Ahotaeiloa boost for Toulouse
Tue, 20 May 2008 23:33
Centre Manu Ahotaeiloa has returned from injury and has been included in the Toulouse squad when the French giants go head-to-head with Irish powerhouse province Munster in the Heineken Cup Final in Cardiff on Saturday.
Toulouse coach Guy Novès announced a 25-player squad, from which the team to face Munster at the Millennium Stadium will be selected.
The squad is made up of 15 forwards and 10 backs.
This brigade is made up of seven countries - not counting the African-born Frenchmen Yves Donguy and Thierry Dusautoir, both born in Cote d'Ivoire, and Yannick Nyanga, born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - has a formidable look.
The other countries represented are France, South Africa, Tonga, Fiji, Argentina, Italy and New Zealand.
Not there are Yohan Montes, Gaffie du Toit and Maxime Mermoz and the injured duo of Vincent Clerc and Clément Poitrenaud, who will be going to the match as part of the official delegation.
Toulouse's starting line-up for the Final will be announced on Friday, May 23.
Toulouse squad:
Forwards: Omar Hasan, Daan Human, Salvatore Perugini, William Servat, Alberto Vernet-Basualdo, Patricio Albacete, Romain Millo-Chlusky, Fabien Pelous, Jean Bouilhou, Thierry Dusautoir, Grégory Lamboley, Yannick Nyanga, Finau Maka, Shaun Sowerby.
Backs: Valentin Courrent, Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, Byron Kelleher, Manu Ahotaeiloa, Yves Donguy, Cédric Heymans, Maxime Médard, Florian Fritz, Yannick Jauzion, Maleli Kunavore.
Date: Saturday, May 24
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 17.00 (16.00 GMT)
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), Hugh Watkins (Wales)
TMO: Derek Bevan (Wales)
