Heineken Cup Finals Toulouse V Biarritz Match Preview
Tournament Overview
‘On 22nd may 2010 all the rugby fans are going to be looking at the Stade du France for the thrill of their lives. The finals between Toulouse and Biarritz of European rugby league the Heineken Cup. The competition brings together the teams from the six European rugby giant’s countries, England France Wales Ireland Italy and Scotland. The tournament sees that he clubs from the region come together to battle it out. Each country has a different qualifying method, but the qualifiers are put in groups of six teams. The tournament is sponsored by the Heineken company a Dutch international brewer .Due to the alcohol restriction laws in France the cup is called the H CUP.
The Heinekens Rugby Cup is coming to an end with a show down between Toulouse and Biarritz with Toulouse being the strong favorites to win the tournament. The French rugby league is best known for being one of the most competitive leagues in the world having its national team dominating the world stage. The odds are favoring Toulouse who has had a wonderful run this season; both teams have shown the ability to play a tight game of rugby, and relying mostly on their kickers to score.
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Toulouse overcame Leicester to get to the finals of Heinekens Cup 26-16 while Biarritz edged beat the household name of rugby Munster 18- 7. Biarritz do not have luck on their side as their sides form is in doubt besides they a have no played in the last three weeks since they eliminated Munster contrary to the fact that Toulouse were on the pitch a few days before but they were eliminated from the French cup by Perpignan, where their ex all blacks fly half super player had been rested .Toulouse have won the tournament in three record times ,making them a worthy adversary in the pitch. This is going to be Toulouse s sixth Heineken Cup Final, having won three of these encounters, they are not to be written off easily.
Head to head record
Toulouse have one of the most unyielding team defensive sides only having leaked only 23 tries in 26 matches while having leaked twenty eight tries in their twenty six matches campaign to the finals . Toulouse went to the finals with a drubbing of Leicester something which is commendable and epic in many respects, The Toulouse team should watch out for the Biarritz scrum-half Dhimitri Yachvili whose tactical kicking was what propelled them to the finals over their semi finals opponents Munster, that is not to forget that Toulouse have their own kick taker fly half David Skrela who kicked four penalties and four conversions to defeat Leicester in style.
Injury doubtful
Biarritz centre Damien Traille is not going to be fit for the clash after he failed his fitness test with a fractured arm, ruling him out of the prestigious Heineken Cup. Imanol Harinordoquy who in the previous game played with a broken nose and is expected to play in the finals. For Toulouse Byron Kelleher and Thierry Dusautoi are expected to return from injury and give the Le Manche team a huge boost.Toloiuse have a huge part of from England and are looking to use this to win the match against their similarly well equipped rival team.
The odd are heaped against Biarritz with a an average of 1.3 for Toulouse to win and 3.8 for Biarritz to win the encounter.Tolouse could be the best choice if you fancy to put a little money. There are also handicaps with bookies going as high of 5/1 that to louse are going to win with a margin of 11-15 points.Tolouse seem to be the rosiest bet et al.
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