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Recap: Clermont vs Ulster | Heineken Champions Cup
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Follow all the action on the RugbyPass live blog from the Heineken Champions Cup match between Clermont and Ulster at Stade Marcel Michelin.
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Clermont are going all out for the victory, selecting Alivereti Raka and Damian Penaud on the wings and opting for an all-French half-back partnership of Morgan Parra and Camille Lopez, who was from the list of 42 chosen for Six Nations duty by new France boss Fabien Galthie.
Marcell Coetzee and Jordi Murphy return to the Ulster side who make just the two changes following last weekend’s Guinness PRO14 destruction of Munster in Belfast.
CLERMONT: 15. Nick Abendanon; 14. Damian Penaud, 13. Isaiah Toeava, 12. George Moala, 11. Alivereti Raka; 10. Camille Lopez, 9. Morgan Parra (capt); 1. Etienne Falgoux, 2. John Ulugia, 3. Rabah Slimani, 4. Paul Jedrasiak, 5. Sebastien Vahaamahina, 6. Arthur Iturria, 7. Alexandre Lapandry, 8. Fritz Lee. Reps: 16. Yohan Beheregaray, 17. Loni Uhila, 18. Sipili Falatea, 19. Sitaleki Timani, 20. Alexandre Fischer, 21. Greig Laidlaw, 22. Jake McIntyre, 23. Apisai Naqalevu.
ULSTER: 15. Will Addison; 14. Rob Baloucoune, 13. Luke Marshall, 12. Stuart McCloskey, 11. Jacob Stockdale; 10. Billy Burns, 9. John Cooney; 1. Jack McGrath, 2. Rob Herring, 3. Marty Moore, 4. Alan O'Connor, 5. Iain Henderson (capt), 6. Sean Reidy, 7. Jordi Murphy, 8. Marcell Coetzee. Reps: 16. Adam McBurney, 17. Eric O'Sullivan, 18. Tom O'Toole, 19. Kieran Treadwell, 20. Matt Rea, 21. David Shanahan, 22. Bill Johnston, 23. Matt Faddes.
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Ford completely took the energy out the game for us, waving his hands telling people to calm down. Just for us to die off and lose the momentum.
Bringing him on all the time to ‘close out’ games is condescending to Smith. Get Ford out and let Marcus Smith & Fin Smith run the show. The future is them so give them the keys and let them get on with it.
Go to commentsTaking Marcus Smith off was a big puzzle and probably cost England the game. However, Abs created more opportunities and scored some tries but left a lot out there through sloppy execution, not playing to the ref and no enforcement of English off-side play. The fact the game was close all through made it worth watching but it was a frustrating pectacle. English succeeded in slowing the game down and were in the refs ear which Gardner allowed. I think Ireland or France will punish the sloppy execution more than England so still much for ABs to work on.
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