The original champions of Europe could have put their collective feet up on Saturday knowing that neither contender in Dublin would come remotely close to matching their achievement in the first final.
Twelve clubs may have followed Toulouse to the summit but what Emile Ntamack and his confreres did getting on for 30 years ago at Cardiff Arms Park remains beyond the reach of every subsequent champion. They are still the only winner to pick a starting XV born and bred in their own country.

The all-French Toulouse responsible for delivering the first of their five titles during the inaugural ...