Sale 13-22 Clermont Auvergne | European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 1 match report

Sale 13-22 Clermont AuvergneClermont Auvergne, a side who have made two semi-finals and a final in the past three seasons, left a chilly Salford on Saturday night looking anything but the team who are going to upset Saracens’ fortunes in the Massif Central next Sunday.Instead they snatched a scruffy victory in what often appeared merely the backdrop for a couple of players – Danny Cipriani, once of England, and Morgan Parra of France – seeking to rejuvenate stalled Test careers and the French scrum-half probably came out of it best if only because he spent most of the evening on the front foot…