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Standings
1
2
Positions on Jan 19, 2014
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Head to Head
6
Wins
2
Draws
0
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Last 3 meetings
Season so far
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Total Tries
18
12
Metres Gained
3645
2663
Passes
1017
856
Tackles Made
607
488
Penalties Conceded
74
57
Turnovers Won
74
57
Tournament record
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ASM Clermont Auvergne
Played | 128 (68 home, 60 away) |
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Wins | 76 (51 home, 25 away) |
Losses | 50 (17 home, 33 away) |
Draws | 2 (0 home, 2 away) |
Average points | 27 |
Biggest win | 82 - 0 |
Heaviest defeat | 6 - 46 |
Match Centre - Preview - Tournament Record (Team B)
Harlequins
Played | 106 (52 home, 54 away) |
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Wins | 47 (26 home, 21 away) |
Losses | 56 (24 home, 32 away) |
Draws | 3 (2 home, 1 away) |
Average points | 23 |
Biggest win | 53 - 5 |
Heaviest defeat | 13 - 58 |
ASM Clermont Auvergne host Harlequins at the Stade Marcel Michelin on Friday night with both sides knowing defeat with leave them with a mountain to climb to make the last eight.
Sunday's foes took a losing bonus point from their opening fixtures, although there is little doubt that it was Clermont who were happier with their lot after Round One.
Last season's beaten Heineken Cup finalists started their quest to go one better with a 13-9 reverse at Racing Metro but they will know that a point on the road isn't always a bad thing.
For Quins, defeat could prove to be more damaging given that they were on home turf when they were shocked by the Scarlets last Saturday. Conor O'Shea's men were beaten 33-26 by the Pool 4 underdogs and now have to produce the goods on foreign soil to avoid slipping further off the pace.
The former English champions have a huge challenge ahead of them if they are to return across the Channel with a famous scalp given that Clermont have won their last 15 Heineken Cup games at the Stade Marcel Michelin. Vern Cotter's troops haven't been beaten at the venue in this competition since Sale Sharks achieved the feat back in October 2008.
Quins do have form in France, though, having stunned four-times Heineken Cup kings Toulouse two seasons' ago. O'Shea saw his side win 31-24 at Le Stadium 22 months ago – ironically after they had been beaten at home the previous week.
Clermont will be without France scrum-half Morgan Parra after he was suspended for four weeks for striking in a Top 14 fixture.
Match Centre - Preview - Lineups
L. Byrne
N. Nalaga 67'
M. Brown
A. Rougerie
P. Sackey
S. Smith 55'
R. King
M. Hopper
W. Fofana
B. Botica
C. Walker 55'
S. Sivivatu
T. Williams
B. James
M. Delany 55'
N. Evans
T. Lacrampe
L. Radosavljevic 48'
D. Care
V. Debaty
R. Chaume 53'
J. Marler
M. Lambert 77'
B. Kayser
T. Paulo 53'
R. Buchanan
D. Ward 18'
D. Kotze
C. Ric 63'
W. Collier
K. Sinckler 45'
J. Pierre
L. Jacquet 66'
N. Easter
N. Hines
G. Robson
J. Bonnaire
L. Wallace
A. Lapandry
G. Vosloo 48'
C. Robshaw
D. Chouly
T. Guest
J. Trayfoot 53'
Replacements
T. Paulo
B. Kayser
D. Ward
R. Buchanan
R. Chaume
V. Debaty
M. Lambert
J. Marler
C. Ric
D. Kotze
K. Sinckler
W. Collier
L. Jacquet
. Pierre
G. Merrick
G. Vosloo
A. Lapandry
J. Trayfoot
T. Guest
L. Radosavljevic
T. Lacrampe
K. Dickson
M. Delany
B. James
S. Smith
P. Sackey
N. Nalaga
L. Byrne
C. Walker
B. Botica
Report:Harlequins’ hopes hanging by a thread
Sunday 20th October 2013
12:00 am (GMT)
Harlequins’ Heineken Cup hopes have been left hanging by a thread following a second successive Pool Four defeat.
Conor O’Shea’s men put up a brave fight against last season’s finalists Clermont Auvergne and were rewarded with Tom Williams’ try on the stroke of half-time.
But the damage had already been done for the Aviva Premiership outfit in central France as first-half tries from Lee Byrne, Wesley Fofana and Thierry Lacrampe handed Clermont a much-needed win – but no valuable bonus-point.
And, although Nick Evans scored a drop goal with the final kick of the game to give his team-mates a deserved losing bonus-point, the writing is on the wall for Quins because no team has qualified for the knock-out stages of the competition following two opening losses.
Quins director of rugby O’Shea, furious following last weekend’s opening home 33-26 defeat to the Scarlets, described the Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin as a ‘coliseum’, and no wonder as Clermont had not tasted defeat here in European competition for 1,429 days.
With Morgan Parra banned, Brock James took over the kicking duties and the fly-half confidently fired Clermont into a third minute lead courtesy of a routine penalty.
Considering the hosts’ previous result in this pool – a 13-9 loss to Racing Metro – there was always going to be a reaction from the French giants and that came in the form of a fast start.
The home side, with a point to prove, grabbed their first try in the eighth minute when Welshman Byrne dived over in the left corner from Julien Pierre’s short pass.
Quins’ number eight Tom Guest, forcing Nick Easter to move to the second row, slowed down the first wave of Clermont’s attack.
But it was not enough as Lacrampe and Regan King combined to feed Pierre wide on the left flank and with Clermont team-mates queuing up on the far touchline, Byrne had a simple finish.
James crashed his conversion attempt against the woodwork, but Quins responded when Ben Botica scored a 13th minute penalty to trim the deficit to five points.
Yet the visitors could not cope with the dancing feet of Regan King and the Clermont centre played a key role in the home side’s second score at the end of the first quarter.
After King made inroads, Sitiveni Sivivatu fed James on the left wing and his inside pass allowed Fofana to burst through, brush off two tacklers including Mike Brown and touchdown. The Television Match Official Marshall Kilgore checked for a forward pass, but Clermont were given the green light.
James missed a second conversion from an acute angle, but Nick Evans added a 24th minute penalty to drag Quins back to 13-6.
Yet Quins simply could not cope with the quality of Clermont’s backline as Vern Cotter’s men quickly added a third score.
Another lightning move saw Sivivatu fend off Evans and step inside Paul Sackey to set up Byrne who offloaded for scrum-half Lacrampe.
The TMO was called into action once again, but Irish official George Clancy was told by fellow countryman Kilgore he could award the try as Lacrampe crossed before the last-ditch tackle by Botica.
Quins were given a lifeline when Byrne was yellow carded in the 28th minute yet the English side could not take any advantage on the scoreboard.
But, within 60 seconds, the Londoners through Williams were back in the contest. Forwards Will Collier and captain Chris Robshaw carried well in the build-up and Care, Evans and Brown all combined with the full-back’s one-handed basketball style pass out to Williams deemed okay for the winger to score in the corner.
Evans added the conversion and Quins went into the half-time interval with some much-needed momentum.
James scored a second penalty four minutes after the re-start to put Clermont ten points clear.
Evans missed a 61st minute penalty, but a scrappy second period ended with the All Blacks fly-half scoring a fine drop goal as Quins remain bottom of the table.
Match Page - Summary
Score Summary
Tries
L. Byrne 7’
W. Fofana 19’
T. Lacrampe 25’
T. Williams 39’
Conversions
B. James 25’
N. Evans 40’
Drop goals
N. Evans 80’ + 1
Penalties
B. James 2’ , 44’
B. Botica 12’
N. Evans 24’
Yellow cards
L. Byrne 27’
Match Page - Timeline
Timeline
FT
2316
Drop goal 80'
N. Evans
-
Substitute 77'
J. Marler
M. Lambert
-
Substitute 67'
L. Byrne
N. Nalaga
-
Substitute 66'
J. Pierre
L. Jacquet
-
Substitute 63'
D. Kotze
C. Ric
-
Missed penalty 61'
N. Evans
-
Substitute 55'
P. Sackey
S. Smith
-
Substitute 55'
B. Botica
C. Walker
-
Substitute 55'
B. James
M. Delany
-
Substitute 53'
T. Guest
J. Trayfoot
-
Substitute 53'
V. Debaty
R. Chaume
-
Substitute 53'
B. Kayser
T. Paulo
-
Substitute 48'
A. Lapandry
G. Vosloo
-
Substitute 48'
T. Lacrampe
L. Radosavljevic
-
Substitute 45'
W. Collier
K. Sinckler
2313
Penalty 44'
B. James
2013
Conversion 40'
N. Evans
2011
Try 39'
T. Williams
-
Yellow card 27'
L. Byrne
206
Conversion 25'
B. James
186
Try 25'
T. Lacrampe
136
Penalty 24'
N. Evans
-
Missed conversion 20'
B. James
133
Try 19'
W. Fofana
-
Substitute 18'
R. Buchanan
D. Ward
83
Penalty 12'
B. Botica
-
Missed conversion 8'
B. James
80
Try 7'
L. Byrne
30
Penalty 2'
B. James
Attack
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Defence
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Kicking
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Breakdown
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Match Page - Player Performance
Key
Harlequins | M | Ca | Pa | Tk | MT | TOW | TAs | O | CB | ||||||||||
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15 Mike Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
14 Paul Sackey Sam Smith 55' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
13 Matt Hopper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
12 Ben Botica Charlie Walker 55' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
11 Tom Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
10 Nick Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
9 Danny Care | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
1 Joe Marler Mark Lambert 77' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
2 Rob Buchanan Dave Ward 18' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
3 Will Collier Kyle Sinckler 45' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
4 Nick Easter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
5 George Robson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
6 Luke Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
7 Chris Robshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
8 Tom Guest Joe Trayfoot 53' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Replacements | |||||||||||||||||||
16 Dave Ward Rob Buchanan 18' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
17 Mark Lambert Joe Marler 77' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
18 Kyle Sinckler Will Collier 45' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
19 George Merrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
20 Joe Trayfoot Tom Guest 53' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
21 Karl Dickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
22 Sam Smith Paul Sackey 55' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
23 Charlie Walker Ben Botica 55' | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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