Mouat to meet Schwaller in another Grand Slam final
Team Mouat will meet Team Schwaller in the final of the Players Championship, just one week on from the pair facing off for the World Men's Curling Championship title.The Scots progressed to another final - which will be shown live on the BBC Sport website and app - by beating Team Jacobs 6-2.Meanwhile, Yannick Schwaller's Swiss side set up a second showpiece encounter in the space of a week by dispatching Team Dunstone.Schwaller's rink were defeated 5-4 by Bruce Mouat and his team in a dramatic world final in Moose Jaw, Canada.Now the Swiss will seek to right the wrongs of that loss in Sunday's final in Toronto, which will be played at 21:00 BST.Team Schwaller finished above Team Mouat in Pool A, with both teams winning four and losing once.Ross Whyte's rink were the only team to defeat their follow Scots at the pool stage but failed to reach the play-offs.
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