“This sort of stuff can iron things out and put you on a good road leading into the rest of the season. I feel good, I feel like I’ve got some good work done over the past four or five weeks. “It is a big game and we treat it like we have done every other big game,” he says. Clermont, the Top 14 champions, have their own injury troubles – particularly in the half-backs which means Isaia Toeava moves to fly-half for this match. They sit ninth in their league but Farrell is expecting a challenge on a par with Saracens’ Murrayfield triumph in May.

Source: The Guardian December 08, 2017 21:56 UTC