Check out some facts and figures ahead of the 2007 Heineken Cup Final between Leicester Tigers and London Wasps at Twickenham.
HEINEKEN CUP FINAL FACTFILE
* A total of 563,522 fans have gone through the turnstiles for the 11 Heineken Cup finals - an average of 51,229 per match. The first final, between Cardiff and Toulouse at the old Arms Park on 6 January, 1996, attracted a crowd of 21,800.
* The 2002 final, when Leicester Tigers beat Munster at the Millennium Stadium, was watched by a tournament record crowd of 74,600.
* Chris White is the only referee to take charge of three finals - in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
* There are 209 players from the 11 match day 22-man squads who own Heineken Cup final winners' medals - 34 have two medals and Cedric Heymans is out on his own with three (with Brive in 1997 and Toulouse in 2003 and 2005). Among the 34 double winners are current Tigers squad members Martin Corry, Andy Goode, Ben Kay, Lewis Moody and Geordan Murphy.
* Only three of those 34 double winners have collected medals with different clubs. As well as Heymans, Philippe Carbonneau did it with Toulouse (1996) and Brive (1997) and Federico Mendez with Bath Rugby (1998) and Northampton Saints (2000).
* Players from 14 different nationalities are on the winners' roll of honour, headed by 64 Englishmen and the same number of Frenchmen. There are also players from Ireland (44), Scotland (nine), Wales (eight), South Africa and New Zealand (four each), Samoa and Argentina (three each), Australia (two) and one from each of Italy, USA, Canada and Poland.
* The most points scored in a Heineken Cup final are the 64 rattled up at Parc des Princes in 2001. The 34 scored that day by Leicester Tigers is the most scored by a team in a final and the 30 scored by Stade Francais Paris is the most scored by a losing team.
* The most tries scored in a final are the four by Brive when they beat Leicester Tigers 28-9 in Cardiff in 1997. The 19 points winning margin is the biggest in the 11 finals.
* The most points scored by an individual in a final is the 30 kicked by Stade Francais Paris' Diego Dominguez (nine penalty goals and a drop goal) in the 2001 defeat by Leicester.
* Two of the 11 finals have failed to produce a try - when Ulster Rugby beat Colomiers 21-6 in 1999 and when Toulouse needed extra time in the 2005 final to beat Stade Francais Paris 18-12.
* This 12th final will be the 819th tournament match.
* Two of the finals have required extra time to determine the winner and Toulouse won on both occasions, against Cardiff in 1996 and Stade Francais Paris in 2005.
* The 11 finals have produced 19 tries - an average of 1.73 per match - with two players scoring braces. Sebastien Carrat got two for Brive in the 1997 final and Leon Lloyd crossed twice for Leicester Tigers in Paris in 2001.
* Austin Healey - an ambassador for the London 07 final - is the only player who has won two Heineken Cup final man-of-the-match awards, in the Tigers' back-to-back triumphs in 2001 and 2002.
* This is the third single nation final following strictly French affairs in 2003 (Toulouse v Perpignan) and 2005 (Toulouse v Stade Francais Paris)
HEINEKEN CUP FINAL RECORDS
Most Individual Points
30 Diego Dominguez STADE FRANCAIS v Leicester Tigers 00/01
Most Team Points
34 Stade Francais v LEICESTER TIGERS (00/01)
Most Individual Tries
2 Sebastien Carrat BRIVE v Bath 97/98; Leon Lloyd Stade Francais v LEICESTER 00/01
Most Team Tries
4 BRIVE v Leicester (96/97)
Most Team/Individual Penalties
9 Diego Dominguez STADE FRANCAIS v Leicester 00/01
Most Team/Individual Conversions
3 Mark van Gisbergen LONDON WASPS v Toulouse 03/04
Most Team/Individual Dropped Goals
1 Seven teams/players
Most Club Final Appearances
4 TOULOUSE (95/96, 02/03, 03/04, 04/05)
Most Individual Final Appearances
3 Philippe Carbonneau (Toulouse 95/96, Brive 96/97, Brive 97/98); Neil Back, Darren Garforth, Austin Healey, Martin Johnson, Graham Rowntree (Leicester Tigers 96/97, 00/01, 01/02); Emile Ntamack (Toulouse 95/96, 02/03, 03/04); Jean Bouilhou, Trevor Brennan, Yannick Bru, Vincent Clerc, David Gerard, Yannick Jauzion, Christian Labit, Finau Maka, Frederic Michalak, Fabien Pelous, Clement Poitrenaud (Toulouse 02/03, 03/04, 04/05); Anthony Foley, John Hayes, John Kelly, Ronan O'Gara, Peter Stringer, David Wallace (Munster 99/00, 01/02, 05/06)
THE 11 HEINEKEN CUP FINALS
1996 TOULOUSE 21 Cardiff 18 (AET)
1997 BRIVE 28 Leicester 9
1998 BATH 19 Brive 18
1999 ULSTER 21 Colomiers 6
2000 NORTHAMPTON 9 Munster 8
2001 LEICESTER TIGERS 34 Stade Francais Paris 30
2002 LEICESTER TIGERS 15 Munster 9
2003 TOULOUSE 22 Perpignan 17
2004 LONDON WASPS 27 Toulouse 20
2005 TOULOUSE 18 Stade Francais Paris 12 (AET)
2006 MUNSTER 23 Biarritz Olympique 19
TIED HEINEKEN CUP FINAL
Should the scores be tied at the end of full time then 20 MINUTES (two periods of 10 minutes) of extra time will be played.
If at the end of extra time the scores are still level, then the winners will be the team which has scored the most tries in the game, including extra time.
If the teams are level on points and tries at the end of extra time then the winners will be determined through a place-kicking competition as follows:
In the case of the "Penalty Shoot Out" each team will nominate five goal kickers. The kickers need not be predetermined but they must come from the players on the pitch at the final whistle. (No substituted or dismissed player will be permitted to take part).
The end at which the competition takes place will be determined by the toss of a coin. The team to kick first will also be determined by the toss of a coin.
Each team will complete five kicks from directly in front of the posts on the 22 metre line.
The winning team will be the one which has the most successful kicks. If both teams are still level after five kicks the competition reverts to sudden death and new players from each team kick for goal from directly in front of the posts on the 22 metre line.
No player may kick a second time until all members of the team who were on the playing area at the final whistle of extra time have taken a kick.