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Munster or Stade Franà§ais Paris v London Wasps or Gloucester
Toulouse or Edinburgh Rugby v Llanelli Scarlets or Biarritz Olympique
The teams drawn out of the drum first and third (Munster or Stade Franà§ais Paris and Toulouse or Edinburgh Rugby) will have 'home' advantage. The semi-finals will be played at neutral venues in the country of the team drawn at home - and at stadia with a capacity in excess of 20,000 - on the weekend of 23 / 24 / 25 April. The four stadia selected to host the Heineken Cup semi-finals are:
STADE CHABAN-DELMAS, BORDEAUX OR MURRAYFIELD, EDINBURGH
(Home venue for winners of quarter-final between Toulouse and Edinburgh Rugby, who will play the winners of Llanelli Scarlets v Biarritz Olympique)
LANSDOWNE ROAD, DUBLIN OR STADE CHARLETY, PARIS
(Home venue for winners of quarter-final between Munster and Stade Franà§ais Paris, who will play the winners of London Wasps v Gloucester)
For all ticket information for the Heineken Cup semi-finals log on to WWW.ERCRUGBY.COM as soon as the participants are known.
HEINEKEN CUP HISTORY
MURRAYFIELD
The home of Scottish rugby has a capacity of 67,500 and recently staged the Celtic League final. It has only hosted one Heineken Cup tie before, when Edinburgh played Northampton Saints in a Pool match in 2001 when the Netherdale pitch was frozen. This is the first time a Scottish side has reached the quarter-finals and an Edinburgh victory over Toulouse would really give Scottish fans something to shout about.
LANSDOWNE ROAD
The 'old lady' of world rugby grounds has hosted two Heineken Cup finals (1999 and 2003) and set a tournament record for both a quarter-final and semi-final last season when 42,000 fans turned out to see Leinster Lions' last eight victory over Biarritz Olympique and a further 37,000 watched their semi-final defeat by Perpignan. Leinster beat Pontypridd at the ground in a Pool match in 1995 and then lost there in the semi-finals of the inaugural tournament to Cardiff Blues. This season Leinster Lions played all their Pool matches at Lansdowne Road, setting a Pool attendance record in their final home game of 23,463 against Cardiff. It has a capacity of 48,500.
STADE CHABAN-DELMAS
The former Stade Lescure staged the 1998 Heineken Cup final between Bath and Brive and was also the venue for the semi-final in 2000 between Toulouse and Munster. On both occasions the French sides lost, so Toulouse will be hoping to make it third time lucky if they are forced to face Llanelli Scarlets in Bordeaux. If it ends up being an all-French affair, between the reigning champions Toulouse and Biarritz Olympique, then a French team will go through to the final. The home of French football club Girondins de Bordeaux, it has a rugby capacity of 34,000.
STADE CHARLETY
The Heineken Cup will break new ground if Stade Franà§ais Paris beat Munster in Limerick to claim a home semi-final venue. Charlety has a rich tradition with a number of sports, but has yet to host a Heineken Cup tie. It was the venue for Tim Montgomery's world record 100 metre run of 9.78 sec in 2002 and has hosted Rugby League matches as well as being the former home of the Paris University Rugby Union Club. The stadium went through a complete reconstruction between1991-94 and has an all-seated capacity of 20,000.
