Heineken Cup/Challenge Cup

[Drogba's Bitch]

Just thouht i would put this thread up quick before bed all off the bbc Munster VS Toulouse Munster have an unchanged team as they target a second Heineken Cup triumph in Saturday's final against Toulouse at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Tomas O'Leary retains the scrum-half jersey ahead of Peter Stringer in what will be Declan Kidney's last game before leaving to coach Ireland. Toulouse, seeking a record fourth win, are without injured try-scoring stars Vincent Clerc and Clermont Poitrenaud. Byron Kelleher is named at scrum-half while Maleli Kunavore starts at centre. Toulouse show two changes from their semi-final victory over London Irish at Twickenham, with Kunavore lining up alongside Yannick Jauzion in midfield and France international flanker Thierry Dusautoir replacing Yannick Nyanga. Tongan centre Manu Ahotaeiloa is named on the bench after recovering from a knee injury, while substitute half back Valentin Courrent faces a late fitness test to gauge his recovery from a thigh strain. Gregory Lamboley is on standby.

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Munster: Hurley; Howlett, Mafi, Tipoki, Dowling; O'Gara, O'Leary; Horan, Flannery, Hayes, O'Callaghan, O'Connell (capt), Quinlan, Wallace, Leamy. Replacements: Sheahan, Buckley, M O'Driscoll, Ryan, Stringer, Warwick, Earls. Toulouse: Heymans; Medard, Kunavore, Jauzion, Donguy; Elissalde, Kelleher; Human, Servat, Perugini, Pelous (capt), Albacete, Bouilhou, Dusautoir, Sowerby. Replacements: Basualdo, Poux, Millo-Chluski, Nyanga, Fritz, Ahotaeiloa, Courrent. My money is on Munster. Definatly gonna be tight, handicap is set at -1 on munster. Toulouse have been hit by the losses of 2 of there key weapons in Clerc and Poitrenaud. Munster to knick it by 3 points Bath VS Worcester Olly Barkley and Steve Borthwick are hoping to finish their Bath careers on a high in the European Challenge Cup Final against Worcester on Sunday. England captain Borthwick is set for a summer move to Saracens, while fly-half Barkley will be turning out next season at Gloucester's Kingsholm Bath will welcome back England hooker Lee Mears (shoulder) while flanker Michael Lipman (cut lip) is also fit. Nick Abendanon will start at fullback and Joe Maddock will move to the wing in place of Andrew Higgins, while David Flatman replaces David Barnes at prop. Warriors have made three changes, prop Teiva Taumoepeau, back-row Drew Hickey and centre Sam Tuitupou will all start. Departing trio Drew Hickey, Shane Drahm and Thinus Delport are in the first XV along with the retiring Tony Windo.

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Bath: Abendanon; Maddock, Crockett, Barkley, Banahan; James, Claassens; Flatman, Mears, Stevens, Borthwick ©, Grewcock, Faamatuainu, Lipman, Browne. Replacements: Dixon, Bell, Short, Feaunati, Walshe, Berne, Cheeseman. Worcester: Delport; Garvey, Rasmussen, Tuitupou, Benjamin; Drahm, Powell; Windo, Lutui, Taumoepeau, Rawlinson, Gillies, Hickey, Sanderson (capt), Horstmann. Replacements: Horsman, Mullan, Bowley, Talei, Powell, Carlisle, Gear. A big bath win for me. If they kick into gear am expecting 2 of more trys between them. Handicap is generally set at -7 which i think is a bit short. Worcester have become a better side in the last few months but still short of the class that Bath have. Big games for butch and olly and they could go on even further. They had a few missing last weekend and it showed, imo they really missed mears and then to lose stevens during the game they were always gonna struggle. Bath -7 Handicap draw covered on both Small double placed as well