Ledesma rues missed opportunities

ON A DAY of huge hits and titanic forward battles, it was probably fitting that the man-of-the-match award went to a man who was permanently in the thick of things, Clermont hooker Mario Ledesma.

He’s in the twilight of his career but the Argentine is as powerful as ever, his dynamism around the fringes rewarded with a first-half try, after a clever inside pass from scrum-half Pierre Mignoni.

“A great game to play in,” he admitted. “It was a little bit frustrating to have so much possession and not get the scores. We deserved to win by more than seven points, I thought.