2010–11 Heineken Cup

The 2010–11 Heineken Cup was the 16th season of the Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from the top six nations in European rugby. It started with three matches on 8 October 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011 with the final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium[1] where Leinster beat Northampton Saints 33 22.[2][3]

2010–11 Heineken Cup
Tournament details
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Date8 October 2010 – 21 May 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams24
Matches played79
Attendance1,139,427 (14,423 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Jonathan Sexton (Leinster)
(138 points)
Top try scorer(s) Paul Diggin (Northampton)
(6 tries)
Final
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance72,456
Champions Leinster (2nd title)
Runners-up Northampton

Teams

The default allocation of teams is as follows:

  • England: 6 teams, based on performance in the Aviva Premiership and Anglo-Welsh Cup
  • France: 6 teams, based on regular-season finish in the Top 14
  • Ireland and Wales: 3 teams each, based on regular-season finish in the Celtic League
  • Italy and Scotland: 2 teams each, based on participation in the Celtic League

The remaining two places are filled by the winners of the previous year's Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup. If the cup winners are already qualified through their domestic league, an additional team from their country will claim a Heineken Cup place (assuming another team is available). The only exception is when teams from England or France win both cups, which did not happen in 2009–10.

Because 2010 Heineken Cup winners Toulouse were already qualified for this season's Heineken Cup by virtue of their fourth-place regular-season finish in the 2009–10 Top 14, the extra place for France went to seventh-placed Biarritz (who were also Toulouse's defeated opponent in the Heineken Cup Final). Because Amlin Challenge Cup winners Cardiff Blues were already qualified for the Heineken Cup by finishing second among the four Welsh teams in the 2009–10 Celtic League, the extra Welsh place went to the lowest-placed Welsh team in the league, Scarlets.

England France Wales Ireland Italy Scotland

Seeding

The seeding system was the same as in the 2009–10 tournament. The 24 competing teams are ranked based on past Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup performance, with each pool receiving one team from each quartile, or Tier.[4] The requirement to have only one team per country in each pool, however, still applies (with the exception of the inclusion of the seventh French team).[5]

The brackets show each team's European Rugby Club Ranking at the end of the 2009–10 season. Aironi inherited the ranking of Viadana, the principal shareholders in the new Celtic League team.

Tier 1 Munster (1) Toulouse (2) Leinster (3) Leicester Tigers (4) Biarritz (5) Cardiff Blues (6)
Tier 2 London Wasps (7) Clermont (9) Ospreys (10) Northampton Saints (11) Bath (12) Scarlets (13)
Tier 3 Perpignan (15) London Irish (16) Saracens (17) Ulster (19) Glasgow Warriors (21) Edinburgh (23)
Tier 4 Newport Gwent Dragons (24) Benetton Treviso (28) Castres (29) Toulon (30) Aironi (34) Racing Métro (40)

Pool stage

The draw for the pool stage took place on 8 June 2010.

Under rules of the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, tiebreakers within each pool are as follows.[6]

  • Competition points earned in head-to-head matches
  • Total tries scored in head-to-head matches
  • Point differential in head-to-head matches

ERC has four additional tiebreakers, used if tied teams are in different pools, or if the above steps cannot break a tie between teams in the same pool:

  • Tries scored in all pool matches
  • Point differential in all pool matches
  • Best disciplinary record (fewest players receiving red or yellow cards in all pool matches)
  • Coin toss
Key to colours
     Winner of each pool, and best two pool runners-up, advance to quarter-finals. Seed # in parentheses
     Third- through fifth- highest-scoring second-place teams parachute into the knockout stage
of the European Challenge Cup. Seed # in brackets

Pool 1

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Northampton Saints (1) 6600167+915587+681025
Cardiff Blues 630368−2107113−60214
Castres 62041012−2105115−100311
Edinburgh 61051015−598150−52048

Pool 2

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Leinster (2) 6501219+12179104+753124
Clermont [6] 6402149+511494+202119
Racing Métro 6204917−8104151−47019
Saracens 6105918−9107155−48026

Pool 3

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Toulon (6) 640213130143134+91017
Munster [7] 6303179+8143122+212216
Ospreys 6303711−4117113+40214
London Irish 6204913−4107141−34019

Pool 4

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Biarritz (4) 6402169+714085+554222
Ulster (8) 6501158+714593+522022
Bath 6204208+12147113+462414
Aironi 6105430−2665211−146004

Pool 5

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Perpignan (3) 6411239+14196112+844022
Leicester Tigers (7) 64112510+15215118+973122
Scarlets 63031624−8149191−423015
Benetton Treviso 60061132−21109248−139011

Pool 6

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
Toulouse (5) 6501156+1015585+701122
London Wasps [5] 6402156+8145106+592119
Glasgow Warriors 63031015−5116141−250012
Newport Gwent Dragons 6006518−1377161−84022

Seeding and runners-up

  • Bare numbers indicate Heineken Cup quarterfinal seeding.
  • Numbers with "C" indicate Challenge Cup quarterfinal seeding.
Seed Pool Winners Pts TF +/−
1 Northampton Saints 2516+68
2 Leinster 2421+75
3 Perpignan 2223+84
4 Biarritz 2216+55
5 Toulouse 2215+70
6 Toulon 1711+21
Seed Pool Runners-up Pts TF +/−
7 Leicester Tigers 2225+97
8 Ulster 2215+52
5C London Wasps 1915+39
6C Clermont 1914+20
7C Munster 1617+21
Cardiff Blues 146−6

Knockout stage

The semi-final draw for both the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup was conducted on 23 January at the press box of Adams Park in High Wycombe shortly after the London Wasps–Toulouse match.

All times are local times.

Quarter-finals

9 April 2011
16:30
Perpignan 29 25 Toulon
Try: Planté 51' c
Freshwater 73' c
Con: Porical (2/2)
Pen: Porical (5/8) 30', 37', 42', 62', 68'
Report Try: Smith 39' m
van Niekerk 53' c
Cibray 80'+1' c
Con: Wilkinson (2/3)
Pen: Wilkinson (2/2) 3', 35'

9 April 2011
18:00
Leinster 17 10 Leicester Tigers
Try: Nacewa 48' m
Pen: Sexton (4/4) 3', 15' 36', 73'
Report Try: Hawkins 76' c
Con: Flood (1/1)
Pen: Flood (1/2) 5'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 49,762
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

10 April 2011
14:00
Northampton Saints 23 13 Ulster
Try: Tonga'uiha 2' c
Dickson 55' c
Con: Myler (2/2) 3', 56'
Pen: Myler (3/5) 40', 48', 65'
Report Try: Trimble 32' c
Con: Humphreys (1/1) 33'
Pen: Humphreys (2/2) 7', 14'
Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes[7]
Attendance: 21,309
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

10 April 2011
17:30
Biarritz 20 27 (a.e.t) Toulouse
Try: Bolakoro 78' m
Pen: Yachvili (5/6) 41', 46', 57', 67', 97'
Report Try: Heymans 16' c
Médard 26' c
Nyanga 99' c
Con: Skrela (2/2)
Bézy (1/1)
Pen: Skrela (2/2) 36', 83'

Semi-finals

30 April 2011
15:30 (UTC)
Leinster 32 23 Toulouse
Try: Heaslip 30' c
O'Driscoll 59' c
Con: Sexton (2/2)
Pen: Sexton (6/6) 10', 14', 40'+1', 47', 54', 80'
Report Try: Fritz 4' c
Picamoles 43' c
Con: Skrela (2/2)
Pen: Skrela (1/2) 37'
Bézy (1/1) 75'
Drop: Skrela (1/1) 11'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 50,073
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

1 May 2011
15:00 (UTC)
Northampton Saints 23 7 Perpignan
Try: Foden 14' c
Clarke 30' c
Con: Myler (2/2)
Pen: Myler (3/5) 24', 37', 49'
Report Try: Guirado 39' c
Con: Porical (1/1)
Drop: Laharrague (0/1)
Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes
Attendance: 18,231
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Final

21 May 2011
17:00
Northampton Saints 22 33 Leinster
Try: Dowson 7' c
Foden 30' c
Hartley 39' m
Con: Myler (2/3)
Pen: Myler (1/1) 20'
Report Try: Sexton (2) 43' c, 52' c
Hines 64' c
Con: Sexton (3/3)
Pen: Sexton (4/5) 13', 35', 56', 60'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,456
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Individual statistics

Top points scorers

Final Standings (correct as of 21 May 2011)

PosPlayerTeamPoints
1 Jonathan Sexton Leinster138
2 Stephen Myler Northampton Saints101
3 David Skrela Toulouse94
4 Jérôme Porical Perpignan86
5 Dimitri Yachvili Biarritz80
6 Ian Humphreys Ulster72
7 Ruaridh Jackson Glasgow Warriors71
8 Dave Walder London Wasps70
Jonny Wilkinson Toulon70
10 Toby Flood Leicester Tigers67

[8]

Top try scorers

Final Standings (Correct as of 21 May 2011)

PosPlayerTeamTries
1 Paul Diggin Northampton Saints6
2 Matt Banahan Bath5
Tommaso Benvenuti Benetton Treviso5
Tom Biggs Bath5
Thierry Dusautoir Toulouse5
Takudzwa Ngwenya Biarritz5
Jonathan Sexton Leinster5
8 Ben Foden Northampton Saints4
Seán O'Brien Leinster4
Andrew Trimble Ulster4
Alesana Tuilagi Leicester Tigers4
Tom Varndell London Wasps4

[9]

See also

2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup

References

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  2. "Shock turns to awe as Leinster join immortals". Irish Independent. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. McNally, Frank. "Lions of Leinster perform miracle with belated roar". The Irish Times.
  4. "ERC European Rankings (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  5. "ERC Draw Regulations (May 2009)". European Rugby Cup. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  6. "Key Tournament Rules". European Rugby Cup. Archived from the original on 8 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  7. Northampton forced to move Ulster tie to Milton Keynes – BBC Sport
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  9. "Tries". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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