* The 2004-05 final will be the 85th game played in the Shield competition which is now completing its third season.

* In the first two years the competition has been won by French clubs

* .Previous winners:-

21 May, 2004 - MONTPELLIER 25 Viadana 19 (Stadio Lanfranchi, Parma)

25 May, 2003 - CASTRES OLYMPIQUE 40 Caerphilly 12 (Madejski Stadium)

554 tries have been scored by 32 clubs representing seven countries.

There have been 82 victories and two draws in the 84 matches to date

Petrarca Rugby have played the most games in the competition with 14 appearances

A total of 4,483 points have been scored in the competition to date

The highest score was recorded by Castres Olympique who beat Dinamo Bucuresti 123-0 (H 2002-03) with their 19 tries matching the total scored by Leeds Tykes in their 121-0 victory over VRAC (H 2004-05)

Most individual points in a final was scored by Casper Steyn who scored all of Viadana's points in their 19-25 defeat by Montpellier in 2004

Auch have lost two matches in this year's competition while Worcester are still unbeaten although they were held to a 30-30 draw in the semi-final second leg at Leeds Tykes.

AUCH - leading points scorer - Jean Baptiste Dambielle 44

WORCESTER - leading points scorer - Tommy Hayes 44