Leicester qualified for the last 16 of the Champions Cup with a game to spare after a stirring bonus-point victory at Clermont. Richard Wigglesworth’s side had suffered heavy losses in their last two league outings but look to have adapted to life without Steve Borthwick. Matt Scott, Harry Simmons and Dan Kelly scored in the first half in France and two more tries after the break put Leicester at the top of Pool B before the other 10 teams play this weekend.
Following Borthwick’s appointment as England head coach, Wigglesworth was taking charge of his first European game having served as a replacement scrum-half in Leicester’s previous two wins in the competition. After a couple of rocky weeks in the Premiership, Tigers made themselves comfortable early with Scott’s interception score, but Clermont hit back through Bautista Delguy after Handré Pollard’s penalty.
