1996 Heineken Cup final

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.^[1]

1996 Heineken Cup Final

Event	1995–96 Heineken Cup
Toulouse Cardiff 21 18
After extra time
Date	7 January 1996
Venue	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee	David McHugh (Ireland)
Attendance	21,800
1997 →

Match details

7 January 1996 13:30 GMT

Cardiff	18–21 (a.e.t.)	Toulouse
Pen: Davies (6)	Report	Try: Castaignède Cazalbou Con: Deylaud Pen: Deylaud (2) Drop: Castaignède

Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 21,800 Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

Cardiff

Toulouse

FB 15 Mike Rayer RW 14 Steve Ford  97' OC 13 Mike Hall IC 12 Mark Ring  41' LW 11 Simon Hill FH 10 Adrian Davies SH 9 Andy Moore LP 1 Andrew Lewis HK 2 Jonathan Humphreys TP 3 Lyndon Mustoe RL 4 John Wakeford LL 5 Derwyn Jones BF 6 Emyr Lewis OF 7 Owain Williams N8 8 Hemi Taylor (c) Substitutes: CE 16 Jonathan Davies  41' WG 17 Nigel Walker  97' SH 18 Andy Booth FL 19 Howard Stone LK 20 Keith Stewart PR 21 Mike Griffiths HK 22 Paul Young Coach: Terry Holmes

FB 15 Stéphane Ougier RW 14 Émile Ntamack (c) OC 13 Philippe Carbonneau  93' IC 12 Thomas Castaignède LW 11 David Berty  69' FH 10 Christophe Deylaud SH 9 Jérôme Cazalbou LP 1 Christian Califano HK 2 Patrick Soula TP 3 Christophe Portolan RL 4 Hugues Miorin LL 5 Franck Belot BF 6 Didier Lacroix  58' OF 7 Hervé Manent N8 8 Sylvain Dispagne Substitutes: WG 16 Ugo Mola  69' CE 17 Éric Artiguste  93' FL 18 Richard Castel  58' PR 19 Christophe Guiter FL 20 Nicolas Bacqué CE 21 Olivier Carbonneau PR 22 Pascal Lasserre Coach: Guy Novès

Touch judges:
Bertie Smith (Ireland)
Ronnie McDowell (Ireland)

See also

• 1995–96 Heineken Cup