Llanelli v Clermont: Teams

Llanelli director of rugby Phil Davies has resisted the temptation to rest his star names for the visit of Clermont.

Having reached the semi-finals last season, the Scarlets have endured a Heineken Cup campaign to forget, losing all five of their pool games.

However Davies, who arrived at Stradey Park from Leeds in the summer, has named a strong line-up to take on the French outfit.

Clermont are not completely out of the running to reach the last eight, but they need a lot of results to go their if they are claim one of the two best runners-up spot.

Davies has brought Wales internationals Stephen Jones, Dafydd James and Matthew Rees back into the starting XV, while there is a recall for Gavin Thomas in the back row.

Clermont may be all but out - however that will not stop the French side going in search of clinching one of the two best runners-up spots.

Alexandre Audebert has been given the green light to play, with his citing hearing delayed until Thursday January 24.

Llanelli: 15 Ceiron Thomas, 14 Dafydd James, 13 Matthew Watkins, 12 Gavin Evans, 11 Mark Jones, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Liam Davies, 1 Iestyn Thomas, 2 Matthew Rees, 3 Deacon Manu, 4 Adam Eustace, 5 Scott MacLeod, 6 Simon Easterby (c), 7 Gavin Thomas, 8 Dafydd Jones.
Replacements: 16 Mahonri Schwalger, 17 Ben Broster, 18 Nathan Thomas, 19 Alix Popham, 20 Gavin Cattle, 21 Darren Daniel, 22 Morgan Stoddart.

Clermont: 15 Anthony Floch, 14 Grant Esterhuizen, 13 Marius Joubert, 12 Seremaïa Bai, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 Brock James, 9 Pierre Mignoni (c), 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alexandre Audebert, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Thibaut Privat, 4 Loic Jacquet, 3 Martin Scelzo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 1 Laurent Emmanuelli.
Replacements: 16 Mirko Lozupone, 17 Davit Zirakashvili, 18 Christophe Samson, 19 Sam Broomhall, 20 Arnaud Pic, 21 Pierre-Manuel Garcia, 22 Vilimoni Delasau.