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Irish international Trevor Brennan celebrated Toulouse’s second European title, and declared: “Winning this tournament is special.”

THE staging of the Heineken Cup final at Lansdowne Road today may seem to be a most bizarre decision by the ERC committee, but as recently as last Wednesday, when Celtic played Porto in Spain in the UEFA Cup final, we saw its parallel in another sport.

LANSDOWNE ROAD man of the match Manny Edmonds believes Perpignan’s fans will make the Heineken Cup final a spectacle to remember in Dublin next month.

LANSDOWNE ROAD will be a strange place on May 24. Irish fans had been primed all week, all season, for an All-Ireland Heineken Cup final.

The Heineken Cup final with be an all-French affair after Leinster went down to Perpigan 21-14 in the semi-final at Lansdowne Road.

Leinster have a mountain to climb as Perpignan have gone over for their second try in the Heineken Cup semi-final at Lansdowne Road.

DON’T mention Heineken Cup semi-finals to Leinster coach Matt Williams, he’s been sending his players into cup finals all season.

Leinster’s Australian coach Matt Williams is refusing to contemplate the possibility of a Heineken Cup final against Munster.

PERPIGNAN’S Australian star Manny Edmonds believes the French outsiders have cleared a major psychological hurdle in their quest for Heineken Cup glory this season.

LEINSTER captain Reggie Corrigan looks certain to return to Heineken Cup action in Leinster’s biggest game of the season with Perpignan at Lansdown Road on Sunday.

Perpigan take on Leinster Lions in the Heineken Cup semi-finals at Lansdowne Road on Sunday with Australian international fly half Manny Edmonds declaring that playing and winning away from home is no longer a mental barrier for the French club.

PERPIGNAN, Leinster’s Heineken Cup semi-final opponents, have begun the psychological warfare before their showdown on Sunday week.

BIARRITZ centre Marc Stcherbina has some simple advice for Perpignan as they consider how to beat Leinster later this month: hang on for dear life and hope you get the ball.

Northampton face a daunting Heineken Cup quarter-final clash against French giants Toulouse tomorrow, with Saints coach Wayne Smith admitting: “It’s a big ask.”

A BITTERLY cold wind swept through the Stade Aime Giral yesterday when the Munster squad visited the venue for today’s crunch Heineken Cup Pool 2 game against Perpignan (2pm).

LEINSTER full-back Girvan Dempsey is confident he can overcome injury to play in his side’s Heineken Cup tie against Swansea at Donnybrook on Friday night.

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