{"id":215044,"date":"2026-01-03T16:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215044\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T16:01:12","slug":"one-test-all-black-fly-half-set-to-captain-clermont-in-top-14-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/215044\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Test All Black fly-half set to captain Clermont in Top 14 clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former All Black fly-half and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/blues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blues<\/a> playmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/harry-plummer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Plummer<\/a> will captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/clermont\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clermont<\/a> this weekend against US Montauban, at the Stade Sapiac in Montauban.<\/p>\n<p>Plummer has been in fine form for Clermont in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/top-14\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top 14<\/a> so far this season, after leaving the Blues after their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/super-rugby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Super Rugby Pacific<\/a> semi-final defeat in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, in Clermont\u2019s 34-19 victory over Bordeaux, Plummer contributed with 17 points of his own, including an important try in the 65th minute after brushing off a few defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Plummer led his side in defenders beaten, total carries, meters carried, and line breaks as well, while the 27-year-old was also perfect off the tee.<\/p>\n<p>For this weekend\u2019s outing against US Montauban, Plummer will captain the side for the very first time, something which the fly-half isn\u2019t taking for granted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand the story of the club and for me it is a great privilege and great pride in being captain of this team,\u201d Plummer said in a ASM Clermont press conference ahead of the Top 14 clash.<\/p>\n<p>Christophe Urios, who is the head coach of Plummer\u2019s side, said that the New Zealand-born first-five was a clear option to wear the armband this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn obvious choice, the exemplary nature and influence of this fly-half\u201d Urios said on Plummer\u2019s influence to the team.<\/p>\n<p>Plummer won\u2019t be the only player on the field with a link back to New Zealand, as Fijian international and former All Black loose-forward Pita Gus Sowakula will line up in the No.6 jersey against US Montauban.<\/p>\n<p>Former Blues and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/new-zealand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All Blacks<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/george-moala\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">George Moala<\/a> also lines up for Clermont this weekend, joining Plummer in the backline, at second-five, while former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/hurricanes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricanes<\/a> loose-forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/vaea-fifita\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vaea Fifita<\/a> will start at No.7 for US Montauban.<\/p>\n<p>Clermont and Plummer will look to jump up towards the top six this weekend, as they currently sit in eleventh, only three points behind fourth-placed Stade Francais. For US Montauban, they have lost eleven games out of their last 13 this season and are 16 points behind twelfth-placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/lyon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lyon<\/a> in the Top 14 table. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former All Black fly-half and Blues playmaker Harry Plummer will captain Clermont this weekend against US Montauban, at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-215044","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}