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Fabien Pelous: Toulouse
"I have split feelings about playing Perpignan in the final. I said before their match that I would prefer to play them in the final and it is brilliant news that the Heineken Cup champion will definitely be a French team but after watching their semi-final on Sunday, I am more weary about their game.
"They produced a huge game against Leinster - as in their quarter-final against Llanelli - which proves once again the value of the Catalan team.
"It's not an accident that they are in the final - the clubs that have reached the final have proven that they are the best teams in the competition. It's the first time that two teams from the same country have reached the final which says a lot about French rugby. Whatever happens, a French team will be the favourite to win!"
Emile Ntamack: Toulouse
"We are not disappointed to meet Perpignan in the final. They took to the task very well and that is not an easy job at a full Lansdowne Road. They already proved in the quarter-final that they were capable of winning away and they achieved that again on Sunday.
"To have two French clubs in the Heineken Cup final is an honour for French rugby - we have defied those who thought the English and Irish were the stronger nations.
The two rugby regions of Toulouse and Perpignan will really support their teams all the way now."
Olivier Saisset: Perpignan Coach
"This is a great result for French rugby. We have shown that we are a very solid group of players at Perpignan. There are no stars in the team but we are a good squad of players that becomes excellent when we gel well together. To play Toulouse in the final will be an extraordinary occasion.
Bernard Goutta: Perpignan coach
"We are delighted because everyone thought we were a small team and noone gave us a chance of making it to the final, even Leinster who thought they were better than us.
"People said we had achieved something at Llanelli but we were lucky there in that they were playing with 14 men for most of the match. Now we have achieved something because no one believed in us. So much so that I had a job to motivate the players before the match.
"What we have achieved is huge - we were in the Pool of Death with Munster and Gloucester, we have played both our knock-out games away from home - no one had scored three tries against Leinster until us! It is amazing."
