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Highlights | Tigers lead after 1st Leg

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Watch the Match Highlights from the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 - 1st Leg fixture between Clermont Auvergne and Leicester Tigers at the Stade Marcel-Michelin.

Tigers took a first-leg lead with a 29-10 win in France on Sunday.

After tries from front-row partners Ellis Genge and Julian Montoya, the scores were tied at 10-10 at half-time in the European Round of 16 contest at the Stade Marcel-Michelin as Tigers fought back from 7-0 and 10-5 down.

The, in the club’s first trip to Clermont since a quarter-final in 2014 and with the return at Mattioli Woods Welford Road next Saturday (5.30pm), some big defence and scores from Jack van Poortvliet and Hosea Saumaki took Tigers 10 points in front during the second half.

Then, after Guy Porter had been red-carded following a head contact with Clermont No8 Fritz Lee, and a continued big shift in defence across the pitch, the visitors claimed a fifth try from Harry Potter.