Twickenham to host 2007 Heineken final

The Heineken Cup final will return to Twickenham for the third time when it will be staged there in May next year.

Tournament organisers, European Rugby Cup, made the announced today with the final to take place on the weekend of May 19/20, 2007. The capacity at England rugby headquarters has increased to 82,000 since the last two finals were held there in 2000 and 2004 when Northampton and Wasps won those respective finals.

"We are delighted to be going back to Twickenham for the 2007 Heineken Cup final," said European Rugby Cup chief executive Derek McGrath.  "We have already staged two hugely successful finals at the ground and it will be exciting for all the clubs in the tournament to be aiming to play at the recently refurbished venue."

In the meantime there is the small matter of this year's final to be decided at the Millenniun Stadium in Cardiff where Munster will take on French side Biarritz on Saturday, May 20th.