Top 14 leaders Toulouse kept up the pace with a comfortable win at Agen on Wednesday as Toulon slipped 11 points adrift after defeat by Bayonne. Elsewhere, reigning champions Clermont saw off runners-up Perpignan in a tight contest.
European champions Toulouse roundly beat Perpignan Saturday to join Racing-Metro and Montpellier at the top of the table. Elsewhere, Biarritz toppled title holders Clermont while Stade français battled past Toulon in a swampy Stade de France.
Three-time winner of the Heineken Cup, Stade Toulouse will be seeking a fourth title against former French rival Biarritz Olympique, Saturday at the Stade de France.
Biarritz defeated Ireland’s Munster Sunday 18-7 to join Toulouse in the European Cup final. The all-French match is set for 22 May in Paris’s Stade de France.
Toulouse defeated defending champions Leinster 26-16 on Saturday to reach the European Cup final. They will take on the winner of Sunday's match which pits Biarritz against Irish province Munster.
Toulouse crushed French rivals Stade Francais 42-16 on Sunday to set-up a Heineken Cup semi-final clash against holders Leinster, who advanced with a 29-28 win over French side Clermont on Friday.
The French rugby team has announced that its 23-year-old fullback Maxime Medard had been diagnosed with H1N1 flu. The French squad has just come back from a tour of New-Zealand and Australia.
Former French national rugby captain Fabien Pelous has announced he is retiring from competition at the end of his season with Toulouse. After an 18-year career, he holds a record 118 international caps for France.
Munster overwhelmed Ospreys 43-9 to set up an all-Irish European Cup semi-final clash against Leinster, captained by Brian O'Driscoll (photo), who edged England's Harlequins 6-5. The Cardiff Blues will face Leicester in the other semi.
