2000–01 European Challenge Cup pool stage

May 2026 2000–01 European Challenge Cup pool stage 2000–01 European Challenge Cup 1999–2000 1999–2000 European Challenge Cup pool stage 2001–02 2001–02 Parker Pen Shield pool stage 2000–01 European Challenge Cup The pool stage of the 2000–01 European Challenge Cup. Pool 1 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts ENG Newcastle Falcons65012710172349913510 ITA Benetton Treviso650117116157976010 FRA Bordeaux-Begles620417143136152−164 WAL Cross Keys6006733−2660239−1790 7 October 2000 15:00 Benetton Treviso ITA 28 – 15 ENG Newcastle Falcons Stadio Comunale di Monigo 2,000 7 October 2000 17:30 Cross Keys WAL 18 – 30 FRA Bordeaux-Begles Pandy Park 1,500 14 October 2000 19:30 Bordeaux-Begles FRA 19 – 26 ITA Benetton Treviso Stade Andre Moga 5,000 15 October 2000 14:30 Newcastle Falcons ENG 99 – 8 WAL Cross Keys Kingston Park Stadium 2,000 21 October 2000 14:30 Cross Keys WAL 10 – 20 ITA Benetton Treviso Pandy Park 600 22 October 2000 15:00 Bordeaux-Begles FRA 18 – 26 ENG Newcastle Falcons Stade Andre Moga 4,000 28 October 2000 14:30 Benetton Treviso ITA 31 – 3 WAL Cross Keys Stadio Comunale di Monigo 3,000 29 October 2000 14:30 Newcastle Falcons ENG 39 – 15 FRA Bordeaux-Begles Kingston Park Stadium 3,000 13 January 2001 19:00 Bordeaux-Begles FRA 34 – 10 WAL Cross Keys Stade Andre Moga 14 January 2001 14:30 Newcastle Falcons ENG 30 – 19 ITA Benetton Treviso Kingston Park Stadium 2,496 20 January 2001 14:30 Benetton Treviso ITA 33 – 20 FRA Bordeaux-Begles Stadio Comunale di Monigo 3,000 21 January 2001 14:30 Cross Keys WAL 11 – 25 ENG Newcastle Falcons Pandy Park 1,500 Pool 2 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts FRA Béziers6501141041511123910 FRA Montferrand640223914201107948 WAL Neath62041623−7151192−414 Ireland rugby unionConnacht6105415−1160152−922 7 October 2000 13:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union 14 – 16 FRA Béziers The Sports Ground 500 7 October 2000 19:30 Montferrand FRA 55 – 17 WAL Neath Stade Marcel Michelin 4,500 14 October 2000 14:30 Neath WAL 45 – 0 Ireland rugby union Connacht The Gnoll 1,500 14 October 2000 19:30 Béziers FRA 22 – 3 FRA Montferrand Stade de la Méditerranée 3,000 21 October 2000 17:30 Neath WAL 23 – 37 FRA Béziers The Gnoll 3,000 22 October 2000 15:00 Montferrand FRA 58 – 21 Ireland rugby union Connacht Stade Marcel Michelin 28 October 2000 15:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union 3 – 12 FRA Montferrand The Sports Ground 1,000 28 October 2000 19:30 Béziers FRA 57 – 20 WAL Neath Stade de la Méditerranée 6,000 11 January 2001 14:30 Neath WAL 35 – 30 FRA Montferrand The Gnoll 3,000 13 January 2001 17:00 Béziers FRA 10 – 9 Ireland rugby union Connacht Stade de la Méditerranée 20 January 2001 15:00 Connacht Ireland rugby union 13 – 11 WAL Neath The Sports Ground 700 21 January 2001 15:00 Montferrand FRA 43 – 9 FRA Béziers Stade Marcel Michelin 3,700 Pool 3 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts FRA Perpignan640220911187105828 ENG Rotherham Titans64021319−6122136−148 WAL Bridgend RFC62041516−1144166−224 FRA Grenoble62041216−4120166−464 7 October 2000 15:00 Rotherham Titans ENG 35 – 5 FRA Grenoble Clifton Sports Ground 1,500 7 October 2000 17:00 Bridgend RFC WAL 22 – 26 FRA Perpignan Brewery Field 1,850 13 October 2000 20:00 Grenoble FRA 36 – 9 WAL Bridgend RFC Stade Lesdiguieres 1,000 14 October 2000 20:00 Perpignan FRA 19 – 20 ENG Rotherham Titans Stade Aimé Giral 8,000 21 October 2000 15:00 Rotherham Titans ENG 16 – 9 WAL Bridgend RFC Clifton Sports Ground 2,300 21 October 2000 20:00 Grenoble FRA 25 – 16 FRA Perpignan Stade Lesdiguieres 3,500 28 October 2000 17:30 Bridgend RFC WAL 61 – 8 ENGRotherham Titans Brewery Field 1,500 28 October 2000 20:00 Perpignan FRA 48 – 10 FRA Grenoble Stade Aimé Giral 4,500 13 January 2001 20:00 Perpignan FRA 48 – 6 WAL Bridgend RFC Stade Aimé Giral 14 January 2001 15:00 Grenoble FRA 12 – 21 ENG Rotherham Titans Stade Lesdiguieres 20 January 2001 14:30 Bridgend RFC WAL 37 – 32 FRA Grenoble Brewery Field 1,800 20 January 2001 14:15 Rotherham Titans ENG 22 – 30 FRA Perpignan Clifton Sports Ground 2,200 Pool 4 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts FRA SU Agen6501375322599116810 ENG Sale Sharks64021618−2178155238 FRA Auch62131621−5134185−515 WAL Caerphilly60151136−25128268−1401 7 October 2000 14:30 Caerphilly WAL 27 – 38 FRA Agen Virginia Park 1,000 7 October 2000 19:30 Auch FRA 26 – 23 ENG Sale Sharks Stade du Moulais 4,000 14 October 2000 14:30 Sale Sharks ENG 23 – 14 WAL Caerphilly Heywood Road 1,500 14 October 2000 19:30 Agen FRA 25 – 7 FRA Auch Stade Armandie 6,000 21 October 2000 14:30 Caerphilly WAL 36 – 36 FRA Auch Virginia Park 1,000 21 October 2000 19:30 Agen FRA 44 – 9 ENG Sale Sharks Stade Armandie 9,000 28 October 2000 15:00 Sale Sharks ENG 28 – 23 FRA Agen Heywood Road 28 October 2000 19:30 Auch FRA 33 – 15 WAL Caerphilly Stade du Moulais 3,000 13 January 2001 15:00 Sale Sharks ENG 39 – 17 FRA Auch Heywood Road 3,500 13 January 2001 19:30 Agen FRA 82 – 5 WAL Caerphilly Stade Armandie 3,000 20 January 2001 14:30 Caerphilly WAL 31 – 56 ENG Sale Sharks Virginia Park 1,000 20 January 2001 18:00 Auch FRA 15 – 47 FRA Agen Stade du Moulais Pool 5 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts ENG NEC Harlequins6501228141888010810 FRA Dax6501171071521034910 WAL Ebbw Vale61051318−5120151−312 FRA Périgueux6105925−1694220−1262 6 October 2000 20:00 Dax FRA 31 – 10 WAL Ebbw Vale Stade Maurice Boyau 2,500 7 October 2000 15:00 NEC Harlequins ENG 23 – 16 FRA Périgueux Twickenham Stoop 1,867 14 October 2000 17:30 Ebbw Vale WAL 6 – 18 ENG NEC Harlequins Eugene Cross Park 2,000 14 October 2000 20:00 Périgueux FRA 13 – 22 FRA Dax Stade Municipal 21 October 2000 15:00 NEC Harlequins ENG 25 – 3 FRA Dax Twickenham Stoop 21 October 2000 20:00 Périgueux FRA 19 – 16 WAL Ebbw Vale Stade Municipal 27 October 2000 19:30 Ebbw Vale WAL 50 – 19 FRA Périgueux Eugene Cross Park 1,200 28 October 2000 20:00 Dax FRA 23 – 22 ENG NEC Harlequins Stade Maurice Boyau 5,000 12 January 2001 19:30 Ebbw Vale WAL 16 – 19 FRA Dax Eugene Cross Park 1,000 13 January 2001 20:00 Périgueux FRA 10 – 55 ENG NEC Harlequins Stade Municipal 20 January 2001 15:00 NEC Harlequins ENG 45 – 22 WAL Ebbw Vale Twickenham Stoop 3,300 21 January 2001 20:00 Dax FRA 54 – 17 FRA Périgueux Stade Maurice Boyau Pool 6 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts ENG London Irish650125131225410614810 FRA Brive65012311121841434110 FRA Aurillac620420173155179−244 ITA Piacenza60061037−2790255−1650 7 October 2000 15:00 London Irish ENG 42 – 10 FRA Aurillac Madejski Stadium 2,277 7 October 2000 15:00 Piacenza ITA 13 – 29 FRA Brive Beltrametti 14 October 2000 20:00 Aurillac FRA 19 – 36 ENG London Irish Stade Jean Alric 4,500 15 October 2000 15:00 Brive FRA 44 – 10 ITA Piacenza Stadium Municipal, Brive 21 October 2000 15:00 London Irish ENG 35 – 8 FRA Brive Madejski Stadium 3,182 21 October 2000 20:00 Aurillac FRA 41 – 10 ITA Piacenza Stade Jean Alric 28 October 2000 15:00 Piacenza ITA 13 – 58 ENG London Irish Beltrametti 28 October 2000 20:00 Aurillac FRA 26 – 28 FRA Brive Stade Jean Alric 4,000 13 January 2001 14:30 Piacenza ITA 25 – 27 FRA Aurillac Beltrametti 300 14 January 2001 15:00 Brive FRA 37 – 27 ENG London Irish Stadium Municipal, Brive 21 January 2001 15:00 Brive FRA 38 – 32 FRA Aurillac Stadium Municipal, Brive 4,000 21 January 2001 15:00 London Irish ENG 56 – 19 ITA Piacenza Madejski Stadium 2,754 Pool 7 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts FRA Mont de Marsan6501228141771136410 FRA La Rochelle6312211110167113547 ENG Bristol Shoguns631217161199147527 ITA Rugby Parma60061237−2592262−1700 7 October 2000 15:00 Bristol Shoguns ENG 41 – 24 FRA Mont de Marsan Memorial Ground 1,503 7 October 2000 19:30 Rugby Parma ITA 6 – 30 FRA La Rochelle Stadio de Rugby 14 October 2000 18:00 La Rochelle FRA 34 – 19 ENG Bristol Shoguns Stade Marcel Deflandre 6,500 14 October 2000 19:00 Mont de Marsan FRA 61 – 15 ITA Rugby Parma Stade Guy Boniface 2,700 21 October 2000 15:00 Bristol Shoguns ENG 61 – 14 ITA Rugby Parma Memorial Ground 2,073 21 October 2000 19:00 Mont de Marsan FRA 12 – 7 FRA La Rochelle Stade Guy Boniface 3,500 28 October 2000 18:00 La Rochelle FRA 12 – 16 FRA Mont de Marsan Stade Marcel Deflandre 3,000 28 October 2000 19:30 Rugby Parma ITA 12 – 25 ENG Bristol Shoguns Stadio de Rugby 1,200 13 January 2001 18:00 La Rochelle FRA 43 – 19 ITA Rugby Parma Stade Marcel Deflandre 13 January 2001 18:00 Mont de Marsan FRA 22 – 12 ENG Bristol Shoguns Stade Guy Boniface 6,000 20 January 2001 14:30 Rugby Parma ITA 26 – 42 FRA Mont de Marsan Stadio de Rugby 150 20 January 2001 15:00 Bristol Shoguns ENG 41 – 41 FRA La Rochelle Memorial Ground 2,105 Pool 8 TeamPWDLTries forTries againstTry diffPoints forPoints againstPoints diffPts FRA Narbonne4310139412476487 FRA Bourgoin4211136710483215 ITA Rugby Viadana4004819−1178147−690 7 October 2000 19:30 Narbonne FRA 53 – 24 ITA Viadana Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié 1,000 14 October 2000 14:30 Viadana ITA 8 – 29 FRA Bourgoin Kenmare 1,000 21 October 2000 19:30 Narbonne FRA 34 – 17 FRA Bourgoin Parc des Sports et de l'Amitié 3,400 27 October 2000 19:30 Bourgoin FRA 15 – 15 FRA Narbonne Stade Pierre Rajon 4,100 13 January 2001 14:30 Viadana ITA 20 – 22 FRA Narbonne Kenmare 21 January 2001 15:00 Bourgoin FRA 43 – 26 ITA Viadana Stade Pierre Rajon 3,000 See also European Challenge Cup 2000–01 Heineken Cup References pool stage 2000–01