Montauban v Clermont: Teams
Montauban have made a host of changes for the home derby match with Clermont on Sunday at the Stade Sapiac.
Last Updated: 17/10/08 2:04pm
Montauban have made a host of changes for the home derby match with Clermont on Sunday at the Stade Sapiac.
Try-scoring wing Sylvain Jonnet drops out of the squad altogether, and is replaced by Yoan Audrin, while Vilimoni Delasau returns on the other wing to face his former club at the expense of Jean-Emmanuel Cassin. Julien Laharrague's placement at full-back completes an all-new back three.
In the forwards Karim Ghezal takes Scott Murray's place in the second row and Georgian monster Goderzi Shvelidze replaces Bogdan Balan at loosehead.
Meanwhile, Italy international centre Gonzalo Canale returns to the centre for Clermont, bumping Benoît Baby back to full-back and Anthony Floch down to the bench.
Kiwi Simms Davison is in at loosehead, and Jacobus Roux replaces Davit Zirakashvili at tighthead, with Christophe Samson replacing Thibault Privat in the second row.
Montauban: 15 Julien Laharrague, 14 Yoan Audrin, 13 Jean-Philippe Viard, 12 Rida Jahouer, 11 Vilimoni Delasau, 10 Régis Lespinas, 9 Petre Mitu, 8 Matthew Clarkin, 7 Marc Raynaud (c) 6 Yannick Caballero, 5 Rowan Frost, 4 Karim Ghezal, 3 Nick Adams, 2 Brice Mach, 1 Goderzi Shvelidze.
Replacements: 16 Grégory Parriel, 17 Laurent del Boulbes, 18 Benjamin Sa, 19 Scott Murray, 20 Abdellatif Boutaty, 21 Fabien Fortassin, 22 Julien Audy.
Clermont: 15 Benoît Baby, 14 Napolioni Nalaga, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Seremaïa Baï, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Brock James, 9 Pierre Mignoni, 8 Elvis Vermeulen (c), 7 Alexandre Audebert, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Christophe Samson, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Jacobus Roux, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Simms Davison.
Replacements: 16 Mirko Lozupone, 17 Thomas Domingo, 18 Loic Jacquet, 19 Emmanuel Etien; 20 John Senio, 21 Anthony Floch, 22 Arnaud Mignardi.
