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Both South America and North America will have a starting forward taking to the field for Toulon on Friday. Former Argentine captain Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe will play at opened flanker while USA captain vs South Africa from Rugby World Cup 2015, Samu Manoa will start in the second-row.
The 2014 French champions will take-on Racing 92 in the Top 14 Final, doing so at Camp Nou in Barcelona, marking the first ever French Championship Final played abroad. Toulon reached the final after defeating Montpellier last Saturday. Racing 92 won a thriller against Clermont 24 hours earlier with Puma Juan Imhoff scoring the decisive try.
Juan Imhoff is to be one of two Pumas starting for Racing 92 in the Top 14 Final. The other will be Manuel Carizza who joined both Imhoff and Fernández Lobbe in Rugby World Cup 2011 in New Zealand.
The 2016 Top 14 Final is to be ground breaking. Due to the EURO 2016 soccer tournament currently taking place in the country this year’s Top 14 Final will be played at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. A record breaking 98,000 spectators are expected.
TOULON
1 Xavier Chiocci, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 3 Levan Chilachava, 4 Samu Manoa, 5 Konstantine Mikautadze, 6 Mamuka Gorgodze, 7 Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, 8 Steffon Armitage, 9 Jonathan Pelissie, 10 Matt Giteau, 11 Bryan Habana, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 14 Josua Tuisova, 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements: 16 Jean Charles Orioli, 17 Florian Fresia, 18 Romain Taofifenua, 19 Virgile Bruni, 20 Théo Belan, 21 Delon Armitage, 22 Frédéric Michalak, 23 Ratu Manasa Saulo
