Clermont are growing into the game now and Fofana, Rougerie and Vosloo are all carrying well.
Finally Clermont get their first try. After their pack suck in the Brive forwards close to the line, Brock James uses the overlap to put Nalaga over in the corner. Parra nails the conversion and they trail by 10.
The game has slowed down a bit now and Brive have weathered the Clermont pressure.
Great defending by Brive. Even with a man in the bin they are able to turn the ball over on their own line and clear.
Clermont still putting pressure on Brive and have a 5m scrum.
Clermont with some early pressure and they have a lineout 5m from the Brive line.
Second half underway here and Clermont have a moutain to climb.
What a try for Brive. They steal the lineout and travel the entire length of the field, offloading four times to put Germain in the corner. Germain nails the conversion aswell and Brive lead by 17.
Surprisingly Clermont opt for the corner instead. Big call by Rougerie.
Clermont win a penalty at the scrum and Parra has a chance to reduce the gap.