How many French Championship Finals have Clermont-Auvergne lost?
Anon The club represents the town of Clermont-Ferrand. Originally there were two towns, Clermont and Montferrand, but they were merged in the 1630s (though each town still has its own mayor and used to have its own rugby club). Montferrand was the name of the original first division outfit but when the game went open in the mid-1990s the club was re-named Clermont-Ferrand (1996). It reverted to Montferrand (1997 to 2004) and for the past four seasons has been known as ASM Clermont-Auvergne. They have now featured in ten French Championship Finals and lost them all: 1936 Narbonne 6-3 1937 Vienne 13-7 1970 La Voulte 3-0 1978 Béziers 31-9 1994 Toulouse 22-16 1999 Toulouse 15-11 2001 Toulouse 34-22 2007 Stade Français 23-18 2008 Toulouse 26-20 2009 Perpignan 22-13 I am aware that Delme Thomas was capped for the Lions before Wales. Has this happened to any other Welshmen? Huw Lodwick, Wales Eleven players have appeared in a Test for the Lions before winning their caps for Wales: Percy Bush
