Nathan Hines is sent to the bin for persistent offside and Perpignan elect for the scrum instead of taking the points, they will look to take advantage now with Hines such a huge presence. gone from the scrum.

What a travesty! One of the tries of the season has been disallowed. Lopez makes a break through the Clermont defence beating as many as 6 Clermont players and the out-half spreads the ball out to Hook who passes it to Wandile Mjekevu who goes over in the corner, but the referee disallows the try for a forward pass from Hook, which looks like's a very harsh decision. The home supporters are not happy. Fantastic play from Lopez, but it counts for nothing.

We have the first try of the game and it goes to the away side against the run of play. Lopez looks to spread the ball out to Marty but his pass is intercepted by Noa Nakaitaci and the centre uses his electric pace to avoid being caught and he goes over under the post. Delany add's the extras to put Clermont in front.

early fight here in tonight's match between the two sets of players. The referee speaks the captains Rougerie and Hook and tell the players to calm down.

Big Night for Thierry Lacrampe, with Morgan Parra injuring himself against South Africa last weekend he will have a point to prove tonight, to claim a starting position every week.

James Hook increases the home side's lead with a super kick near half way. Benoit Cabelo was the guilty party as he was caught offside by the referee. Clermont have been the better side so far but have given away needless penalties which Hook will put over all night.

Great reaction from Clermont, with some very slick handling from the backline, the ball eventually reaches Noa Nakaitaci on the wing but his chip kick is over hit and the ball goes dead.

Perpignan get the first score of the game as Fritz Lee is penalised for coming in from the side and James Hook kicks over with ease.

Nearly an early try for the away side as Delany jinks his way past Charteris and attempts to offload to Fritz Lee but his past is intercepted and Perpignan clear they're lines.

Michael Delany gets the game under way as he kicks deep into the Perpignan 22.