Are Munster on course for a third Heineken Cup title?
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Paul Rees foresees and Munster-Toulouse Heineken Cup final, a fitting mark for the 15-year celebrations, in The Observer.
"Leicester may disagree, but Toulouse and Munster have been the dominant teams in the 15 years of the Heineken Cup and they are on course to meet in next month's final at the Stade de France.
"The sides will both play their 109th matches in the tournament next weekend – more than anyone else. Toulouse host Leinster at Le Stadium in the first of the semi-finals and Munster face Biarritz at Estadio Anoeta in San Sebastián the following afternoon.
"Between them they have taken part in nine of the 14 finals and seven of the last eight, Munster beating Toulouse 16-13 in the 2008 final in Cardiff. If Munster are a model of functionality, adept at attrition and prospering from the controlling influence of Ronan O'Gara at fly-half, Toulouse have been the tournament's aristocrats, overdosing on excess and taking self-indulgence to extremes."
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