ASM Clermont Auvergne have already tasted European Challenge Cup success and failure - and they are only interested in another dose of the former when they collide with Bath Rugby in the 2007 final at Twickenham Stoop on Saturday.
The sweet taste of success came in 1999 when they beat Bourgoin 35-16 in Lyon. The bitter taste of defeat came in 2004 when NEC Harlequins nipped in at the death for a 27-26 win in Reading.
"Make no mistake, this is an important match for us," said Director of Rugby, Jean-Marc Lhermet. "It's true that we are in a really strong position in our league at the moment but this is the opportunity to win a European title and we are ready for the challenge.
"Having been finalists on the domestic front so many times without a title and losing in our last European Challenge Cup final, we are well aware of how it feels to almost make it and it is a feeling we want to put behind us.
"We can only take things one step at a time but we built on our strengths for a few seasons now and this year I want to see Clermont winning titles."
ASM Clermont have provided the sole French interest in Europe since the quarter-finals and they are adamant they will not be making the mistake of underestimating the level of the challenge 1998 Heineken Cup winners Bath will provide.
"Obviously we know the French teams better than the English ones but we saw them play their last European match and this is an ambitious team who are looking to take this title.
"I think they are a team who have underachieved in the English Premiership this season and that they have been able to resolve their domestic problems on the European stage so we are expecting a really tough match.
"Meanwhile, our team has been a little unpredictable this season.
"Because of the long domestic season and having several international players who have been heavily used, we took a conscious decision earlier in the season to try and develop more than one team's worth of quality players.
"And in that we have been lucky enough to see some fantastic players prove their worth when they have been given the opportunity.
"We made 14 changes in our team two weeks ago and saw the team without almost all of our big name players put in an exceptional performance against Brive.
"We are taking everything on a match-by-match basis. This approach to our squad has enabled us to overcome a lot of our injury worries this season and I think that, by having tried out so many different combinations, we will be able to ensure that we put out our best possible team against Bath.
"It is great that Tony (Marsh) is back and came through Saturday's match but we are missing a few players at the moment and although we are hoping to get players like Gonzalo Canale fit as soon as possible, whether or not they make it is another story.
"Pierre-Manuel Garcia and Mario Ledesma have also picked up injuries which put them in doubt for the final.
"We don't have players who are definitely out but we have a lot of players who are there or there about so it's going to go to the wire whether all these guys get to play. Needless to say, whoever plays will step up to the plate."