Clermont have cause to be wary

Nobody has done it now for almost three-and-a-half years, not since a Frenchman who just happens to be appearing in Dublin this weekend on European semi-final business.

Dimitri Yachvili can lay claim to be the last player to kick the winning goal for the opposition against Clermont Auvergne at Stade Marcel Michelin.

He did so for Biarritz, the Basques who stand between Leinster at the RDS on Saturday and next month’s Amlin Cup final in Dublin.