Toulouse win jersey draw
Fri, 23 May 2008 12:35
As the Final of the Heineken Cup draws closer Toulouse have had an early victory.
Both they and Munster wear red, and so they drew lots to see who would play in its usual colours. Toulouse won and will play in red.
The roof of Millennium Stadium will be closed on Saturday, which means that the weather will play no part in the match. Rain is expected for Cardiff.
Toulouse's coach, Guy Novès, has announced his powerful team for the Final.
It may be something of a surprise that Maleli Kunavore gets the nod ahead of Florian Fritz as Yannick Jauzion's partner and that Italian international Salvatore Perugini starts at tighthead in preference to Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Fabien Pelous is back to lead the side, looking for a hat-trick of Heineken victories.
Toulouse: 15 Cédric Heymans, 14 Maxime Médard, 13 Yannick Jauzion, 12 Maleli Kunavore, 11 Yves Donguy, 10 Jean-Baptiste
Elissalde, 9 Byron Kelleher, 8 Shaun Sowerby, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Jean Bouilhou, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Fabien Pelous (captain), 3 Salvatore Perugini, 2 William Servat, 1 Daan Human
Replacements (from): Alberto Vernet Basualdo, Omar Hasan, Jean-Baptiste Poux, Romain Millo-Chluski, Grégory Lamboley, Yannick Nyanga, Vincent Courrent, Manu Ahotaeiloa, Florian Fritz
Date: Saturday, May 24
Kick-off: 17.00 (16.00 GMT)
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), Hugh Watkins (Wales)
TMO: Derek Bevan (Wales)
