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Champions Cup : Clermont balayé par Northampton

Le centre tongien de Clermont, George Moala (g.), marque un essai malgré la tentative de plaquage du troisième ligne centre sud-africain de Northampton, Juarno Augustus (d.), lors du huitième de finale de Champions Cup entre Northampton et Clermont, au stade Franklin's Gardens de Northampton, le 4 avril 2025. (Photo : Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images)

Après avoir dominé sans partage pendant le premier quart d’heure (0-10), Clermont a progressivement subi la remontée spectaculaire des Saints jusqu’à sombrer complètement et à encaisser un terrible 46-24 pour être éliminé en huitième de finale de la Champions Cup.

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Seul club français en déplacement ce week-end, Clermont jouait gros face aux favoris de Northampton. Qualifiés in extremis, les Auvergnats, relancés par leur victoire contre La Rochelle du week-end dernier en Top 14 après cinq défaites consécutives, voulaient surfer sur cette dynamique pour créer la surprise en Angleterre. En face, les Saints, premiers de leur poule mais en plein doute après trois défaites de rang, avaient eux aussi besoin de se rassurer.

Un duel explosif était à prévoir, avec un petit parfum de revanche depuis leur dernier affrontement en 2019, largement dominé par Clermont.

Northampton punit les erreurs clermontoises dans un huitième au rythme effréné

Clermont a pris les devants d’entrée avec un essai et une pénalité en douze minutes (0-10), porté par Moala et un jeu ambitieux. Mais Northampton a rapidement inversé la tendance avec un 20-0 en quinze minutes. Smith, puis deux fois Freeman, ont concrétisé les ballons grattés et les fautes adverses (20-10, 30e).

Réduits à 13 après les cartons de Ceyte (35e) et Bézy (40e), les Clermontois ont souffert juste avant la pause (27-10). Malgré un sursaut après la mi-temps avec les essais de Raka (50e) et Fainga’a (56e), les Anglais ont toujours su garder une longueur d’avance.

Freeman a complété un triplé, profitant des montées ratées et des relances approximatives de Clermont (39-24 à l’heure de jeu). Après une longue séquence dans les 22 mètres auvergnats, Pollock a aplati le dernier essai sur un coup de pied rasant de Smith, laissé à disposition par un Freeman pourtant en position de marquer (72e, 46-24).

Clermont, fatigué et sans solutions, a encore été pris sur chandelle (80e) et n’a jamais pu inverser la tendance. Northampton a parfaitement joué sur les erreurs adverses, avec un jeu rapide, précis et sans fioritures. Trop d’indiscipline et d’imprécision côté auvergnat pour espérer un quart de finale.

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