The 2012 Amlin Challenge Cup semi-finalists have all contested European finals and have an impressive six Heineken Cup and two Amlin Challenge showpiece matches between them.
And the star studded squads of the clubs contesting the matches in the last four at Stade Felix Mayol and Parc des Sports Aguillera contain almost 70 internationals from 16 different nations adding up to contests rich in both world class talent and promise.
The strictly French affairs in the south of France between Biarritz Olympique and Brive and Toulon against Stade Français Paris feature four clubs who have all gone all the way to European finals with the 2012 showpiece match at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday, 18 May, now the target.
With the winner of the final guaranteed a prized European title and automatic qualification for the 2012/13 Heineken Cup tournament, there is everything to play for.
BRIVE: Heineken Cup winners in 1997 and Heineken Cup finalists in 1998
BIARRITZ OLYMPIQUE: Heineken Cup finalists in 2006 and 2010
STADE FRANÇAIS PARIS: Heineken Cup finalists in 2001 and 2005 and Amlin Challenge Cup finalists in 2011
TOULON: Amlin Challenge Cup finalists in 2010