The 1996 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 1995–96 Heineken Cup, the inaugural season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 7 January 1996 at the Arms Park in Cardiff. The match was contested by Cardiff of Wales and Toulouse of France. Toulouse won the match 21–18 after extra time; they took the lead with two tries in the first 10 minutes, but the kicking of Adrian Davies kept Cardiff level. With the scores at 15–12 as the clock ticked past 80 minutes, Davies stepped up again and slotted over a penalty to take the game to extra time. Christophe Deylaud restored Toulouse's lead with another penalty shortly after the game restarted, before Davies tied the scores up again. Then, going into the final few seconds of extra time, the referee penalised Cardiff for using hands in the ruck; Deylaud slotted the resulting penalty to seal Toulouse's victory.
Match details
FB 15 Mike RayerRW 14 Steve Ford OC 13 Mike HallIC 12 Mark Ring LW 11 Simon HillFH 10 Adrian DaviesSH 9 Andy MooreLP 1 Andrew LewisHK 2 Jonathan Humphreys TP 3 Lyndon MustoeRL 4 John WakefordLL 5 Derwyn JonesBF 6 Emyr LewisOF 7 Owain WilliamsN8 8 Hemi Taylor (c)Substitutes:CE 16 Jonathan Davies WG 17 Nigel Walker SH 18 Andy BoothFL 19 Howard StoneLK 20 Keith StewartPR 21 Mike GriffithsHK 22 Paul YoungCoach: Terry Holmes FB 15 Stéphane OugierRW 14 Émile Ntamack (c)OC 13 Philippe Carbonneau IC 12 Thomas CastaignèdeLW 11 David Berty FH 10 Christophe DeylaudSH 9 Jérôme CazalbouLP 1 Christian CalifanoHK 2 Patrick SoulaTP 3 Christophe PortolanRL 4 Hugues MiorinLL 5 Franck BelotBF 6 Didier Lacroix OF 7 Hervé ManentN8 8 Sylvain DispagneSubstitutes:WG 16 Ugo Mola CE 17 Éric Artiguste FL 18 Richard Castel PR 19 Christophe GuiterFL 20 Nicolas BacquéCE 21 Olivier CarbonneauPR 22 Pascal LasserreCoach: Guy Novès
See also 1995–96 Heineken Cup
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