Joan Caudullo and the Montpellier staff have bet on a 6-2 bench for the trip to Clermont this Saturday
The teams
CLERMONT : Newsome – Delguy, Belaubre, Simone, Raka – (o) Urdapilleta, (m) Bézy (cap) – Kremer, Lee, Fischer – Ceyte, Simmons – Ojovan, Fourcade, Lotrian.
Replacementsçants : Massa, Falgoux, Yato, Lanen, Jauneau, Giral, Tixeront, Montagne.
MONTPELLIER : Moorby – Ngandebe, Darmon, A. Vincent, Bridge – (o) Hogg, (m) Reinach – Bécognée, Vunipola (cape), Nouchi – Chalureau, Verhaeghe – Japaridze, Uelese, Forletta.
Replacementsçants : Tolofua, Tabarot, Camara, Duguid, Simmonds, Coly, Cadot, Hounkpatin.
Faced with the harshness of the Clermontois, the Montpellier staff relied on a 6-2 bench to present themselves at the Marcel-Michelin stadium. Sam Simmonds, who suffered a concussion two weeks ago, is back in the squad. Cobus Reinach, a substitute against Racing 92, will start alongside Stuart Hogg at the hinge.
Maël Moustin is rested this week after his hamstring injury last week. All Black George Bridge is preferred on the wing to Madosh Tambwe, who has been struggling recently.
Moala forfait
The Clermont boss, Christophe Urios, has aligned his most competitive pack of forwards. In On the other hand, he will have to do without his best player in the back, center George Moala, who is still nursing a fractured zygomatic bone.