Racing have won six of their last seven Top 14 games, including last week's 21-16 victory in Toulouse. They were thrashed in Montpellier a week earlier though. Toulon are coming off a bye week but have won nine of their last ten games in all competitions, including victories of Leinster and Munster in the Heineken Cup. Their only loss was away to Clermont in mid-March.
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Hello and welcome to Ultimate Rugby’s live rugby coverage. Toulon will be aiming to stay on course for an elusive French-European double when they take on Racing-Métro in the first of the Top 14 semi-finals this evening. With next weekend's Heineken Cup Final against Saracens looming large on the horizon, RCT must first focus on securing their third domestic final in as many years. Despite finishing at the summit of the league standings at the end of the regular season, last year's losing finalists will not enjoy home field advantage as both semi-finals will take place Lille's Grande Stade. If anything, Racing - who finished fifth in the regular season - will be just a short train ride from home in the northern French city as they set their sights on their first final since 1990. Although Racing have been absent from the final for many years, their coaching duo of Laurent Labit and Laurent Travers went all the way to the title last year at the helm of Castres, with an approach similar to Racing's pragmatic style this term.