Biarritz Olympique will be up against "the best No 8 in Europe" when they face Munster at Stade Anoeta, San Sebastian in Sunday's final Heineken Cup quarter-final.
And the Irish team will not suffer through the absence of Ronan O'Gara, with Paul Burke set to play a similar game.
Those are the views of Biarritz skipper Thomas Lievremont and coach Patrice Laguisquet as they go into their four quarter-final seeking revenge over their Irish rivals for their 38-29 defeat in the last eight in 2001.
"The scrum and the line-out will be very important and Munster have the best No 8 in Europe in Anthony Foley. The axis of their side is still very strong," said Biarritz' international No 8 and skipper Lievremont.
"We lost eight line-outs against Stade Francais Paris last weekend, but still won. We can't afford to do that against Munster.
"We haven't played at the stadium before but, with more people able to get into the game and get behind us, it is better for rugby that this game is played in front of 32,000 fans."
O'Gara, the Heineken Cup's leading points scorer, was ruled out last weekend with knee ligament damage, but Biarritz coach Lagisquet believes his replacement Burke will be a major threat.
"We know Munster are very strong in the forwards. They are used to playing their game a certain way, a way that has enabled them to win games even far away from home," he said.
"We feel they can still play the same game with Burke at No 10 and we don't think they will be very different without O'Gara. I don't think losing O'Gara will be a problem for them."
The match breaks new ground as the first Heineken Cup game to be played in Spain with 8,000 Munster, 8,000 Spanish fans and 16,000 from France snapping up the tickets.