Cardiff Blues today announce the 23 man squad that will face Toulon in Sunday’s Amlin Cup final.
The biggest match of the season, and arguably the biggest match for the Blues since their inception in 2003, kicks off at 3.00pm local time at Stade Velodrome, Marseille.
The Blues welcome back Richie Rees and Taufa’au Filise from injury, with Rees recovered from and ankle injury and Filise recovered from a groin injury.
There is only once change from the starting XV that defeated London Wasps at Adams Park with Bradley Davies starting at second row in place of Paul Tito who moves to the bench. Gethin Jenkins has been handed the honour of captaining the team.
Cardiff Blues 15 Ben Blair 14 Leigh Halfpenny 13 Casey Laulala 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Chris Czekaj 10 Ceri Sweeney 9 Richie Rees
8 Xavier Rush 7 Martyn Williams 6 Ma’ama Molitika 5 Bradley Davies 4 Deiniol Jones 3 Taufa’ao Filise 2 T Rhys Thomas 1 Gethin Jenkins (c)
16 Gareth Williams 17 John Yapp 18 Scott Andrews 19 Paul Tito 20 Sam Warburton 21 Darren Allinson 22 Dai Flanagan 23 Dafydd Hewitt
