2003 Heineken Cup final explained

2003 Heineken Cup Final
Event:2002–03 Heineken Cup
Team1:Toulouse
Team1association:
Team1score:22
Team2:Perpignan
Team2association:
Team2score:17
Date:24 May 2003
Stadium:Lansdowne Road
City:Dublin
Referee:Chris White (England)
Tony Spreadbury (England)
Attendance:28,600
Previous:2002
Next:2004

The 2003 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2002–03 Heineken Cup, the eighth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 24 May 2003 at Lansdowne Road in Dublin. The match was contested by Toulouse and Perpignan, both of France. Toulouse became the second team to win the competition more than once, winning the match 22–17.[1]

Match details

FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Émile Ntamack
OC 13 Xavier Garbajosa
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Vincent Clerc
FH 10 Yann Delaigue
SH 9 Frédéric Michalak
N8 8 Christian Labit
OF 7 Trevor Brennan
BF 6 Jean Bouilhou
RL 5 Fabien Pelous (c)
LL 4 David Gérard
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste Poux
HK 2 Yannick Bru
LP 1 Benoît Lecouls
Substitutions:
HK 16 William Servat
PR 17 Cédric Soulette
FL 18 Finau Maka
LK 19 Grégory Lamboley
SH 20 Sylvain Dupuy
WG 21 Cédric Heymans
CE 22 Cédric Desbrosse
Coach:
Guy Novès
FB 15 Jean-Marc Souverbie
RW 14 Pascal Bomati
OC 13 Pascal Giordani
IC 12 Christophe Manas
LW 11 Frédéric Cermeno
FH 10 Manuel Edmonds
SH 9 Ludovic Loustau
N8 8 Phil Murphy
OF 7 Bernard Goutta (c)
BF 6 Grégory Le Corvec
RL 5 Rimas Álvarez-Kairelis
LL 4
TP 3 Nicolas Mas
HK 2 Michel Konieck
LP 1 Renaud Peillard
Substitutions:
HK 16 Marc Dal Maso
PR 17 Stéphane de Bésombes
N8 18 Lionel Mallier
LK 19 Christophe Porcu
SH 20 Jacques Basset
FH 21 Nicolas Laharrague
CE 22 David Marty
Coach:
Olivier Saïsset

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Toulouse regain European crown. 24 May 2003. BBC Sport. 21 July 2009.