Perpignan - the 2003 Heineken Cup finalists - have targeted winning the Amlin Challenge Cup as a route into next season's premier tournament and they have their quarter-final qualification destiny in their own hands.
The French club and Worcester Warriors have had a real battle to claim the one last eight place up for grabs as the group winers with Perpignan's superior try count in their head-to-head matches potentially crucial.
The clubs are level on 15 points apiece and if two teams in the same Pool finish on the same number of match points then group honours will initially be decided by the ones who have earned the most number of match points from the head-to-head matches.
Worcester and Perpignan have earned five points each from those contests and if they still cannot be separated then the club who has scored the most tries in the two matches go top - and Perpignan are ahead 3-1 on that score.
Perpignan travel to the Urbieta Rugby Sport Centre to take on Bizkaia Gernika aware the Spanish club have done the double over Rovigo but also in the knowledge of their own 90-12 home win against the newcomers with wing Adrien Plante scoring five of their tries.
Match Facts
- In their European debut season, Bizkaia have mustered two victories from four matches so far.
- Perpignan's record win in this tournament came this season when they hosted Bizkaia. The match ended 90-12.
- Perpignan have won six of their last eight Amlin Challenge Cup matches, with their only defeats coming against English opposition.
- Perpignan's Adrien Planté is the Amlin Challenge Cup's top try-scorer this season, the winger has six in four appearances.