Writing on the official Heineken Cup website, Peter Jackson takes a look back at four epic European encounters.
"At the denouement of the best weekend the Heineken Cup has ever seen, a thunderous sound accompanied Toulouse on their lap of honour. The chant from a raucous choir of more than 30,000 could be heard all over the city: 'Ils sont ou les Parisians?' Where are the Parisians?
"Stade Francais, twice beaten finalists, were nowhere to be seen after being counted out of the tournament and the same taunting question will be asked by the Toulousain faithful when the 24 qualifiers line up on the starting grid next season.
"When it comes to the big European occasions, nobody does it better than Toulouse. At the end of a three-day event featuring colossal matches in Dublin, San Sebastian and Limerick, the most decorated club in Heineken history responded by trumping the lot, as if sensing the need to remind everyone else that the competition matters more in Toulouse than anywhere else."
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