Clermont lost two key elements of its line of three quarters in the space of 48 hours: the French international winger Noa Nakaitaci (knee) and center Wesley Fofana, wounded according to local press. With the absence of Welsh international center Jonathan Davies, ASM is cut by more than half of the back line, the bench is found in turn well tonight?
What influence the outcome of the match? Possible, since the pair of Stanley Rougerie centers has little common experience. Wings, napolioni nalaga and Jean-Marcellin Buttin go out of the closet. The first had been dismissed for the semi-final after being tenured in big games throughout the season, while the second has only played 12 matches during this exercise … And opposite, the French Stadium has a full back line, which almost blew all encountered defenses.
Who facing Steyn?
Holder to open since late April and the injury of Jules Plisson, which has visibly released, the South African international Morne Steyn finally justifies his recruitment. It is not flamboyant but very effective in the game, but especially at the base: 28 points against Racing dam 92, and another 18 in the semi-final against Toulon! If he has so many opportunities facing the poles and also shows accurate in the final, this could weigh heavily in the balance.
Clermont can also count on a reliable scorer with Morgan Parra, responsible for the exercise in the semifinals against Toulouse. But the question is also: Who will flyhalf at his side? Camille Lopez, disappointing last Saturday, as in recent months, or Brock James, who brilliantly replaced late in the game and sealed the victory in front of ASM? N.10 The “Yellow and Blue” will in any case play just to break the compact defense of Parisians, offering them valuable recovery balloons.
Who lucky scratch?
The Clermont defense has nothing to envy to its Parisian counterpart. So that, after Pierre Mignoni, beaten by the French stage as Toulon coach in the semifinals, “defenses will certainly neutralize”. “It will be a bitter fight, especially on the ground game,” says the former player of Clermont and future manager of Lyon. Both teams, scraping question, serious advantages to argue with such Parisian side hooker Remi Bonfils and side Clermont flanker Julien Bardy.
Bardy also kills a lot of work in defense, and the third line seems Auvergne and more + + bander-tickler that when the French stage is more runner, with stainless Antoine Burban alongside Raphael Lakafia.
Melee: Paris its momentum?
She dominated successively two bigger packages of the championship front, those of Toulon and Racing 92: Paris scrum goes to the terror of the Top 14, including through the right-handed Rabah Slimani and South African left-Heinke van der Merwe, two references to the pillar of job in France. And behind Alexander Flanquart is deemed very good pusher, probably best in this sector that the second Auvergne lines Vahaamahina Sebastian and Paul Jedrasiak.
But ASM has also taken over melee closed on Toulouse in the semifinals. Its ability to compete will depend partly the turn of the game. But beyond the technical elements; the mental component looks decisive, especially on the side of Clermont, often placed and rarely win since … forever (12 losses in 13 finals contested in France and in the European Cup).
The starting teams:
Clermont: Abendanon – Buttin, Rougerie, Stanley, Nalaga – (o) Lopez, (m) Parra – Bardy, Lee, Chouly (cap) – Vahaamahina, Jedrasiak – Zirakashvili, Ulugia, Domingo. Replacements: Kayser, Thatch, Pierre, Lapandry, Radosavljevic, James Delany, Ric.
French Stadium: D. Camara – Arias, Waisea, Danty, Sinzelle – (o) Mr. Steyn (m) Dupuy – Lakafia, Parisse (cap), Burban – Flanquart, Pyle – Slimani, Bonfils, H. van der Merwe. Replacements: Sempéré, Taulafo, Pape, Ross, Fillol, Bosman, Doumayrou, Kubriashvili
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