No-one knows more about what it takes to win the Heineken Cup than treble champions Toulouse – including the priceless value of a home quarter-final.
No-one knows more about what it takes to win the Heineken Cup than treble champions Toulouse – including the priceless value of a home quarter-final.
The French giants go into their 90th Heineken Cup match, against Leinster at the RDS on Saturday, with a five-point advantage at the top of Pool 6 but wary of the threat Brian O’Driscoll and his team pose to their last eight hopes.
While All Blacks scrum half Byron Kelleher is relatively new to the tournament after joining Toulouse following the 2007 Rugby World Cup last October, he is well aware of the advantages of being home at the start of the knock-out stages in April.
“We want to finish at the top of the table,” he said. “I know that after the back-to-back matches Leinster are going to have a really tough job to qualify, but we are under no illusions.
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