Heineken Champions Cup: Clermont Auvergne 29-44 Leicester Tigers

Matt Scott scored 2 of Leicester's tries

Leicester qualified for the Heineken Champions Cup past 16 with a crippled to spare arsenic they returned to winning ways with a bonus-point triumph astatine Clermont.

Tigers' Matt Scott, Harry Simmons and Dan Kelly each scored successful the archetypal half.

Two much tries aft the interruption enactment Leicester astatine the apical of Pool B earlier the different 10 teams play this weekend.

Following Borthwick's assignment arsenic England caput coach, Wigglesworth was taking complaint of his archetypal European crippled having served arsenic a replacement scrum-half successful Leicester's erstwhile 2 wins successful the competition.

After a mates of rocky weeks successful the Premiership, Tigers made themselves comfy aboriginal successful France with Scott's interception score, but Clermont deed backmost done Bautista Delguy aft Handre Pollard's penalty.

Sensational feet from scrum-half-turned-wing Simmons gave Leicester a 2nd earlier Clermont fig 8 Fritz Lee was shown a yellowish paper for a unsafe clear-out successful the ruck, successful which helium clashed heads with Ben Youngs.

The Tigers continued to look slick arsenic Kelly ran implicit disconnected a line-out drive, but Alivereti Raka showed however unsafe helium tin beryllium arsenic his interruption led to a effort for Etienne Fourcade instantly after.

South Africa fly-half Pollard was potent from the tee connected his archetypal European commencement for Leicester, adding a long-range punishment to bring his first-half tally to 12.

It was Clermont who looked brighter aft the interruption arsenic Anthony Belleau scrambled connected to a escaped shot to people aft Charlie Atkinson's last-ditch defence failed.

Scott scored his 2nd for Leicester consecutive aft arsenic the Tigers backline combined beautifully, earlier Clermont's Paul Jedrasiak threw a sly dummy to get past Atkinson and chopped the pb to 8 points.

Leicester held disconnected an progressively assured Clermont and prop James Cronin sealed the Tigers' triumph with a effort successful the 78th minute.

The French broadside determination up to 4th successful the array acknowledgment to a four-try bonus point, but are apt to driblet down again aft the weekend's games.

Leicester's last radical crippled volition beryllium against Ospreys connected 20 January, portion Clermont look DHL Stormers the pursuing day.

Line-ups

Clermont: Newsome; Delguy, Tiberghien, Simone, Raka; Belleau, Jauneau; Bibi Biziwu, Pelissie, Slimani, Jedrasiak, Amatosero, Cancoriet, Fischer, Lee.

Replacements: Fourcade, Beria, Kubriashvili, Annandale, Tixeront, Bezy, Plisson, Moala.

Leicester: Atkinson; Steward, Scott, Kelly, Simmons; Pollard, Youngs (capt); Whitcombe, Clare, Heyes, Wells, Henderson, Chessum, Reffell, Jansen.

Replacements: Taufete's, Cronin, Hurd, Cracknell, Ilione, Van Poortvliet, Gopperth, Potter.

Match officials

Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Andrew Cole and Paul Haycock (Both Ireland)

TMO: Brian MacNeice (Ireland)