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Kotaro Matsushima took his season try tally up to seven in nine games with his hat-trick at Ashton Gate Geoff Caddick Text size
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Clermont coach Franck Azema praised blossoming Kotaro Matsushima after the Japan full-back scored a hat-trick of tries as the Top 14 giants opened their European Champions Cup campaign with a 51-38 bonus-point win at Bristol on Saturday.
Matsushima s tries took his season tally to seven in nine games as Clermont, the three-time runners-up, dominated the second-tier European Challenge Cup holders with some scintillating expansive play. We feel whether it s on or off the field in daily life he s blossoming. He feels good, he smiles, so we re happy. That s why we signed him, Azema told Sud Radio.
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