Tough test for Leinster in quarter-final

Clermont-Auvergne coach Vern Cotter has selected a formidable side to play Leinster in the Heineken Cup quarter-final at the RDS on Friday night.

France wing Aurelian Rougerie will captain the team behind the effective half-back pair of Brock Jameas and Morgan Parra.

There will be considerable bulk in the front five with the likes of Meriod Ledesma, Thomas Domingo and Jamioe Cudmore backed by a well-balance back row.

Clermont-Auvergne: A Floch; A Rougerie (capt), M Joubert, G Canale, J Malzieu; B James, M Parra; T Domingo, M Ledesma, D Zirakashvili, J Cudmore, T Privat, J Bonnaire, A Lapandry, E Vermeulen.