Warwick set to miss battle of Clermont
Not so any longer. When the team to tackle Clermont Auvergne in the third series of Heineken Cup matches at the Stade Marcel Michelin on Sunday is announced at lunchtime today, it’s unlikely there will be a place in the starting line-up for Paul Warwick, one of the stars of the away European victory over Sale Sharks and an inspirational figure in the narrow defeat by the All Blacks last month.
Rua Tipoki, the New Zealand centre ruled out by a knee injury, is replaced in the centre by Barry Murphy and the other change behind the scrum from the Sale game sees Keith Earls come in for Warwick at full-back. In the pack, Niall Ronan makes his first Heineken Cup start, with David Wallace moving to number eight.