| First half timeline |
| 1 | London Irish | On London Irish's biggest day, they will have to do without the instrumental Mike Catt, who misses out through injury, meaning fly-half Shane Geraghty will be handed the mantle of creator in chief. |
| 1 | London Irish | Peter Richards also continues in the unfamiliar role of outside centre as Irish go for their first ever Heineken Cup Final. |
| 1 | Toulouse | Toulouse too have injury problems as they prepare for their eighth Heineken Cup semi-final and will take the field without the prolific Vincent Clerc and key back rower Thierry Dusatoir. |
| 1 | Toulouse | The Kelleher-Elissalde half back combination is retained after their superb showing in the quarter final demolition of Cardiff Blues. |
| 1 | Toulouse | Sowerby puts a foot in touch after taking the Irish kick-off but Paice over throws. Luckily for Irish Nyanga knocks-on and Irish get an early scrum. |
| 1 | London Irish | Irish attack right and free fullback Hewat, he chips ahead into the in-goal area and Ojo is only just denied an opening minute score by great defensive work from Yves Donguy. Frantic start. |
| 1 | Toulouse | Allan Lewis blows up for full time and Irish's dream is over. Toulouse march on to their fifth final as their squad breath a collective sigh of relief. |
| 3 | Toulouse | Toulouse make their way down field from drop out but a Kelleher box kick is gathered by Hewat, who dinks a marvellous touch finder up the right touchline. |
| 6 | Toulouse | Play has made its way back and forth for a couple of minutes and is beginning to open up already. The perfect conditions suggest this game could have a lot of points if it continues at this pace. |
| 9 | Toulouse | Toulouse are enjoying some good possession now and Elissalde is varying his kicking game nicely. A cross field chip is gathered by Ojo but Kennedy comes round offside and Toulouse win the penalty. |
| 11 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - J Elissalde Clean stike from te left 15m line for the diminutive fly-half. |
| 14 | London Irish | Irish kick-off back into Toulouse territory and after Kennedy leapt highest to win an ensuing lineout Irish attack right into midfield. The Toulouse forwards cannot resist putting their hands in and are penalised. |
| 15 | London Irish | Penalty kick - P Hewat Hewat makes no mistake with his first kick at goal to level the scores. |
| 16 | Toulouse | Toulouse try to open up early after retrieving their kick off but a loose pass from, the up till now off-colour, Jauzion gives Irish the scrum. |
| 18 | London Irish | Irish's set-piece continues to go well as they win a penalty from the scrum and Hewat kicks his side up to the Toulouse 22. |
| 20 | London Irish | Try - T Ojo Irish pummel the Toulouse defensive line numerous times without any joy until Ojo leaves Elissalde standing and then cuts inside Heymans to romp away for a classic opening score. |
| 21 | London Irish | Conversion - P Hewat |
| 22 | Toulouse | Toulouse win their own kick-off and Elissalde frees Bouilhou who gets to within 5 meters of the line. Irish somehow manage to turn the ball over though and clear up field. |
| 23 | Toulouse | From the lineout, Irish spoil their good work as Danaher is penalised for a high tackle. Elissalde fluffs his shot at goal horribly though and Irish survive. |
| 23 | Toulouse | Missed penalty: Elissalde |
| 26 | London Irish | The sides exchange possession freely with a series of loose kicks but Irish continue to look the more purposeful with ball in hand. They are off-loading at will and Toulouse look shaky after the first-quarter. |
| 28 | Toulouse | Another sign of Toulouse's unease as Perugini spills and straightforward pass to concede possession on the Irish 22. Hewat once again uses the set piece possession to punt his side up-field. |
| 30 | Toulouse | Don't speak to soon. Heymans takes the lineout quickly and the men in red expertly attack on the left. Pelous is put clean through but as the try looked a certainty the veteran lock throws a wild forward pass. |
| 31 | London Irish | Again Hewat clears beautifully. His line kicking is becoming a feature of this first half, just as it was in his man-of-the match showing in the quarter-final clash with Perpignan |
| 32 | Toulouse | Toulouse are beginning to expand their game with ball in hand through and a beautiful line from Jauzion puts them behind the defence. Medard continues the move but Richards scrambles back to avert the danger. |
| 33 | Toulouse | Try - M Ahotaeiloa Toulouse strike back. From the ensuing play Kelleher sends it right to Elissalde who in throws a long pass to Medard who also draws his man to free Ahotaeiloa who squeezes in at the corner. |
| 34 | Toulouse | Missed conversion: Elissalde |
| 35 | Toulouse | Irish uncharacteristically lose their own throw and Toulouse have suddenly slipped into gear. Play once again goes right before Hewat gets a hand in to break the move down |
| 37 | Toulouse | The French are looking dangerous and Irish will be keen to survive the next five minutes and utilise the solace of half time. |
| 39 | Toulouse | Try - W Servat They fail! Toulouse have scored their second. Nyanga took the lineout ball 10 metres from the line and the forwards rumbled towards the whitewash. Eventually Servat takes the ball and piles over. |
| 40 | Toulouse | Conversion - J Elissalde |
| 40 | London Irish | As they can. Toulouse have turned altered the momentum of this game with a 10 minute onslaught. Having looked completely out of sorts, their quick-fire pair of tire will have really knocked the wind out of Irish. |
| 40 | Toulouse | Brian Smith's men are far from out of it, but will have re-group mentally after seeing all of their early effort go to waste. Toulouse, if the come out in the same vein, could take it this away from Irish very quickly. |
| Second half timeline |
| 41 | London Irish | Substitution - T Leaaetoa on for D Murphy |
| 41 | London Irish | Both sides make their intentions clear within a minute of the restart, each taking quick lineouts and going wide. Elissalde puts down an interception chance and Geraghty kicks out on the full form the scrum. |
| 44 | London Irish | Try - S Tagicakibau Irish take the lineout on halfway and go wide from first phase. The way looks blocked for Tagicakibau on the left touchline but he expertly skips around Heymans and then Medard to streak away for the score. |
| 45 | London Irish | Hewat is way off with the conversion but this game is back on. |
| 45 | London Irish | Missed converison: Hewat |
| 48 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - J Elissalde From a Toulouse scrum on Irish's 10 metre line, Toulouse attack and Irish infringe from the ruck Elissalde slots over the penalty to regain the lead. |
| 49 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - J Elissalde Seconds later, Ojo runs down a blind alley and gets done for holding on. Elissalde steps up and converts his second penalty in as many minutes to Brian Smith fuming at his team's indiscpline. |
| 54 | Toulouse | After a wayward kick from Geraghty, Toulouse counter and Pelous once agsin finds himself in acres of space but for the second time in the match he runs away from support and botches the chance. |
| 55 | London Irish | Substitution - J Leguizamon on for P Murphy |
| 57 | London Irish | Irish win some respite with another lengthy Hewat clearance and they win a lineout on halfway as Heymans return kick lacks any bite. |
| 58 | London Irish | The all action Peter Richards smashes his way forward from the lineout but is halted by an aggressive hit from Donguy. |
| 60 | London Irish | As the game moves into the final quarter Irish look as though they will have to dig deep to win this one as they go into unchartered territory. |
| 60 | Toulouse | Blood sub - T Dusautoir on for Y Nyanga |
| 62 | London Irish | Ojo nearly does it, the flying winger breaks the defensive line and nearly makes it himself, as he is caught he offloads to Tagicakibau but he is halted too by frantic defence. |
| 64 | London Irish | If Irish are to pull this out of the bag, you feel they need to use this momentum and do it now and a penalty on halfway for Toulouse offside will help. Hewat's effort falls just short though. |
| 66 | London Irish | Missed penalty: Hewat |
| 68 | Toulouse | Substitution - R Millo-Chluski on for F Pelous |
| 68 | Toulouse | Substitution - O Hasan on for S Perugini |
| 69 | London Irish | Irish will not give up the ghost lightly and continue to run from every opportunity. The Toulouse defensive line is holding firm though, and their big match nous is starting to show through. |
| 72 | Toulouse | Blood sub - Y Nyanga on for T Dusautoir |
| 72 | Toulouse | Substitution - T Dusautoir on for M Ahotaeiloa |
| 73 | London Irish | Magnificent break from Geraghty and he surges 60 metres down field. He is hauled down but Irish continue to throw the kitchen sink at Toulouse. Agonisingly though, Allan Lewis penalises against them. |
| 73 | Toulouse | Substitution - G Lamboley on for J Bouilhou |
| 75 | Toulouse | Toulouse again slow proceedings down with a series of pick and go's which is frustrating Irish who cannot get hold of possession. |
| 76 | Toulouse | Substitution - A Vernet Basualdo on for W Servat |
| 79 | London Irish | Desperate last throw of the dice now from Irish with forwards and backs alike foraging forward and off loading at will. Good attacking scrum comes to nothing as Toulouse spoil to great effect. |
| 80 +1 | London Irish | Irish win a penalty but cannot kick to the corner with no time for the lineout. Mapusua goes quickly and Tagicakibau carries on but ball goes loose and the chance goes begging. |
