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This is it - the Heineken Cup Final 2009

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It all comes down to the last game of a momentous season, Leicester Tigers against Leinster in the Heineken Cup Final.

Kick-off in the 14th Heineken Cup Final is at 5pm in front of a capacity 64,000 crowd at Murrayfield, the home of Scottish rugby.

If the scores are level at full-time then 20 minutes (two periods of 10 minutes) of extra-time will be played.

If the scores are still level at the end of extra-time, then the winners will be the team which has scored the most tries, including extra-time.

If the teams are level on points and tries at the end of extra-time then the winners will be determined by a place-kicking competition as follows:

In the case of the ‘Penalty Shoot Out’ each team will be asked to nominate five goal-kickers. The kickers need not be pre-determined but they must come from the players on the pitch at the final whistle. No substituted or dismissed player will be permitted to take part.

The end at which the competition takes place will be determined by the toss of a coin.

The team to kick first will also be determined by the toss of a coin.

Each team will complete five kicks from directly in front of the posts on the 22-metre line.

The winning team will be the one which has the most successful kicks.

If the teams are still level after five kicks, the competition reverts to sudden death and new players from each team kick for goal from directly in front of the posts on the 22-metre line.

No player may kick a second time until all members of the team who were on the playing area at the final whistle of extra-time have taken a kick.