Caerphilly hope to be first Wales club to win trophy

Caerphilly take on Castres in the Parker Pen Shield final hoping to become the first Welsh club to win a European trophy.

The Cheesemen are close to full-strength with Andrew Williams and Sam Cox the only injury absentees.

Flanker Joe El-Abd and full-back Sione Tuipulotu are back, captain Chris Ferris is fit to take up his place in the front row and winger Taunaholo Taufahema is preferred to Geraint Lewis, who is on the bench for his final game before retirement.

Forty-four-year-old prop Robert Bilton is on the bench.

Castres are without France hooker Raphael Ibanez, who is on Barbarians duty, but include France winger Ugo Mola, Italy's Christian Stoica and Argentina prop Mauricio Reggiardo.