Dewi Morris selects his picks from the semi-finals of the 2004/05 Heineken Cup.
TRY OF THE WEEK - Dominici
Christophe Dominici's try in the ninth minute of injury time was genius and he showed why he is such a classy player. He played a superb game against Biarritz and his vision in spotting the gap secured Stade Francais a place in the Heineken Cup final.
Biarritz produced some solid defence as Stade laid siege to the try line but after several phases of possession Dominici produced a moment of magic to settle the tie.
The French international picked up from the base of a ruck and used his pace to step away from the static defence and speed over between the posts.
The delight of the fans at Parc Des Princes and on Stade's coach Fabien Galthie's face was plain for all to see.
| TEAM OF THE WEEK - Toulouse |
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Toulouse turned it on when they had to and produced some superb rugby. Isitolo Maka's try in the first two minutes was the perfect display of attacking rugby and showed great skill.
French sides have the ability to play this sort of rugby - they get the ball out of the tackle area with players running onto the ball.
Yannick Jauzion was the perfect example against Leicester, he stood up in the tackle and managed to get the ball away to supporting runners hitting the line at pace.
| PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Poitrenaud |
Clément Poitrenaud's mistake in last years Heineken Cup final will no doubt haunt him, but his performance against Leicester will have gone a long way to lay that ghost to rest.
His fumble that allowed Rob Howley to steal the try from under his nose last year has a been a real monkey on his back, but hats off to him for getting back to his best.
We saw glimpses of his genius against Nothampton and he once again came right for Toulouse at the Tigers expense. He has great feet and can hit the line at pace and at a great angle too. Jauzion was a close second.
| VILLAIN OF THE WEEK- Healey |
Austin Healey let himself down for his petulant charge on Florian Fritz. How he escaped any censure is beyond me. He was lucky not to have been sent off and even luckier that he has not been cited.
First he tried to trip Fritz and then went charging into him as he stood innocently on the sidelines after the ball went dead. The Walkers Stadium would have erupted if a Toulouse player had done that to a Tiger.
| MOMENT OF THE WEEK - Martin |
Referee Tony Spreadbury failed to spot the knock on that resulted in Stade's first try. Blonde flanker Rémy Martin had control of the ball as Stade were mauling towards the Biarritz line, when he suddenly knocked it on.
Fly-half Jérôme Fillol pounced on the ball and with the help of his forwards went over for the try. This non-decision was the match turner and my moment of the week by a country mile.