| First half timeline |
| 1 | Cardiff Blues | The Blues, wearing pink begin brightly but Norton Knight knocks on in midfield to set up the first scrum of the match, which Toulouse win and spin the right of the park until a knock on ends the move |
| 2 | Toulouse | Toulouse infringe at the scrum, and Norton Knight puts the ball deep into French territory, but Albacete disrupts the lineout and Toulouse march out of their 22 |
| 3 | Toulouse | MIchalak breaks the gain line, and feeds Donguy who canters to the corner, before good defence by the Blues clears the danger |
| 5 | Cardiff Blues | Jenkins wins a penalty at the breakdown as Toulouse hold on, that buys the Cardiff side some territory after a sustained spell of French attacking |
| 7 | Cardiff Blues | Strong running from Powell with ball in hand takes his side up to halfway |
| 8 | Cardiff Blues | Another penalty for the blues as Toulouse play a ruck off their feet, it means Norton knight can put his penalty kick to within 15m of the home line |
| 9 | Toulouse | Another disrupted lineout means Cardiff loses the ball and Toulouse clear |
| 10 | Toulouse | Poitrenaud darts in between the Welsh defenders to move into the 22 |
| 11 | Cardiff Blues | Alan Lewis penalizes Martyn Williams for coming in from the side, and he warns the player his conduct could earn a yellow card |
| 12 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - F Michalak Michalak makes him pay |
| 13 | Cardiff Blues | Yellow card - P Tito From the restart, Tito is binned for not rolling away |
| 14 | Toulouse | A huge rolling maul by the buoyant home pack sees them surge forward, encouraged by the crowd |
| 16 | Toulouse | Stop start at the minute, but the match is being played in the Blues territory, with Toulouse playing at pace |
| 17 | Cardiff Blues | The Blues win a penalty at a scrum, Norton Knight finds touch to halfway, and despite another messy lineout, the Blues have possession of the ball |
| 18 | Cardiff Blues | Norton Knight kicks ball away, and Poitrenaud slices the Blues in two before POwell makes the sort of tackle that made him such a hit with the Lions in the summer tour of South Africa |
| 21 | Toulouse | It's all Toulouse at the minute as the try to probe to find the space given by the man advantage |
| 23 | Toulouse | Fritz looks like he has scored, but Mustoe holds him up and its a scrum V |
| 24 | Toulouse | Try - T Dusautoir The big flanker does enough to break the defences of the Blues from close range, its no less that his side deserve |
| 25 | Toulouse | Michalak's conversion strikes the post |
| 30 | Cardiff Blues | Try - F Filise Norton Kinght makes a finer break and a lovely behind the back pass to feed the prop, who had enough gas to run the 22 and under the sticks |
| 31 | Cardiff Blues | Conversion - B Blair |
| 32 | Cardiff Blues | The Blues win a penalty at the breakdown, it symbolizes a shift of momentum as the Welsh side look to build on their recent try |
| 34 | Toulouse | Poiteraud takes a mark and boots to near halfway, its cat and mouse at the moment as the two sides begin to work each others games out |
| 35 | Cardiff Blues | Quick lineout take by Deniol Jones, and all of a sudden Gareth Williams is within 10m of scoring |
| 35 | Toulouse | Yellow card - P Albacete The second row is carded for playing the ball off his feet |
| 36 | Cardiff Blues | Blair misses the kick fro the left hand touchline |
| 38 | Cardiff Blues | Its all Cardiff right now, but a forward pass from Martyn Williams ends a potentially scoring move |
| Second half timeline |
| 42 | Cardiff Blues | The Blues begin the second half brightly, playing up of the gain line but when Powell is penalised for not binding at a scrum just inside his own half, the French side have a chance to score with a long penalty |
| 43 | Toulouse | Fritz pushes the ball wide with the long range shot |
| 44 | Cardiff Blues | Yellow card - A Powell Powell takes out Poiteraud after the French full back cleared with the boot, its a silly way to earn a yellow card and puts his side in trouble |
| 45 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - F Michalak Michalak deals out the punishment |
| 49 | Cardiff Blues | Its a case of weathering the storm at the moment for 14 man Blues |
| 50 | Toulouse | MIchalak tries to be too clever in attack and knocks on, it burns a few seconds of Powell's sin binning |
| 50 | Toulouse | Substitution - C Johnston on for B Lecouls |
| 51 | Toulouse | Substitution - D Human on for J Poux |
| 52 | Toulouse | Toulouse are rampaging in attack and the crowd are cheering every pass, but all of a sudden the Blues close ranks |
| 53 | Toulouse | Drop kick - F Michalak Its not his greatest strike, but its over and Toulouse come away with points |
| 56 | Cardiff Blues | Powell is back on, his side have conceded just three points while he was sidelined |
| 58 | Toulouse | The fans do the Mexican wave while they wait for a Toulouse scrum just outside the 22 |
| 58 | Toulouse | Substitution - S Sowerby on for L Picamoles |
| 59 | Cardiff Blues | A succession of scrums collapse before Alan Lewis blows for a penalty |
| 60 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - F Michalak Another successful strike gives a ten point lead to the home side |
| 61 | Cardiff Blues | Substitution - S Morgan on for P Tito |
| 61 | Cardiff Blues | Substitution - R Rees on for G Cooper |
| 62 | Cardiff Blues | Stunning break from Blair into the home 22, he feeds Shanklin and Cardiff are within five |
| 63 | Cardiff Blues | There's no momentum in the Blues movement and the attack fizzles out |
| 65 | Cardiff Blues | Halfpenny probes, but loses the ball in the tackle however there is a noticeable switch in tactics from the Blues, who are running everything at the moment |
| 66 | Toulouse | A less than perfectly weighted kick from Skrela is marked by Halfpenny, it means when the wing kicks Toulouse opt to run ahead and pepper the 22 with high balls |
| 69 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - F Michalak Michalak punishes Cardiff's ill discipline at ruck time with a long range goal to push his side way ahead |
| 71 | Toulouse | Substitution - C Heymans on for V Clerc |
| 71 | Cardiff Blues | Substitution - S Warburton on for D Jones |
| 72 | Cardiff Blues | Substitution - G Thomas on for R Mustoe |
| 73 | Cardiff Blues | Cardiff go through the phaes as they try to claw their way back into the match but there is just no way through and within seconds, Poiteruad turns defence into attack when he snaffles a loose ball and puts a huge kick behind the Blues |
| 74 | Cardiff Blues | Norton Knight knocks on as he tries to gather an awkwardly bouncing ball, it means a home scum close to the Blues' line |
| 75 | Toulouse | Relentless pressure by the front 8 leads to another penalty for Toulouse |
| 75 | Toulouse | Substitution - M Medard on for C Poitrenaud |
| 76 | Toulouse | Substitution - V Lacombe on for W Servat |
| 77 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - F Michalak Its the final nail in the coffin for the Blues, who have been dramatically out muscled in the second period |
| 77 | Toulouse | Substitution - N Bezy on for D Skrela |
| 79 | Cardiff Blues | The Blues are finishing in the Toulosue half, but once again the defence holds firm |
| 80 | Toulouse | The match is over, its a worthy win by Toulouse who showed all their skills and style to comprehensively defeat the Blues |
