Clermont Auvergne 13 Saracens 9, match report: Visitors battle bravely but left to contemplate what could've been
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Clermont Auvergne 13 Saracens 9, match report: Visitors battle bravely but left to contemplate what could've been
One of the great European occasions.
It might not have been one of the great rugby spectacles, but it was a tense and compelling match of quite jaw-dropping muscularity, as two of the competition’s heavyweights went at each other with staggeringly little regard for their personal well-being.
The atmosphere was quite remarkable.
And that was an hour before kick off.
By the time the teams arrived, the place was in a frenzy, and it remained that way until it exploded into ecstasy when Morgan Parra sent the ball into the stands to signal Clermont Auvergne’s victory, and therefore progres…
It might not have been one of the great rugby spectacles, but it was a tense and compelling match of quite jaw-dropping muscularity, as two of the competition’s heavyweights went at each other with staggeringly little regard for their personal well-being.
The atmosphere was quite remarkable.
And that was an hour before kick off.
By the time the teams arrived, the place was in a frenzy, and it remained that way until it exploded into ecstasy when Morgan Parra sent the ball into the stands to signal Clermont Auvergne’s victory, and therefore progres…
