Clermont Auv 46-29 Dragons

Apr 23 2007 icWales

European Challenge Cup, 21/04/2007 kick-off time 1230

Reports
Spirited Dragons unable to live with clinical Clermont - South Wales Echo, 23 April
'Dragons must strengthen squad in order to beat the best' - South Wales Echo, 23 April

Benchmark is set too high for Welsh regions - Western Mail, 23 April

'French polished us off' - Wales on Sunday, 22 April

Dragons suffer semi-final heartbreak - icWales, 21 April
Cotter praises Dragons' fire - icWales, 21 April

Scorers
Clermont Auvergne (27) 46. Tries: Rougerie, Longo-Elia, Domingo, Marsh, Miguel, Mignoni. Cons: James 5. Pens: James 2.

Dragons (12) 29. Tries: A. Brew 2, Black, Gough, P. Dolman. Cons: Sweeney 2.

Att: 11,000

Teams
Clermont Auv: Alexandre Péclier; Aurelien Rougerie (c), Grant Esterhuizen, Tony Marsh, Vilimoni Delasau; Brock James, Alessandro Troncon; Thomas Domingo, Brice Miguel, Davit Zirakashvili, David Barrier, Thibaut Privat, Michel Dieudé, Emmanuel Etien, Gonzalo Longo.

Replacements: Mario Ledesma, Martin Scelzo, Jamie Cudmore, Elvis Vermeulen, Pierre Mignoni, Raphael Chanal, Anthony Floch.

Dragons (from): Kevin Morgan (c); Gareth Wyatt, Paul Emerick, Nathan Brew, Aled Brew; Ceri Sweeney, Gareth Cooper; Adam Black, Steve Jones, Rhys Thomas, Ian Gough, Luke Charteris, Joe Bearman, Jamie Ringer, Michael Owen.

Replacements: Ben Daly, Jamie Corsi, Andrew Hall, Nic Fitisemanu, Alex Walker, Aled Thomas, Phil Dollman.

Referee: David Pearson (Eng).

Previews
Morgan aims to put Dragons in limelight - Western Mail, 21 April

Use Welsh way to humble French - Western Mail, 20 April
Dragons' quest rocked by injury - icWales, 20 April