Toulon to meet Racing 92 in Top 14 final after 27-18 win against Montpellier
By Dev Trehan
Last Updated: 18/06/16 10:32pm
Toulon are through to the French Top 14 final after a 27-18 win against Montpellier in Rennes on Saturday.
It will be their fourth final in five years when they tackle Racing 92 in the championship match at Barcelona's Camp Nou next Friday.
Welsh international full-back Leigh Halfpenny finished with 17 points, impressing on his first appearance for Toulon this season following a knee ligament injury which ruled him out of the World Cup last year.
The 27-year-old, who scored with six of his eight attempts at goal, also made the telling pass for Ma'a Nonu to touch down for Toulon's second try of the match.
But Toulon's joy was tempered, however, by a worrying head injury suffered by Nonu in the second half which forced the groggy All Blacks centre to leave the field.
Racing reached their first final in 26 years by beating Clermont 34-33 in extra-time on Friday.