Saracens v Cermont Auvergne KO 16:30 SS2

Taco Corp

Here's the teams

Saracens 15 Alex Goode, 14 David Strettle, 13 Owen Farrell, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Chris Wyles, 10 Charlie Hodgson, 9 Richard Wigglesworth, 8 Ernst Joubert, 7 Will Fraser, 6 Justin Melck, 5 Mouritz Botha, 4 Steve Borthwick (c), 3 Matt Stevens, 2 Schalk Brits, 1 Rhys Gill.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Carlos Nieto, 19 George Kruis, 20 Jackson Wray, 21 Neil de Kock, 22 Adam Powell, 23 James Short.

Clermont: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana , 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 David Skrela, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Elvis Vermeulen, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 6 Julien Bonnaire, 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 3 Davit Zirakashvili, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Lionel Faure.
Replacements: 16 Ti'i Paulo, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Daniel Kotze, 19 Julien Pierre, 20 Julien Bardy, 21 Ludovic Radoslavjevic , 22 Brock James, 23 Jean-Marcel Buttin,


Venue: Vicarage Road, Watford
Referee: Alain Rolland

VERY important match from a Leinster perspective!

Alain in the middle, would like to play the Semi in London please!

ongarite

Going with Clermont win myself even though a semi in London would be much nicer.

funky penguin

Ugh.......I've work tomorrow morning and it's 12am here.......

feck it, it'll be grand! :pac:

London please!

4PP

Clermont to win (or at least with the 'cap:D)

If they do its down to Bordeaux for the semi

Taco Corp

ongarite wrote: »

Going with Clermont win myself even though a semi in London would be much nicer.

Will have to see how the first 10-15 mins goes for Clermont. They have a cracking team but often don't travel well. They lost 2 out of 3 away games in the pool stages, only managing to beat Aironi

Teferi

C'mon the Sarries!

ongarite

Surley wrote: »

Will have to see how the first 10-15 mins goes for Clermont. They have a cracking team but often don't travel well. They lost 2 out of 3 away games in the pool stages, only managing to beat Aironi

James on the bench which means they have better chance than last 3 years as he blew the game for them against Leinster.

Aidric

I'd prefer to watch a Clermont Leinster semi.

yimrsg

Think Sarries will win this it'll be a challenge against such a big Clermont side, Vosloo's absence at the break down is a big loss. Looking forward to seeing how Brits performs, on his day he's a great player to watch.

razorblunt

As a neutral I'd prefer a Leinster-Clermont semi.

Dewi Morris must have the most annoying face in the world...get off my tv!

dastardly00

Looking forward to this match. Although Clermont's away record is brutal, I expect them to perform close to their best today as the reward is a 'home' semi. From a Leinster point of view, I'd prefer a Saracens win.

razorblunt

How can Saracens pack Wembley but not sell out Vicarage Road?

tolosenc

So we want Sarries then? :P

KOM BOKKE!

Aidric

razorblunt wrote: »

Dewi Morris must have the most annoying face in the world...get off my tv!

Ah he's not the worst, just passionate. Save your hate for Mark Robson. Now there's a man who needs multiple digs to the nosh.

CIARAN_BOYLE

razorblunt wrote: »

How can Saracens pack Wembley but not sell out Vicarage Road?

Half the Wembley tickets were given away for half nothing. Clermont returned part of their allocation late. The occasional fans who want a day out got it in Wembley Vicarrage Road doesn't have the same appeal to the occasionals.

Taco Corp

Hope this turn into the Rolland show

Aidric

Jamie Cudmore - lol. Yellow card burning a hole in any ref's pocket when he's on the pitch.

ongarite

James on already. He can be so hot and cold. Usually cold in these big games.

Dead leg for Skrela.

Burgo

Jesus skrela injured in the first 3 mins, James on.

lologram

Brock James... could be bad times for Clermont ahead

thomond2006

James on already!

Podge_irl

C'mon Sarries.

I made all my preparations for the semis assuming they'd be in London or St. Etienne, so I'm screwed if Clermont win!

Taco Corp

Burgo wrote: »

Jesus skrela injured in the first 3 mins, James on.

Blood bin according to Robson

razorblunt

Aidric wrote: »

Ah he's not the worst, just passionate. Save your hate for Mark Robson. Now there's a man who needs multiple digs to the nosh.

Oh don't worry plenty of hate for Robson!

Morris reminds of the Churchill dog with his nodding head

razorblunt

CIARAN_BOYLE wrote: »

Half the Wembley tickets were given away for half nothing. Clermont returned part of their allocation late. The occasional fans who want a day out got it in Wembley Vicarrage Road doesn't have the same appeal to the occasionals.

Right that makes sense, they're on the move to Barnet anyway apparently.

yimrsg

Sounds like Clermont are at home clapping the kicker.

Clegg

I'll never forget the Leinster/Clermont QF a few years ago.

Brock James had one of the worst meltdowns I've ever witnessed.

Clermont were better than us but James missed almost every kick.

I was sitting in the north stand, we were beginning to feel sorry for him after his 4th missed penalty.

thomond2006

Strettle did well there, so much pressure from Clermont.

ongarite

Ouch!! That looked painful for Para

RuggieBear

parra making a meal of it tbh

lologram

Saracens' scrum getting mashed

kevwotton

Clermont are looking up for this, scrum is already in the ascendancy. Clermont fans are making a lot of noise.
Saracens look rattled

thomond2006

Great kick, 0-9

Aidric

This game has started in the same pattern as the earlier QF.

Burgo

15 minutes and i already want to murder Robson.

Aidric

STFU Robson.

lologram

Aidric wrote: »

STFU Robson.

I shivered listening to him there. The cringiness was too strong.

Aidric

lologram wrote: »

I shivered listening to him there. The cringiness was too strong.

I wish someone would go Travis Bickle on him, to use his reference.

ongarite

Killing the Saracens scrum. This is easy points for Clermont.

funky penguin

Clermont supporters are great.

thomond2006

You'd swear it was a Clermont home game, CA fans making all the noise.

dastardly00

Both teams not playing that great at the moment.

Quint2010

Aidric wrote: »

I wish someone would go Travis Bickle on him, to use his reference.

He even managed to get the quote wrong...

Seriously though-am very worried about having to play Clermont away. They have huge physicality.

MungBean

Thoguht the ref was gonna take the ball and run for the line there.

lologram

Dewi Morris: "Leinster won't be losing much sleep watching these two."

If they play like this perhaps. But isn't it always the way that Toulouse (apart from this year) limp to the quarters and start rolling in the big games? Hopefully it isn't the case that either of these teams suddenly become 23 Supermen when it becomes Leinster's turn.

sock puppet

Lol pathetic from Parra

RuggieBear

nice try

ktulu123

Balls, Saracens are playing woeful. It's looking like a trip to Bordeaux

thomond2006

Sarries in trouble! Great work from Hines for that try.

mikedragon32

Some kick by Byrne.