2001 Heineken Cup final

2001 Heineken Cup Final 2000–01 Heineken Cup Leicester Tigers ENG rugby union 30px 34 Stade Français FRA 30px 30 19 May 2001 Parc des Princes Paris David McHugh (Ireland) 44,000 2000 2002 The 2001 Heineken Cup Final was the final match of the 2000–01 Heineken Cup, the sixth season of Europe's top club rugby union competition. The match was played on 19 May 2001 at the Parc des Princes in Paris. The match was contested by Stade Français of France and Leicester Tigers of England. Leicester Tigers won the match 34–30. Going into the final stages of the game, the scores were level at 27–27. A drop goal from Diego Domínguez then put Stade three points ahead. Meanwhile, Leicester brought on replacement scrum-half Jamie Hamilton for starting fly-half Andy Goode, with starting scrum-half Austin Healey switching to fly-half. Glenn Gelderbloom was also brought on at outside centre, with Leon Lloyd switching from outside centre to wing. Leicester won a penalty just inside their own half and kicked to the left-hand touchline. The resulting line-out throw was too high and but it was cleaned up by Neil Back at the back of the line. Back passed the ball to out to Healey, though the pass forced Healey to check his run to gather the ball. With the two sets of opposing backs 20 metres apart for the line-out, the Tigers backs executed a pre-called backs move. Healey would dummy scissors with inside centre Pat Howard, another dummy scissors with outside centre Glenn Gelderbloom before the ball would be passed to the big full back Tim Stimpson who would take the ball into contact. Howard drew Domínguez and Gelderbloom drew the Stade inside centre, but the Stade outside centre who had only been on the field a few minutes, drifted onto Stimpson. Healey broke the Stade defensive line through the gap, before drawing the full back and putting Leon Lloyd in the right hand corner. Lloyd's second try of the game gave Leicester a two-point lead, with the conversion to come. If Stimpson missed, another goal would give Stade the lead. If he scored the conversion, however, Stade would need a try. The kick from the right-hand touchline was from the most difficult position on the field for a right-footed kicker. Stimpson however hit the conversion straight between the posts, and Leicester were able to hang on to their lead for victory. Match details 19 May 2001 15:00 CEST Stade Français FRA 30–34 EPC ReportBBC Report ENG Leicester Tigers Dominguez (9) 4', 16', 21', 27', 39', 46', 57', 68', 71' Dominguez 77' Lloyd (2) 41' m, 79' cBack 59' c Stimpson (2) 59', 79' Stimpson (5) 6', 10', 30', 64', 73' Parc des Princes, Paris 44,000 David McHugh (Ireland) _stadefrancais2001 0000CD 000000 0000CD FF2800 FFFFFF Stade Français _leicester2000rugbykit _leicester2000rugbykit _leicester2000rugbykit 008000 008000 FFFFFF 004225 Leicester Tigers FB 15FRA Christophe DominiciRW 14FRA Thomas LombardOC 13FRA Franck CombaIC 12NZL Cliff MyttonLW 11FRA Arthur GomesFH 10ITA Diego DomínguezSH 9 CAN Morgan WilliamsN8 8 FRA Christophe JuilletOF 7 ENG Richard Pool-JonesBF 6 FRA Christophe MoniRL 5 CAN Mike JamesLL 4 FRA David AuradouTP 3 FRA Pieter de Villiers HK 2 FRA Fabrice Landreau LP 1 FRA Sylvain MarconnetReplacements:OC 16 FRA David Venditti FL 17 FRA Patrick TabaccoHK 18 FRA Mathieu BlinN8 19 Uruguay Pablo LemoineLK 20 NZL Darren GeorgeLP 21 FRA Julien BertheSH 22 FRA Christophe LaussucqCoach:AUS John Connolly FB 15ENG Tim StimpsonRW 14IRE rugby union Geordan Murphy 76OC 13ENG Leon LloydIC 12AUS Pat HowardLW 11CAN Winston StanleyFH 10ENG Andy Goode 72SH 9 ENG Austin HealeyN8 8 ENG Will Johnson 36OF 7 ENG Neil BackBF 6 ENG Martin CorryRL 5 ENG Ben KayLL 4 ENG Martin Johnson (c) TP 3 ENG Darren GarforthHK 2 ENG Dorian WestLP 1 ENG Graham RowntreeReplacements:OC 16 RSA Glenn Gelderbloom 76SH 17 ENG Jamie Hamilton 72HK 18 ENG Richard CockerillLP 19 ENG Perry FreshwaterTP 20 ENG Ricky NebbettN8 21 ENG Paul Gustard 36FL 22 ENG Lewis MoodyCoach:ENG Dean Richards See also 2000–01 Heineken Cup References Final 2001 Hein Hein Category:Rugby union in Paris Category:Leicester Tigers matches Category:Stade Français matches 2001