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The draw for the Heineken Cup semi-finals, to be played on the weekend of 26 / 27 April, gave the winners of the Toulouse v Northampton Saints and Leinster Lions v Biarritz Olympique quarter-finals "home" advantage in the semi-finals at a 20,000-plus venue in their respective countries.
'The prospect of playing a semi-final at home is great news - it's always good to have home advantage," said Noves.
"It was also better not to fall in the other half of the draw where Leinster have a magnificent chance to play all their games in Dublin. However, we have a hard draw in front of us. The quarter-final against Northampton Saints, former Heineken Cup champions, has already got huge billing.
"If we get through we will come up against the current European champions Leicester or last year's finalists Munster, who beat us in the semi-finals three years ago. It means that we would meet the best Europe has to offer in the space of three weeks.'
