2010–11 Heineken Cup

Annual rugby union European club competition April 2011 2010–11 Heineken Cup 200px Official Logo EnglandFranceIreland rugby unionItalyScotlandWales Round-robin and Knockout 8 October 2010 – 21 May 2011 24 79 1139427 IRE rugby union Johnny Sexton (Leinster)(138 points) ENG Paul Diggin (Northampton)(6 tries) Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,456 IRE rugby union Leinster 2 ENG Northampton https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/ 2009–10 2009–10 Heineken Cup 2011–12 2011–12 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 StadiumBBC Sport where Leinster beat Northampton Saints 33 – 22.http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/heineken-cup/shock-turns-to-awe-as-leinster-join-immortals-2654588.html Shock turns to awe as Leinster join immortals 22 May 2011 Irish Independent 24 May 2011http://www.irishtimes.com/leinster-rugby/heineken-cup-final-2011/ The Irish Times Lions of Leinster perform miracle with belated roar Frank McNally 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. EnglandFranceWalesIrelandItalyScotlandLeicester Tigers London Wasps Northampton Saints Bath London Irish SaracensToulouse Biarritz Clermont Perpignan Castres Toulon Racing MétroCardiff Blues Ospreys Scarlets Newport Gwent DragonsMunster Leinster UlsterBenetton Treviso AironiGlasgow Warriors Edinburgh 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.http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/121_9900.php ERC European Rankings (May 2009) European Rugby Cup 15 May 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080506141030/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/121_9900.php 6 May 2008 dead 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).http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_10454.php ERC Draw Regulations (May 2009) European Rugby Cup 15 May 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080620091737/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/12_10454.php June 20, 2008 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 Ireland rugby union Munster (1) FRA Toulouse (2) Ireland rugby union Leinster (3) ENG Leicester Tigers (4) FRA Biarritz (5) WAL Cardiff Blues (6) Tier 2 ENG London Wasps (7) FRA Clermont (9) WAL Ospreys (10) ENG Northampton Saints (11) ENG Bath (12) WAL Scarlets (13) Tier 3 FRA Perpignan (15) ENG London Irish (16) ENG Saracens (17) Ireland rugby union Ulster (19) SCO Glasgow Warriors (21) SCO Edinburgh (23) Tier 4 WAL Newport Gwent Dragons (24) ITA Benetton Treviso (28) FRA Castres (29) FRA Toulon (30) ITA Aironi (34) FRA Racing Métro (40) Pool stage 2010–11 Heineken Cup 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.http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/heinekencup/rules/index.php Key Tournament Rules European Rugby Cup 2010-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20101008183601/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/heinekencup/rules/index.php 8 October 2010 dead 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 stageof the European Challenge Cup. Seed # in brackets Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsENG Northampton Saints (1) 6 6 0 0 16 7 +9 155 87 +68 1 0 25WAL Cardiff Blues 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 107 113 −6 0 2 14FRA Castres 6 2 0 4 10 12 −2 105 115 −10 0 3 11SCO Edinburgh 6 1 0 5 10 15 −5 98 150 −52 0 4 8 Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsIRE rugby union Leinster (2) 6 5 0 1 21 9 +12 179 104 +75 3 1 24FRA Clermont [6] 6 4 0 2 14 9 +5 114 94 +20 2 1 19FRA Racing Métro 6 2 0 4 9 17 −8 104 151 −47 0 1 9ENG Saracens 6 1 0 5 9 18 −9 107 155 −48 0 2 6 Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Toulon (6) 6 4 0 2 13 13 0 143 134 +9 1 0 17IRE rugby union Munster [7] 6 3 0 3 17 9 +8 143 122 +21 2 2 16WAL Ospreys 6 3 0 3 7 11 −4 117 113 +4 0 2 14ENG London Irish 6 2 0 4 9 13 −4 107 141 −34 0 1 9 Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Biarritz (4) 6 4 0 2 16 9 +7 140 85 +55 4 2 22IRE rugby union Ulster (8) 6 5 0 1 15 8 +7 145 93 +52 2 0 22ENG Bath 6 2 0 4 20 8 +12 147 108 +39 2 4 14ITA Aironi 6 1 0 5 4 30 −26 65 211 −146 0 0 4 Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Perpignan (3) 6 4 1 1 23 9 +14 196 112 +84 4 0 22ENG Leicester Tigers (7) 6 4 1 1 25 10 +15 215 118 +97 3 1 22WAL Scarlets 6 3 0 3 16 24 −8 149 191 −42 3 0 15ITA Benetton Treviso 6 0 0 6 11 32 −21 109 248 −139 0 1 1 Pool 6 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTBLBPtsFRA Toulouse (5) 6 5 0 1 15 6 +10 155 85 +70 1 1 22ENG London Wasps [5] 6 4 0 2 15 6 +8 145 106 +59 2 1 19SCO Glasgow Warriors 6 3 0 3 10 15 −5 116 141 −25 0 0 12WAL Newport Gwent Dragons 6 0 0 6 5 18 −13 77 161 −84 0 2 2 Seeding and runners-up Bare numbers indicate Heineken Cup quarterfinal seeding. Numbers with "C" indicate Challenge Cup quarterfinal seeding. SeedPool WinnersPtsTF+/−1 ENG Northampton Saints2516+682 IRE rugby union Leinster2421+753 FRA Perpignan2223+844 FRA Biarritz2216+555 FRA Toulouse2215+706 FRA Toulon1711+21SeedPool Runners-upPtsTF+/−7 ENG Leicester Tigers2225+978 IRE rugby union Ulster2215+525C ENG London Wasps1915+396C FRA Clermont1914+207C IRE rugby union Munster1617+21 – WAL Cardiff Blues146−6 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 FRA 29–25 Report FRA Toulon Planté 51' cFreshwater 73' c Porical (2/2) Porical (5/8) 30', 37', 42', 62', 68' Smith 39' mvan Niekerk 53' cCibray 80'+1' c Wilkinson (2/3) Wilkinson (2/2) 3', 35' Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain 55,000 Alain Rolland (Ireland) 9 April 2011 18:00 Leinster IRE rugby union 17–10 Report ENG Leicester Tigers Nacewa 48' m Sexton (4/4) 3', 15' 36', 73' Hawkins 76' c Flood (1/1) Flood (1/2) 5' Aviva Stadium, Dublin 49,762 Nigel Owens (Wales) 10 April 2011 14:00 Northampton Saints ENG 23–13 Report IRE rugby union Ulster Tongaʻuiha 2' c Dickson 55' c Myler (2/2) 3', 56' Myler (3/5) 40', 48', 65' Trimble 32' c Humphreys (1/1) 33' Humphreys (2/2) 7', 14' Stadium:mk, Milton KeynesNorthampton forced to move Ulster tie to Milton Keynes – BBC Sport 21,309 Romain Poite (France) 10 April 2011 17:30 Biarritz FRA 20 – 27 (a.e.t) Report FRA Toulouse Heymans 16' c Médard 26' c Nyanga 99' c Skrela (2/2) Bézy (1/1) Skrela (2/2) 36', 83' Bolakoro 78' m Yachvili (5/6) 41', 46', 57', 67', 97' Estadio Anoeta, San Sebastián, Spain 32,051 Wayne Barnes (England) Semi-finals 30 April 2011 15:30 (UTC) Leinster IRE rugby union 32–23 Report FRA rugby union Toulouse Heaslip 30' c O'Driscoll 59' c Sexton (2/2) Sexton (6/6) 10', 14', 40'+1', 47', 54', 80' Fritz 4' c Picamoles 43' c Skrela (2/2) Skrela (1/2) 37' Bézy (1/1) 75' Skrela (1/1) 11' Aviva Stadium, Dublin 50,073 Dave Pearson (England) 1 May 2011 15:00 (UTC) Northampton Saints ENG rugbyunion 23–7 Report FRA rugby union Perpignan Foden 14' c Clarke 30' c Myler (2/2) Myler (3/5) 24', 37', 49' Guirado 39' c Porical (1/1) Laharrague (0/1) Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes 18,231 George Clancy (Ireland) Final 2011 Heineken Cup Final 21 May 2011 17:00 Northampton Saints ENG rugbyunion 22–33 Report IRE rugby union Leinster Dowson 7' cFoden 30' cHartley 39' m Myler (2/3) Myler (1/1) 20' Sexton (2) 43' c, 52' cHines 64' c Sexton (3/3) Sexton (4/5) 13', 35', 56', 60' Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 72,456 Romain Poite (France) Individual statistics Top points scorers Final Standings (correct as of 21 May 2011) Pos Player Team Points 1 IRE rugby union Johnny Sexton IRE rugby union Leinster 138 2 ENG Stephen Myler ENG Northampton Saints 101 3 FRA David Skrela FRA Toulouse 94 4 FRA Jérôme Porical FRA Perpignan 86 5 FRA Dimitri Yachvili FRA Biarritz 80 6 IRE rugby union Ian Humphreys IRE rugby union Ulster 72 7 SCO Ruaridh Jackson SCO Glasgow Warriors 71 8 ENG Dave Walder ENG London Wasps 70ENG Jonny Wilkinson FRA Toulon 70 10 ENG Toby Flood ENG Leicester Tigers 67Points http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/stats-hcup-2010.html itsrugby.co.uk 2010-12-30 Top try scorers Final Standings (Correct as of 21 May 2011) Pos Player Team Tries 1 ENG Paul Diggin ENG Northampton Saints 6 2 ENG Matt Banahan ENG Bath 5ITA Tommaso Benvenuti ITA Benetton Treviso 5ENG Tom Biggs ENG Bath 5FRA Thierry Dusautoir FRA Toulouse 5USA Takudzwa Ngwenya FRA Biarritz 5IRE rugby union Johnny Sexton IRE rugby union Leinster 5 8 ENG Ben Foden ENG Northampton Saints 4IRE rugby union Seán O'Brien IRE rugby union Leinster 4IRE rugby union Andrew Trimble IRE rugby union Ulster 4SAM Alesana Tuilagi ENG Leicester Tigers 4ENG Tom Varndell ENG London Wasps 4Tries http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/stats-hcup-2010.html itsrugby.co.uk 2010-12-30 See also 2010–11 Amlin Challenge Cup External links Official ERC website References Category:Heineken Cup seasons