2009–10 European Challenge Cup

2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup 100px Official logo EnglandFranceIreland rugby unionItalyRomaniaSpainWales Round-robin and Knockout 9 October 2009 to 23 May 2010 20 67 Jimmy Gopperth (Newcastle)(74 points) Tom Varndell (Wasps)(10 tries) Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 48,990https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8685409.stm Cardiff Blues 28-21 Toulon 23 May 2010 14 September 2017 news.bbc.co.uk WAL Cardiff Blues 1 FRA Toulon https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/ 2008–09 2008–09 European Challenge Cup 2010–11 2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup The 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 14th season of the European Challenge Cup, the annual rugby union European club competition for clubs from six nations in European rugby. It started on 8 October 2009 at Sixways Stadium in Worcester with Worcester Warriors hosting Montpellier, and ended with the final at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on 23 May 2010. The reigning champions were Northampton Saints, who did not defend their title as they qualified for the 2009–10 Heineken Cup. Cardiff Blues won the trophy after a 28–21 win against Toulon.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8685409.stm Cardiff Blues 28-21 Toulon 23 May 2010 BBC Sport 24 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100522020958/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8685409.stm 22 May 2010 live Teams Five English teams and eight French teams competed because an English team – Leicester Tigers – progressed farther in the 2008–09 Heineken Cup than any French or Italian team. Other countries will have their usual number of teams: Ireland one, Romania one and one from Spain.http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_12799.php https://archive.today/20090614111400/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_12799.php dead 14 June 2009 European Challenge Cup Pool Draw 2009/10 European Rugby Cup 14 June 2009 FranceEnglandItalyIrelandRomaniaSpainAlbi Bayonne Bourgoin Castres Olympique Montauban Montpellier Racing Métro ToulonLeeds Carnegie London Wasps Newcastle Falcons Saracens Worcester WarriorsOvermach Parma Petrarca Padova Rovigo Roma OlimpicRome replaced Calvisano https://web.archive.org/web/20090704214730/http://www.rugbyrama.fr/rugby/challenge-europeen/2008-2009/rome-remplace-calvisano_sto1990845/flashnews.shtml 2009-07-04 in RugbyramaConnachtBucurești OaksOlympus Madrid Pool stage 2009–10 Amlin Challenge Cup pool stage The draw for the pool stages took place on 15 June 2009. The seeding system was the same as for the 2008–09 tournament. The 20 competing teams were ranked based on past Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup performance, with each pool receiving one team from each Tier.http://www.ercrugby.com:80/eng/121_9900.php https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/121_9900.php dead 6 May 2008 ERC European Rankings European Rugby Cup 14 June 2009 The requirement to have only one team per country in each pool was, however, still apply (with the exception of the inclusion of the sixth, seventh and eight French teams). Beginning with this season's competition, only the pool winners advanced to the knockout stage. They were joined by three clubs from the 2009–10 Heineken Cup, specifically the third through fifth highest-ranking teams that finished second in their pool (the top two second-place teams entered the Heineken Cup knockout stage).http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_12813.php Format and qualification changes for Europe European Rugby Cup 15 June 2009 16 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619082739/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_12813.php 19 June 2009 dead Team seedings Seeding was determined by the teams' position in the ERC Rankings at the time of the pool draw in June 2009. RankTeamTotal points2008–09 points2007–08 points2006–07 points2005–06 points7London Wasps193211312Saracens14272319Bourgoin8321222Worcester7230225Newcastle6121227Castres5112130Leeds4010331Calvisano3101134Connacht2100135Montauban1100037Montpellier1010038Overmach Parma1001039Bayonne10001 {| class="wikitable" |+ Key to colours |- |bgcolor="#ccffcc"|     |Winner of each pool, advanced to quarterfinalsAlong with 3rd, 4th and 5th best runners up in the Heineken Cup group stages.Seed # in parentheses |} Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Bourgoin 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 141 86 +55 2 1 23ENG Leeds Carnegie 6 4 0 2 19 6 +13 160 82 +78 3 0 19ITA Overmach Parma 6 2 0 4 5 17 −12 78 145 −67 0 0 8ROM București Oaks 6 1 0 5 5 16 −11 70 136 −66 0 3 7 Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsIreland rugby union Connacht 6 6 0 0 28 5 +23 199 63 +136 2 0 26FRA Montpellier 6 4 0 2 18 10 +8 158 92 +66 2 1 19ENG Worcester Warriors 6 2 0 4 18 8 +10 140 83 +57 2 3 13ESP Olympus Madrid 6 0 0 6 4 45 −41 44 303 −269 0 0 0 Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Toulon 6 5 0 1 27 7 +20 218 88 +130 3 0 23ENG Saracens 6 5 0 1 17 6 +11 184 83 +101 2 0 22FRA Castres Olympique 6 2 0 4 24 12 +12 173 127 +46 2 1 11ITA Rovigo 6 0 0 6 3 46 −43 41 318 −277 0 0 0 Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsENG London Wasps 6 5 0 1 21 3 +18 176 69 +107 2 1 23FRA Bayonne 6 4 0 2 23 4 −19 184 73 +111 2 1 19FRA Racing Métro 6 3 0 3 22 7 +15 177 85 +92 2 2 16ITA Rugby Roma Olimpic 6 0 0 6 1 53 −52 28 338 −310 0 0 0 Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsENG Newcastle Falcons 6 5 0 1 16 6 +10 146 77 +69 2 1 23FRA Montauban 6 5 0 1 13 9 +4 132 96 +36 1 0 21FRA Albi 6 2 0 4 13 14 −1 117 137 −20 2 2 12ITA Petrarca Padova 6 0 0 6 9 22 −13 95 180 −85 0 1 1 Seeding Bare numbers indicate Challenge quarterfinal seeding. Numbers with "HC" indicate Heineken Cup 3rd-5th Runners-Up. SeedsTop 4 Pool WinnersPtsTF+/−1 Ireland rugby union Connacht2628+1362 FRA Toulon2327+1303 ENG London Wasps2321+1084 ENG Newcastle Falcons2316+69Non-Seeds(Worst Pool Winner and HC Runners-up)PtsTF+/−5HC WAL Cardiff Blues1814+456HC ENG Gloucester1712-107HC WAL Scarlets1712-318 FRA Bourgoin2315+55 Knock-out stage Quarter-finals 10 April 2010 13:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union FRA Bourgoin 23–20 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_15426.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 Swift 17' cMuldoon 36' c Keatley (2/2) Nikora (2/2) 66', 73' Nikora (1/1) 79' Kopelani 30' cSenio 59' c Boyet (2/2) Boyet (2/5) 39', 44' Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway 3,500 Andrew Small (England) 10 April 2010 21:00 Toulon FRA WAL Scarlets 38–12 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_15427.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 Marienval (2) 29' c, 41' cSinzelle 72' mWilliams 76' mMissoup 80'+1' m Wilkinson (2/3) Wilkinson (3/3) 9', 36', 40' S. Jones (4/6) 11', 23', 44', 47' Stade Mayol, Toulon 12,600 Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) 11 April 2010 14:00 London Wasps ENG ENG Gloucester 42–26 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_15428.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 Jacobs 6' cBetsen 22' cVarndell (3) 33' c, 72' m, 80' c Cipriani (4/5) Cipriani (3/3) 18', 40', 43' Eustace 25' cSharples 77' c Robinson (2/2) Robinson (4/4) 5', 10', 38', 56' Adams Park, High Wycombe 6,289 Christophe Berdos (France) 11 April 2010 15:00 Newcastle Falcons ENG WAL Cardiff Blues 20–55 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_15446.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 Amesbury 15' cYoung 66' c Gopperth (2/2) Gopperth (2/3) 11', 18' Laulala 9' cM. Williams 13' cFilise (2) 42' c, 57' cBlair 52'Roberts 55' cSweeney 74' c Blair (7/7) Blair (2/2) 32', 46' Kingston Park, Newcastle 4,346 Jérôme Garces (France) Semi-finals 30 April 2010 19:45 Connacht Ireland rugby union FRA Toulon 12–19 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/13194_15559.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 Keatley (4/4) 2', 21', 37', 44'Nikora (0/1) Keatley (0/1) Kefu 40'+10' c Wilkinson (1/1) Wilkinson (3/3) 10', 19', 35' Wilkinson (1/3) 26' Galway Sportsgrounds, Galway 7,000 Wayne Barnes (England) 1 May 2010 18:00 London Wasps ENG WAL Cardiff Blues 15–18 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_15560.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 Walder (5/6) 20', 32', 35', 41', 62' Halfpenny 27' mJenkins 59' c Blair (1/2) Blair (2/5) 38', 52' Adams Park, High Wycombe 8,413 Romain Poite (France) Final On 28 April 2010, the competition organiser, European Rugby Cup, announced that the final would be held on 23 May. The time was set at 13:00 UTC (14:00 BST, 15:00 CEST), but the location would depend on the result of the Connacht–Toulon semi-final. Since Toulon won, the final was held at Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/174_15540.php Amlin Challenge Cup Final Set for Sunday, 23 May European Rugby Cup 28 April 2010 28 April 2010 Cardiff Blues were designated as the home team for the final. However, it was an effective home game for Toulon; Stade Vélodrome hosted two of that club's matches in their domestic season. Cardiff Blues won the final against Toulon by 28–21.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/may/23/cardiff-blues-toulon-challenge-cup Cardiff Blues seize on Jonny Wilkinson injury to overcome Toulon 23 May 2010 Guardian 24 May 2010 London Paul Rees https://web.archive.org/web/20100526144917/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/may/23/cardiff-blues-toulon-challenge-cup 26 May 2010 live 23 May 2010 15:00 Cardiff Blues WAL FRA Toulon 28–21 Reporthttp://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_15593.php Home www.ercrugby.com 14 September 2017 Roberts 50' cHalfpenny 65' mDavies 69' c Blair (2/3) Halfpenny (1/2) 6'Blair (2/2) 22', 60' Williams 37' cSourice 77' m Wilkinson (1/1) Wilkinson (2/3) 12', 32'May (1/1) 55' Stade Vélodrome, Marseille 48,990 Alain Rolland (Ireland) See also 2009–10 Heineken Cup Notes and references External links 2009–10 European Challenge Cup Official Site Category:2009–10 rugby union tournaments for clubs Category:2009–10 in European rugby union Category:2009–10 in Irish rugby union Category:2009–10 in English rugby union Category:2009–10 in French rugby union Category:2009–10 in Italian rugby union Category:2009–10 in Welsh rugby union Category:2009–10 in Romanian rugby union Category:2009–10 in Spanish rugby union 2009