Toulouse looked set for a home quarter-final until a last-minute try from Wasps wing David Lemi saw them beaten in High Wycombe in Sunday's final round of pool fixtures.
Winning the semi-final with a last-second Anna Perks goal was the highlight of the tournament for me, as well as winning the final 4-1 and being presented the trophy by Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder.
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And that was on the table in the final meeting -- or rather some of the final meetings last week -- as a general starting point upon which we should and could build if everyone were willing to compromise.
The game is a re-run of the All-Ireland semi-final of last season when Armagh won a thriller 2-10 to 1-09.
Wenger acknowledged his team had not made the progress he had desired in the competition following their exit at the quarter-final stage last season to Chelsea, who are in the draw for the quarter-finals on 18 March.
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Among the top contenders are a prime Doberman named Veni Vidi Vici that reached the best-of-seven final ring last year, a big-winning wire fox terrier, a German wirehaired pointer ranks as the nation's No. 1 show dog and a prized American foxhound.
Captain Paul Tito insists the Blues' Euro final this year "does not make up for the heartache" of losing so cruelly in the semi-final of last year's Heineken Cup.
And it is not clear whether or not he will fit in a rematch against Cuban Mario Kindelan - who beat him in the Olympic lightweight final last August - before joining Warren.
Having taken the first set to a tie-break, Soderling fought back from 4-2 down in the second set to level at 4-4 but Nadal -- who lost to Andy Murray in the final last year -- showed no signs of the inconsistency that plagued the latter half of his 2009 campaign as he clinched victory.
The islanders lost 29-12 to New Zealand in the semi-final, the All Blacks going on to beat South Africa 24-19, a repeat of last week's final - the Dubai clash claimed by the Springboks.
Will there be a repeat of 2005 and the World Cup quarter-final last year when England dismantled the Aussie scrum?
England have lost only once - a 3-0 defeat by America in the World Cup quarter-final - in their last 15 competitive matches.
Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda is relishing the chance to exact revenge upon Arsenal, who knocked out Spurs at the semi-final stage last season.
Burdett said: "David took three for not many in the semi-final last year, " but missed the final when the Grange skipper became available again.
Producers said they were delighted with the public's response after 1.5 million phone votes were cast in Saturday's semi-final - up on last year, said the spokeswoman.
But coach Glenn Delaney was still pleased with his side's efforts in beating Exeter, their EDF National Trophy semi-final conquerors last month, to take the race all the way to the wire.
After wasting an early lead and losing their final-round opener last month at Honduras, the Americans were under pressure to come up with a win, especially with their next game Tuesday at regional power Mexico.
Fulham and Liverpool - who beat Benfica 5-3 on aggregate in their Europa League quarter-final - are the last two remaining English sides in Europe, following the elimination of Manchester United and Arsenal from the Champions League this week.
Falcons have won three straight games as they prepare to face Gloucester in Sunday's final, including a last-gasp semi-final victory against Harlequins.
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"He's been so dominant for so long on clay, but everyone knew that just couldn't last, " said Djokovic, who was also beaten by the Spaniard in last year's Rome final -- Nadal's last tournament win.
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The controversy started in earnest when Ovrebro - who officiated the controversial semi-final between Barcelona and Chelsea last season - showed Gobbi a straight red for his challenge by the touchline on Robben.
The similarities between Rangers' run to this season's Uefa Cup final and the heroes of 1972 - the last time the Ibrox club appeared in a European final - are striking to say the least.
Federer had beaten Nalbandian in eight of their last nine meetings including a 6-4 6-0 win in the semi-final in Madrid last year.
The Blues were beaten on penalties by Manchester United in the May 2008 final and have suffered four semi-final defeats in the last six years.
Ellis suffered the injury in Leicester's Guinness Premiership semi-final play-off victory over Bristol last Saturday.
However, last man Jason Lewry held firm with Martin-Jenkins in the final seven overs, the last of which Martin-Jenkins coolly played out from Kumble.
Italy, who finished next to last in their first-round group and then upset Germany in an elimination game, edged out Greece 62-59 in the last quarter-final.
Auckland led 26-6 in the final quarter before last year's semi-finalists - for whom rugby league star Lote Tuqiri was making his Super 12 debut - scored two late tries.
There was only one sticky moment, when "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David objected to Kennerly photographing the final read-through of the last script.
The 17-year-old Czech set up a chance of revenge for her semi-final defeat in Moscow last week against Nadia Petrova, who beat Samantha Stosur 6-1 6-3.
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