Preparing for the Catalan cauldron

Leicester, Wasps and Munster.

It says much for Perpignan’s proud home record at Stade Aimé Giral that their only Heineken Cup home defeats have been to teams who have gone a long way in the competition.

Just three times has their hallowed French Catalan soil been polluted by foreign victory, and on each occasion no less than a semi-final place has been achieved by their conquerors.