| Primo tempo |
| 1 | Toulouse | Toulouse get the 13th Heineken Cup final underway, the two giants of the European game, Munster and Toulouse crash into each other and the first passage of play ends with a penalty on halfway as Munster called for hands in the ruck |
| 2 | Toulouse | Heymans fails to find touch with, but Hurley touches it out and it sets up a Toulouse scrum five metres out |
| 4 | Toulouse | The French side are in the shadow of the posts and patiently move to the left hand side with Elissalde controlling the pace, eventually Munster are penalised at the breakdown. |
| 5 | Toulouse | Munster talk back to the referee, who moves the penalty forward 10m and Elissalde opts to kick |
| 6 | Toulouse | The kick is wide, a poor start for the fly half who would have expected to make the score |
| 7 | Munster | Munster are buoyed and Quinlan steals a pass from Kelleher as the Kiwi deals with restart, and he darts to the 22 |
| 9 | Toulouse | Toulouse have a lineout on the Munster 22 as Hurley fumbles a Kelleher grubber |
| 10 | Toulouse | Drop kick - J Elissalde Elissalde makes up for his earlier penalty miss with a snap drop goal from 22m out, from directly in front of the posts |
| 11 | Toulouse | Toulouse are moving the ball around nicely, and Jauzion chips the ball to the right hand corner to give Munster a high pressure lineout near their own line |
| 12 | Munster | A solid lineout from Flannery and Munster clear the danger |
| 14 | Toulouse | Elissalde tries an ambitious drop goal from 30m under pressure, and it's wide. The French side have dominated so far, but may rue handing over possession cheaply at the end of the match |
| 17 | Toulouse | A good lineout take from Bouilhou on his 10m line means Toulouse retain the ball, Kelleher and O'Gara swap kicks and eventually the ball goes dead after exquisite play from Heymans and Kunavore who dance down the line to keep the pressure on Munster |
| 20 | Toulouse | Toulouse continue to dominate possession and territory, but eventually throw a forward pass to give Munster some respite with a scrum on their own 22 |
| 22 | Munster | With a quarter of the match played the French side will de disappointed not to have more points on the board, and Munster, who have had very little possession, will be delighted to be just three points behind |
| 24 | Toulouse | Donguy fumbles a high catch, but rides his luck and survives before Leamy is penalised at the breakdown and Elissalde puts the ball into touch in Munster territory |
| 25 | Toulouse | O'Gara and Heymans swap kicks, with the Toulouse man finding touch to force Munster back again |
| 28 | Munster | An impressive lineout from the Irish side leads to Flanery peeling from a maul to rampage to the halfway line, Toulouse are called for not rolling away and O'Gara kicks his penalty to the 22 |
| 32 | Munster | Munster enjoy their first period of attacking play, Quinlan and co. are generating pace and Tipoki makes his first attacking run, but the passage of play comes to an end when Heymens knocks on after trying to field O'Gara's grubber 10m from his line |
| 33 | Munster | Quick ball across the park sees Howlett within five metres of a score, the ball becomes unplayable one metre from the try line, and have an attacking scrum |
| 34 | Munster | Leamy looks like he has scored the game's opening try after he leans over the ball to ground, TMN Derek Bevan takes a long hard look |
| 36 | Toulouse | Bevan rules NO score as replays seem to show the ball slipping from Leamy's hand, Toulouse have a scrum and are pushed back to their own line |
| 37 | Munster | Sowerby is forced to touch down in his in goal area and Munster, through controlled aggression have a scrum V and a chance to attack the line |
| 38 | Munster | It takes three Toulouse defenders to hold up O'Connell one metre from the line, but a score look inevitable |
| 38 | Munster | Mete - D Leamy The No.8 makes up for his error moments ago by bundling over |
| 39 | Munster | Conversion - R O'Gara The experienced O'Gara adds the extras |
| 39 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara More Munster pressure leads to a penalty from the Irish side, and O'Gara puts his side 10-3 up an accurate long range shot |
| 39 | Toulouse | Substitution - Y Nyanga on for T Dusautoir |
| 40 | Munster | Dongey is tackled into touch by Howlett, who is beginning to make his mark in the side |
| 40 +1 | Munster | Munster concede a penalty as O'Callaghan finds himself on the wrong side of the tackle |
| 40 +1 | Toulouse | Penalty kick - J Elissalde The fly half scores with his 45m kick, his side are still in the match at just four points behind |
| 40 +2 | Munster | The half time whistle is blown by referee Nigel Owens. Munster will inevitably be the happier side after snuffing out the Toulouse threat and winning many of the individual battles, but it is still anyone's match |
| Secondo tempo |
| 41 | Munster | The second half begins as Toulouse fumble O'Gara's kick-off, and the Irish side look to move forward through the forwards after a solid scrum |
| 42 | Munster | O'Gara puts Dongey under pressure, and the Toulouse wing nervously kicks out to halfway, Munster kick the ball away and when Medard kicks back immediately Hurley is forced to kick to touch and Toulouse have a lineout 15m out |
| 42 | Munster | It's a frantic start to the second half, with O'Connell ripping the ball from Pelous' arms |
| 44 | Toulouse | O'Gara clears, and from a lineout on the Munster 10m line, Toulouse try to build another attack with Bouliou having ball in hand, eventually Wallace forces a turnover by isolating Sowerby who is pinged for holding on |
| 46 | Munster | Munster slow the game right down as their forwards grind out the hard yards and their fans raise their voices in song |
| 47 | Munster | A forward pass from Tipoki brings that passage of play to a close |
| 50 | Toulouse | Yellow card - F Pelous |
| 51 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara Ice cool O'Gara punishes Toulouse with a 40m penalty through the posts |
| 54 | Toulouse | Mete - Y Donguy Toulouse score a try that epitomises their style. Heymans decides to take a throw to himself 30m from his own line. He chips, and chips again and Donguy wins the race to the bouncing ball in the 22 to score |
| 54 | Toulouse | Conversion - J Elissalde The scores are level thanks to the conversion by Elissalde |
| 55 | Toulouse | Substitution - J Poux on for S Perugini |
| 56 | Toulouse | Patient play from the Munster pack as they work the ball to the 22, but a poor chip from Dowling goes into the hands of Donguy, and he passes quickly to Elissalde who clears |
| 57 | Munster | Blood sub - M O'Driscoll on for P O'Connell |
| 58 | Munster | O'Gara takes the captain's armband as O'Connell departs the field of play for stiches to his head |
| 58 | Toulouse | Heymans misses with a long range drop goal |
| 60 | Munster | Blood sub - P O'Connell on for M O'Driscoll |
| 60 | Toulouse | Substitution - R Millo-Chluski on for P Albacete |
| 60 | Toulouse | Pelous returns, and there is just 20 minutes of a scintillating European season remaining and nothing reo separate the teams |
| 61 | Toulouse | Desperate tackling from Munster as the Toulouse wings combine to get within two metres of the whitewash, the French side recycle but Elissalde overcooks his cross field kick and the moment has passed |
| 61 | Toulouse | Substitution - G Lamboley on for J Bouilhou |
| 62 | Toulouse | Pelous is penalised for holding on in the tackle, and is warned by referee Owens the next time will result in a red card |
| 64 | Munster | Blood sub - T Buckley on for M Horan |
| 64 | Munster | Penalty kick - R O'Gara An eurption of noise after deathly silence marks second O'Gara's penalty goal |
| 66 | Munster | O'Gara collects an over thrown lineout on halfway, and his side have possession and now choose to play patiently through the forwards |
| 69 | Munster | Sustained possession by the Munstermen sees them up to the 22 |
| 70 | Munster | Munster move within range, and O'Gara drops back into the pocket |
| 71 | Munster | Tipoki weaves his way through defenders arms, but the ball is knocked on by O'Connell as he tries to collect the offloaded pass |
| 72 | Toulouse | Substitution - M Ahotaeiloa on for Y Donguy |
| 73 | Toulouse | Elissalde fails to find touch and Hurley and Howlett combine to put Munster back up to Toulouse's 22 |
| 73 | Toulouse | Toulouse have a penalty as Munster penalised at the ruck |
| 74 | Munster | Blood sub - M Horan on for T Buckley |
| 75 | Munster | The sides swap turnovers and when Mafi breaks free, it looks for a split second like a try is on, but the Kiwi spills the ball in the tackle and Toulouse will have a scrum 30m from their line |
| 76 | Munster | Another Munster steal means the Irish team have the ball again, and will march forward with their pack up to the 22 |
| 77 | Munster | Slow ball, but that's no problem for the Munster fans who are singing loudly inside the Millennium Stadium |
| 78 | Munster | The moves comes to nothing and Toulouse have their first piece of possession for almost 15 minutes, with just minutes left in the match both sides know any mistake now could settle it |
| 78 | Toulouse | That mistake comes from Sowerby, O'Connell comes away with the ball and within seconds Nigel Owens has signalled a penalty, the clock is stopped before O'Gara opts for a tap penalty which O'Connell carries |
| 80 | Munster | The match is over, Munster have won thier second Heineken Cup, it seems the Millennium Stadium is a happy hunting ground for the Irish side. |
