Fofana try fires Clermont to victory over gutsy Saracens


  • Rugby
  • Sunday, 19 Apr 2015

PARIS (Reuters) - Clermont Auvergne overcame a battling Saracens side 13-9 in an intense and brutal European Champions Cup semi-final in St Etienne on Saturday.

The French team will play holders Toulon or Leinster in the final after Wesley Fofana's second-half try proved the difference as Clermont avenged their 46-6 drubbing by Saracens at the same stage of last year's competition.

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