley, R
22Nick Tompkins, R
23Nathan Earle, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stade Marcel Michelin

3:15 PM, December 17, 2017

2315dPA Sport

Clermont sneak past Saracens to seize control of Pool 2

A late penalty from fullback Scott Spedding made it back-to-back victories for Clermont over Saracens in the Champions Cup.

Match Commentary

81'+1		24-21 End of second half
81'		Player substituted - Ben Spencer , Saracens
81'		Substitute on - Tom Whiteley , Saracens

Match Stats

CLER

SARAC

55%

45%

54%

46%

CLER

SARAC

123	Runs	100
378	Metres Run	338
10	Clean Breaks	7
98	Tackles	131
14	Missed Tackles	28
7	Turnover Knock On	7

Standings

Pool 1
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	BEG	4	+89	17
2	BULLS	4	+30	15
3	LYON	4	-2	12
4	SARAC	4	-17	10
5	CONN	4	-52	6
6	BTL	4	-48	5
Pool 2
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	TOUL	4	+109	20
2	HQUIN	4	+42	15
3	BATH	4	+22	15
4	RAMET	4	-1	8
5	ULST	4	-59	5
6	CDB	4	-113	3
Pool 3
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	NTHMP	4	+62	18
2	EXET	4	-12	13
3	GLASG	4	+14	10
4	MUNST	4	0	9
5	BAY	4	-25	8
6	TOUL	4	-39	2
Pool 4
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	LEINS	4	+70	19
2	STORM	4	+3	14
3	LA RO	4	+38	12
4	LEICS	4	-38	9
5	SALE	4	-7	6
6	SFRAN	4	-66	2

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