Clermont coach: ‘Munster bring you into this vicious circle where you can no longer control your game’

Clermont Auvergne head coach Franck Azema. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Downbeat Clermont refused to hide behind injury concerns after they allowed Munster to come back from 28-9 down to snatch a breathtaking Champions Cup win on Saturday evening.

Injuries forced the Top 14 side to reorganise their pack for the weekend clash. Head coach Franck Azema switched Peceli Yato in the second row, where he had played a few times for Clermont in 2017, and called up academy captain Clement Lanen into the backrow for the second start of his young career. Two more academy forwards, Lanen’s twin Thibaud (21) and Edward Annandale (19) were on the bench.