Clermont Auvergne 18 Toulon 24, match report: Toulon clinch European glory again with historic victory
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Clermont Auvergne 18 Toulon 24, match report: Toulon clinch European glory again with historic victory
Plus ça change.
This may be a tournament under new auspices, but the winners remain the same.
Toulon have won the European Cup for a record third time on the trot, as Clermont Auvergne’s wait to win it for the first time goes on.
That they have still not won this competition is remarkable, given some of the rugby they have played this season and they probably missed late withdrawal Brock James at fly half, but in the biggest games power often proves the decisive factor, and so it did here just about in a pulsating encounter, despite a wondrous second-half fightback from Clermont, with…
This may be a tournament under new auspices, but the winners remain the same.
Toulon have won the European Cup for a record third time on the trot, as Clermont Auvergne’s wait to win it for the first time goes on.
That they have still not won this competition is remarkable, given some of the rugby they have played this season and they probably missed late withdrawal Brock James at fly half, but in the biggest games power often proves the decisive factor, and so it did here just about in a pulsating encounter, despite a wondrous second-half fightback from Clermont, with…
