CLERMONT, as ever searching for that elusive first Heineken Champions Cup, poured on the power and quality at Ashton Gate to kick-start their latest campaign in spectacular fashion.

In a hight tempo game featuring 12 tries – many of them crackers – Clermont were always in charge but that should not detract from a gutsy Bristol effort. Remarkably the home side were still chasing a losing bonus point at the death after an afternoon that would have seen many sides run up the white flag.
With very few of their squad involved in the Autumn Nations Cup there was a hunger and togetherness among t...