Clermont ease past Viadana in Heineken Cup

Despite their margin of victory, Clermont’s New Zealand coach Vern Cotter said: “The Italians are a good team, we had to respect them right to the finish. ”

“They gave us a good game.”

“We’re happy with the points but we’re going to have to look over a few things ahead of next week.”

Final Score ASM Clermont Auvergne 36  Viadana 18

Scorers

ASM Clermont Auvergne
Tries – Baikeinuku, Russell 2, Debaty, Privat
Pen – Parra
Con – Parra 3, James
Drop –

Viadana
Tries –
Pen – Hola 3, Law 3
Con –
Drop –

Referee: Peter Allan

Teams

ASM Clermont Auvergne: A Rougerie [capt], G Williams, G Canale, S Bai, J Malzieu, B Russell, M Parra, L Faure, M Ledesma, D Zirakashvili, C Samson, T Privat, J Bonnaire, A Audebert, E Vermeulen

Replacements: W Wepener, T Domingo, V Debaty, J Bardy, A Lapandry, L Radoslavjevic , B James, N Vonowale Nalaga

Viadana: G Law, S Pace, M Harvey, S Cox, M Pratichetti, P Hola, M Wilson, M Alonso, R Santamaria, I Elosu, S Hohneck, Q Geldenhuys [capt], A Benatti, A Birchall, G Quinnell

Replacements: J Garcia, L Milani, L Redolfini, J Furno, J Sole, P Canavosio, N Sintich, M Sepe