Twickenham will host Heineken Cup final

The 17th Heineken Cup final will be played at Twickenham, it was confirmed earlier today.

For the fifth successive season European club rugby's showpiece match will be played at the weekend, with the event penned in for Saturday, May 19.

It will be the fourth time that the final will be hosted by Twickenham. On each of the previous three occasions the trophy was won by an English club. Northampton were victorious in 2000, while London Wasps were the winners in 2004 and 2007.

At the launch of the competition it was also announced that 16,500 tickets have already been sold for the match.