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Clermont's Rougerie out for a month with knee injury
By Harry West
Aurelien Rougerie will miss Clermont Auvergne's final two European Champions Cup group matches after sustaining a knee injury.
The veteran back, capped 76 times by France, picked up the problem in Sunday's 31-27 home defeat to Castres.
Clermont released an update on Tuesday, confirming he would be out for a month due to a partial ligament strain.
He is likely to miss Clermont's Top 14 fixtures against Racing 92 and Montpellier, which fall either side of Champions Cup clashes with Northampton Saints and the Ospreys.
Clermont sit top of Pool 2 having won all four games this season, holding a five-point lead over the Ospreys.
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Good summation Ned. Agree the Canes were out-muscled for once (except at the scrum!) by a focused Brumbies outfit. Tua deserves consideration for higher honors after the way he humbled Jordie and the Canes defense. Thankfully, his lack of eligibility for Oz keeps him from Joe’s plans. While I also agree the injuries affected the Canes performance, some players seemed to lack focus and intensity for this match. Perhaps after the Blues demolished the Brumbies, they thought it was going to be easy? A good reminder that any slip up in preparation can have a big affect on the result. Brumbies deserved that win.
Go to commentsKarl Dixon should never have been appointed this fixture, absolute disgrace, He’s not much of a referee anyway, didn't have the balls to send his mate care off
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