French put on poor mouth

AS few as 7,000 fans are set to travel from Toulouse and Perpignan for the Heineken Cup final in Lansdowne Road on May 24.

Perpignan, who stunned tournament favourites Leinster in the semi-final at the same venue, say they expect just 2,000 of their supporters to make the rip to Dublin, while Toulouse, one-point winners over Munster in the other semi-final, say only 5,000 of their fans will travel.

During Toulouse's home win over Biarritz last Saturday, angry supporters waved banners saying "Dublin is too expensive" and "Dublin orphans rugby fans."