Clermont focused on ‘enormous challenge’

CLERMONT AUVERGNE coach Vern Cotter was delighted with his side’s win in Sunday’s crunch Pool One encounter with Munster, but the New Zealander wasn’t getting carried away, describing next week’s return game in Thomond Park as an “enormous challenge” for his players.

“The aim was to put Munster under pressure and to remain patient,” Cotter said following his side’s 25-19 victory.

“We knew that if we began the second half in the same way that we started the first half, that there would be opportunities for us.