The visitors, missing World Cup stars Mark Cueto, Andrew Sheridan and Sebastien Chabal, looked out of sorts from the very first whistle.
The Irish legend would have loved the early cut and thrust with Sebastien Chabal and Heaslip exchanging a couple of ferocious hits.
The rust from his enforced absence showed on the defensive side with a couple of missed tackles on Sale number eight Sebastien Chabal.
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Sebastien Chabal was brought on for the final 20 minutes, and almost immediately he was floored by a late hit by Juan Manuel Leguizamon.
Leinster fly-half, Argentine Felipe Contepomi could also join up with South African Ollie Le Roux, veteran England hooker Mark Regan and Frenchman Sebastien Chabal.
The hosts opened the scoring after Sebastien Chabal ripped the ball off Northampton and Andrew Sheridan powered forward before handing on to hooker Andy Titterell.
They scored 13 tries against a Namibia side reduced to 14 men after 20 minutes when Jacques Nieuwenhuis was sent off for a high tackle on Sebastien Chabal.
Sale kept up the pressure, and in the 46th minute excellent work from Sebastien Chabal led to a half-chance down the right which winger Vilk exploited with a fine finish.
Having missed the chance to close the gap before the break Clermont came out fighting after the restart, with Luke Abraham and Sebastien Chabal putting up a resolute defensive effort for Sale.
Sharks number eight Sebastien Chabal was lucky not to follow Jones to the sin bin when he kicked the ball away after his side were penalised for standing up in the scrum.
The hosts responded with a series of powerful drives in which Sebastien Chabal and Lionel Nallet were prominent and which prompted Martyn Williams to kill the ball illegally for Parra to level the scores after six minutes.
Lievremont, so often criticised for his chopping and changing of personnel since taking over as coach, has retained the same front row for the fifth time in a row and prefers the relatively untried but impressive Julien Pierre at lock ahead of Sebastien Chabal.
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