| Description | This big sheet is signed by Bill McLaren. It is accompanied by notes regarding the players, a programme and a page of The Times, which includes reports on earlier games between Brive and Cardiff and Leicester and Toulouse. The bundle also includes faxes from Huw Llywelyn-Davies of BBC Wales Sport comprising information and statistics about the Brive and Leicester teams and the run up to the match, including a Newswire report on the upcoming cup final, and a Heineken Cup press release issued by Roger Pickering, Tournament Director, Eurpean Rugby Cup Ltd, along with information and statistics about both teams.
This match was the 1997 Heineken Cup Final. The score was Brive 28 - 9 Leicester. The big sheet records:
Leicester
Team: John Liley, Steve Hackney, Stuart Potter, Will Greenwood, Rory Underwood, Rob Liley, Austin Healey, Graham Rowntree, Richard Cockrill [Cockerill], Darren Garforth, Martin Johnson, Matt Poole, John Wells, Dean Richards and Neil Back.
Replacements: Niall Malone, Neil Fletcher, Aadel Kardooni, Eric Miller, Leon Lloyd, Perry Freshwater and Dorian West.
Chief Executive: Peter Wheeler.
Director of coaching: Bob Dwyer.
Forwards coach: Duncan Hall.
Physiotherapists: Mark Geeson and John Duggan
Brive
Team: Sebastian [Sebastien] Viars, Gerald Fabre, Christophe Lamaison, David Venditti, Sebastian [Sebastien] Carrat, Alain Penaud, Philippe Carbonneau, Didier Cassadei [Casadei], Laurent Travers, Richard Crespy, Eric Allegret, Grant Ross, Gregori [Gregory] Kacala, Francois Duboisset and Loic v[an] d[er] Linden.
Replacements: Cedric Heymans, Sebastian [Sebastien] Bonnet, Romuald Paillat, Eric Bouti, Thierry Labrousse, Tony Rees and Yann Domi.
President: Patrick Sebastian [Sebastien].
Coaches: Laurent Seigne and Pierre Montlaur.
Physiotherapist: Didier Riom.
Referee: Derek Bevan.
Assistant referee / touch judges: Clayton Thomas and David Davies.
Reserve referee: Dai Williams.
Groundsman: Tony Horne.
Advisor: Nick Farr-Jones.
European Rugby Cup Ltd
Chaiman: Tom Kiernan.
Directors: M. Martin, Vernon Pugh, Alan Hosie and Bill Beaumont.
Tournament director: Roger Pickering. |