HE may have looked strangely subdued come the final whistle in Paris on Saturday, but Toulouse coach Guy Noves livened up somewhat when praising his team after they recorded a record fourth Heineken Cup triumph.

Tomas O'Leary has held off the considerable claims of Peter Stringer to start beside Ronan O'Gara at half-back in the Munster side to play Toulouse in the Heineken Cup final at The Millennium Stadium on Saturday.

Argentina's star fly-half Juan Martin Hernandez has shaken off injury concerns to be named in an unchanged Pumas side for Sunday's World Cup semi-final against South Africa.

French Barbarians 14 Argentina 28