• Wales full-back lands 20 points to set up final against Clermont Auvergne
Some games are so bad they become almost comical. This was one of them, as farcical a spectacle as the previous day’s semi-final in St Etienne was uplifting. There was even the dubious bonus of extra-time before Toulon finally kept alive their dream of becoming the first side to win three successive European titles, courtesy of the boot of the dead-eyed Welsh marksman Leigh Halfpenny and an interception try from Bryan Habana.
Those who only tuned in for the final 20-minute denouement had by far the best of it, the defending champions finally displaying a flicker of the class and resourcefulness that has won them the previous two tournaments. They were down to 14 men with Ali Williams in the sin-bin when the predatory Habana, right at the end of the first period of extra-time, snaffled a long pass from Ian Madigan around the halfway line in trademark fashion and raced away to score.
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