Heineken Cup | Match Centre | ERC | Official Website : Cardiff cruise to comfortable win in Calvisano

Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon) has been named ERC European Player of the Year 2013. The prestigious award crowns an outstanding season for the out-half who led the French club to a dramatic Heineken Cup final victory over ASM Clermont Auvergne at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

It's down to the wire now for the five contenders who have been shortlisted for the ultimate individual accolade in northern hemisphere rugby, ERC European Player of the Year 2013.

With the build-up to the Dublin 2013 European club rugby finals intensifying by the day, the four elite clubs of ASM Clermont Auvergne, Toulon, Leinster Rugby and Stade Francais Paris, who are focused on their quest for Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup silverware respectively, won't be the only clubs with Europe on their mind over the weekend of 17 and 18 May.

Cardiff Blues kick off with a trip to Italy hoping for a second successive quarter-final appearance.

The Welsh region reached the last eight in April but came undone with a hefty defeat away to finalists Toulouse.

The Blues will be without talismanic number eight Xavier Rush with a knee injury while there are doubts over Jason Spice and Gethin Jenkins.

But the Italian champions have Welsh lock Peter Sidoli among their ranks and hope to pick up their first win over the Blues following two defeats in the 2005/06 season.

ASM Clermont Auvergne	Benetton Treviso	Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque	Cardiff Blues	Castres Olympique	Connacht Rugby
Edinburgh Rugby	Exeter Chiefs	Glasgow Warriors	Harlequins	Leicester Tigers	Leinster Rugby
Montpellier	Munster Rugby	Northampton Saints	Ospreys	Racing Métro 92	Sale Sharks
Saracens	Scarlets	Toulon	Toulouse	Ulster Rugby	Zebre

Agen	Bath Rugby	Bayonne	Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque	Bizkaia Gernika RT	Bordeaux-Begles
Bucharest Wolves	Cammi Rugby Calvisano	Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo	Gloucester Rugby	Grenoble	I Cavalieri Prato
Leinster Rugby	London Irish	London Wasps	London Welsh	Mont de Marsan	Newport Gwent Dragons
Perpignan	Rugby Mogliano	Stade Francais Paris	Toulouse	Worcester Warriors

Date	Home	Score	Away	Att
23/1/09	Cardiff Blues	62 - 20	Rugby Calvisano	11,203
11/10/08	Rugby Calvisano	20 - 56	Cardiff Blues	3,500
17/12/05	Cardiff Blues	43 - 16	Rugby Calvisano	11,764

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