Saturday, 24 May, 2008 ... Judgement Day for two of the genuine giants of European club rugby as Munster and Toulouse collide in the sell-out Cardiff 2008 Heineken Cup final at the Millennium Stadium (17.00).

The teams currently ranked No 1 and No 2 under the merit-based ERC European Ranking system - just one point separates Munster (29 points) and Toulouse (28 points) - are also the teams who have played the most Heineken Cup matches.

Again, it could hardly be tighter, with just one match in it with Toulouse having played 93 tournament matches to Munster's 92 and both teams have now qualified for the knock-out stages a record 10 times in the 13 seasons of the Heineken Cup, Munster notching up their perfect 10 in successive campaigns.

It also means that there will be no new name on European club rugby's most coveted silverware, Toulouse having lifted the trophy a record three times (1996, 2003 and 2005) and Munster the champions of Europe in 2006.

Both the last two Heineken Cup finals have been sell-outs - 74,534 at the Millennium Stadium in 2006 and a world record crowd for a club rugby match of 81,076 at Twickenham 12 months ago - with Saturday's crowd meaning over 230,000 fans will have been at the three finals.

Munster had a free weekend but Toulouse go into the final on a winning note after beating Montauban 28-6 with Yannick Jauzion and Cedric Heymans among their try scorers in a victory that confirms their place in the Top 14 semi-finals with four matches to spare.

TALE OF THE TAPE

MUNSTER - TOULOUSE
ERC European Ranking 1 - 2
ERC European Ranking Points 29 - 28
Heineken Cup Titles 1 - 3
Heineken Cup Finals 3 - 4
Heineken Cup Matches 92 - 93
Heineken Cup Wins 64 - 66
Heineken Cup Points 2,332 - 2,780
Heineken Cup Tries 239 - 308
Heineken Cup Head-to-Head Wins 1 - 2
Heineken Cup Knock-Out Stages 10 - 10
International Players in Current Squad 20 - 25

HEINEKEN CUP 2008 FINAL
(Kick-off LOCAL time)

SATURDAY 24 MAY

MUNSTER v TOULOUSE
17.00 - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch Judges: Nigel Whitehouse, Hugh Watkins (Wales)
Fourth official / reserve referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
TMO: Derek Bevan (Wales)
Citing Commissioner: Peter Larter (England)
Television: Sky Sports / France Televisions / Sky Italia / S4C** / RTE**
** Highlights