We have tools to shock champions, insists Clermont’s Cotter

Clermont Auvergne coach Vern Cotter insists his team are not running scared of defending champions Leinster.

The French giants are targeting their first appearance in a Heineken Cup final after thumping English champions Saracens in the last eight. That has set up a semi-final showdown with cup holders Leinster — in their fourth successive semi-final — in Bordeaux on Sunday.

But Clermont’s straight-talking Kiwi coach, wanted by England and the All Blacks in the past six months, is adamant his team have the ammunition to shoot down the champions from Dublin.