Parra says Clermont have swotted up on Munster

French scrum-half Morgan Parra says that Clermont Auvergne have been working overtime in the video analysis room in a bid to ensure they don’t get caught by Munster in Saturday’s Heineken Cup semi-final.

Last year’s 19-15 semi-final loss to Leinster in Bordeaux remains a painful memory for everyone at Clermont Auvergne and the 24-year old Grand Slam winner says they are leaving nothing to chance this time round.

“We watched them against Harlequins but they’re a team we know already. They play a typical Irish game — a challenging style, where they try to break the opponent over several phases of play. They’re a team that are very strong when they keep the ball and they don’t expose themselves too much in their own half,” said Parra, who played for Bourgoin against Munster six years ago as a teenager.