All-round strength will win us match, says Pelous

STADE TOULOUSAIN captain Fabien Pelous believes his side has too much all-round strength to succumb to a fired-up Perpignan in tomorrow’s all-French European Cup final in Dublin.

And Perpignan captain Bernard Goutta admits he would prefer to have played a British or Irish side in only their second final in 50 years.

“We are expecting a very passionate Perpignan pack,” said Pelous, capped 77 times by France. “But we know what we have to do.”