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Morgan Parra shines as Clermont move seven points clear in Top 14

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Morgan Parra scored 23 points as Clermont Auvergne beat Stade Francais 36-10 to move clear at the summit of the Top 14.

France international scrum-half Parra converted his side's penalty try on the stroke of half-time to give the league leaders a 19-3 advantage at the break.

And after John Ulugia had scored a second try for the hosts early in the second half, Parra bagged Clermont's third.

Fullback Scott Spedding also chipped in with a first-half penalty as Clermont moved seven points clear of Montpellier and Toulon beneath them.

South Africa fly-half Morne Steyn had got Stade on the board with a penalty of his own, while he also converted Djibril Camara's second-half try.

The Parisians remain 12th in the Top 14 standings.