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Dragons will be looking to defeat Pool 1 leaders ASM Clermont Auvergne for the first time when they meet on Friday for the third time at Rodney Parade.
- Both games between the Dragons and Clermont have seen an aggregate of 70+ points scored with the TOP 14 side scoring 13 tries and the Welsh region eight.
- Clermont lost on their Challenge Cup trip to Wales – a 35-30 defeat to Neath.
- Clermont have won 94% of their own lineouts, the best rate of any side in the competition.
- Clermont’s Peter Betham has made more metres and breaks than any other player in the competition.
🗨️ “We can take confidence from last week, but we know this Friday is a massive test… We are looking forward to it…"
Scrum half @rhodridavies9 excited by prospect of facing French giants @ASMOfficiel 👇
➡️ https://t.co/pEXf0cfyjK#BringYourFire🔥 pic.twitter.com/As7Ro96h6M
— Dragons 🏉 (@dragonsrugby) January 17, 2019
Pato Fernandez, of ASM Clermont Auvergne, breaks away from Aaron Wainwright, of Dragons, during their European Rugby Challenge Cup match
ASM Clermont Auvergne ensured a home quarter-final in the European Rugby Challenge Cup after defeating Dragons 49-7 on Friday to qualify as No. 1 seeds with a perfect 30 points from 30 in Pool 1.
The visitors achieved a try-scoring bonus point after just 22 minutes at Rodney Gardens, with Pato Fernandez, Alexandre Fischer, Paul Jedrasiak and Remi Grosso all crossing.
French winger Grosso added his second try of the match before half-time when Clermont led 35-0.
#DRAASM VICTOIRE des Clermontois 7-49 . Les hommes de Franck Azema sont premiers européens et le premier club français à réussir le parcours parfait 30/30 ( le deuxième de l’histoire de la compétition après les Ospreys) pic.twitter.com/EykvN5bEk0
— ASM Rugby (@ASMOfficiel) January 18, 2019
Second-half scores from Jedrasiak and Australian Peter Betham put Dragons to the sword, but Jordan Williams’ 77th-minute try ensured the hosts were not left pointless.
Argentine fly-half Fernandez had a flawless evening off the tee as he slotted all seven conversion attempts.
Clermont’s win matched Ospreys’ record of a maximum 30 match points in the pool stage from 2016/17.
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