Carizza, Imhoff to Start Top 14 Final in Barcelona

Pumas Manuel Carizza and Juan Imhoff have both been named to start the Top 14 Final in Barcelona against Toulon on Friday. The side named, including replacements, is unchanged from that which defeated Clermont last Friday in Rennes.

In what was a staggering cliffhanger of a contest, Racing 92 defeated the central French side in overtime, doing so thanks to a late try from Imhoff. The score sees Imhoff now appearing in both the European Champions Cup and Top 14 Finals in the same season.

Fellow Rosario product Carizza is also to feature in his first Top 14 Final and his second club final since being on the losing end of the 2010 European Champions Cup (Heineken Cup) Final. Playing for Biarritz, Carizza’s side lost 21-19 against Toulouse.

RACING 92
1 Eddy Ben Arous 2 Dimitri Szarzewski (capt.) 3 Ben Tameifuna 4 Bernard le Roux 5 Manuel Carizza 6 Wenceslas Lauret 7 Yannick Nyanga 8 Chris Masoe 9 Maxime Machenaud 10 Dan Carter 11 Juan Imhoff 12 Henry Chavancy 13 Johan Goosen 14 Joe Rokocoko 15 Brice Dulin

16 Camille Chat 17 Khatchik Vartanov 18 Juandré Kruger 19 Antonie Claassen 20 Xavier Chauveau 21 Marc Andreu 22 Albert Vulivuli 23 Luc Ducalcon