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Toulouse favourites for Heineken Cup crown

20/10/2005 - 15:04:09
Toulouse are favourites to land a record fourth European title by retaining the Heineken Cup this season.

Bookmakers William Hill have installed their French rivals Biarritz as second-favourites, with 2004 champions Wasps leading the English charge.

Munster are rated as the most likely to win from Ireland, at 16/1.

Italian minnows Calvisano, meanwhile, are 500/1 rank outsiders.

Tournament odds: 7/2 – Toulouse; 4/1 – Biarritz; 7/1 – Stade Francais; 15/2 - Wasps; 8/1 – Perpignan; 9/1 – Leicester; 14/1 – Munster; 16/1 – Sale Sharks, Leinster; 33/1 – Bath; 40/1 – Saracens, Castres, Bourgoin; 50/1 – Ulster, Clermont Auvergne; 66/1 – Ospreys, Cardiff Blues; 80/1 – Llanelli Scarlets; 100/1 – Edinburgh; 125/1 – Newport Gwent Dragons; 150/1 – Leeds, Glasgow; 250/1 - Treviso; 500/1 – Calvisano.

Pool odds

Pool 1 – 6/4, Sale Sharks; 13/8, Munster; 7/2, Castres; 7/1, Newport Gwent Dragons.

Pool 2 – 2/5, Perpignan; 5/2, Cardiff Blues; 15/2, Leeds; 100/1, Calvisano.

Pool 3 – 11/8, Stade Francais; 6/4, Leicester; 5/1, Clermont Auvergne; 13/2, Ospreys.

Pool 4 – 1/2, Biarritz; 10/3, Saracens; 4/1, Ulster; 40/1, Treviso.

Pool 5 – 6/4, Leinster; 2/1, Bath; 9/4, Bourgoin; 11/1, Glasgow.

Pool 6 – 5/6, Toulouse; 11/8, Wasps; 9/1, Llanelli Scarlets; 16/1, Edinburgh.

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