Highly promising Argentine fly half Patricio Fernández will make his Top 14 debut for Clermont from the bench in the opening round away match against La Rochelle on Saturday. The 20 year old has been named as the replacement fly half with French international Camille Lopez starting. Fernández joined the club earlier in the year and played for the espoirs.
Capped two times by Argentina Fernández is one of Argentina’s brightest young backs. He holds the world record for points scored at the World Rugby Under 20 Championship. His two test caps to date have been in the South American Championship.
La Rochelle
1 Mike Corbel, 2 David Roumieu, 3 Lekso Kaulashvili, 4 Romana Graham, 5 Leandro Cedaro, 6 Jason Eaton, 7 Romain Sazy, 8 Kevin Gourdon, 9 Enrico Januarie, 10 Zack Holmes, 11 David Raikuna, 12 Malietoa seuli Hingano, 13 Eliott Roudil, 14 Gabriel Lacroix, 15 Charles Bouldoire
16 Hikairo Forbes, 17 Vincent Pelo, 18 Jone Qovu, 19 Zeno Kieft, 20 Jules Le bail, 21 Fabien Fortassin, 22 Benjamin Lapeyre, 23 Maxime Gau
Clermont
Thomas Domingo, 2 Pierre Rude, 3 Clement Ric, 4 Paul Jedrasiak, 5 Loic Jacquet, 6 Camille Gerondeau, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 8 Fritz Lee, 9 Enzo Sanga, 10 Camille Lopez, 11 Adrien Plante, 12 Benson Stanley, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 14 David Strettle, 15 Nick Abendanon
16 Yohan Beheregaray, 17 Raphael Chaume, 18 Arthur Iturria, 19 Julien Bardy, 20 Charlie Cassang, 21 Patricio Fernández, 22 Hosea Gear, 23 Daniel Kotze