From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2009–10 Heineken Cup
2009–10 Heineken Cup
England France Wales Ireland Scotland Italy
• Leicester • Perpignan • Ospreys • Leinster • Edinburgh • Benetton
Tigers • Toulouse • Cardiff Blues • Munster • Glasgow Treviso
• Harlequins • Clermont • Scarlets • Ulster Warriors • Viadana
• London Irish • Stade Français • Newport
• Gloucester • Biarritz Gwent
• Bath • Brive Dragons
• Sale Sharks
• Northampton
Saints
2009–10 Heineken Cup The 2009–10 Heineken Cup was the 15th season of the
Heineken Cup, the annual rugby union European club
Tournament details competition for clubs from the top six nations in Euro-
Countries England pean rugby. It started in October 2009 and ended on 22
May 2010 with the final at Stade de France in which
France
Toulouse defeated Biarritz 21 – 19 to win the trophy for
Ireland the fourth time.[1]
Italy
Scotland
Wales
Teams
Seven English teams participated, as an English team, Le-
Tournament Round-robin and Knockout
format(s) icester Tigers, progressed further in the previous year’s
tournament than any French or Italian team. France had
Date Oct 2009 – May 2010 six participants, Ireland three, Wales four, Italy two and
Tournament statistics Scotland two.
On Friday 29 May 2009, Newport Gwent Dragons de-
Teams 24
feated Calvisano 42–17 in a play-off to secure the 24th
Matches played 79 and final qualification place.[2]
Attendance 1,080,598 (13,678 per match)
Top point scorer(s)
Seeding
Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz) (113
points) The seeding system was the same as in the 2008–09 tour-
nament. The 24 competing teams are ranked based on
Top try scorer(s) Tommy Bowe (Ospreys) (7 tries) past Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup perfor-
mance, with each pool receiving one team from each
Final
quartile, or Tier.[3] The requirement to have only one
Venue Stade de France, Saint-Denis team per country in each pool, however, still applied
Attendance 78,962 (with the exception of the inclusion of the seventh Eng-
lish team).[4]
Champions Toulouse (4th title) The brackets show each team’s European Rugby Club
Ranking at the start of the 2009–10 season.
Runner-up Biarritz Olympique
Official website http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/ Pool stage
← 2008–09 (Previous) (Next) 2010–11 → For more details on this topic, see 2009–10 Heineken Cup
pool stage.
The draw for the pool stage took place on 9 June 2009 in
Paris.
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Tier 1 Munster (1) Leicester Leinster (3) Toulouse (4) Bath (5) Biarritz (6)
Tigers (2)
Tier 2 Cardiff Blues Stade Gloucester Perpignan Ospreys (13) London Irish
(8) Français (9) (10) (11) (14)
Tier 3 Northampton Sale Sharks Clermont (17) Scarlets (18) Ulster (20) Newport
Saints (15) (16) Gwent Dragons
(21)
Tier 4 Harlequins Glasgow War- Edinburgh Benetton Brive (29) Viadana (36)
(23) riors (24) (26) Treviso (28)
Key to colours
Winner of each pool,
advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
Two highest-scoring second-place teams
advance to quarterfinals. Seed # in parentheses
Third- through fifth- highest-scoring second-place teams
parachute into the knockout stage of the European Challenge Cup.
Seed # in brackets
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Munster (1) 6 5 0 1 19 10 9 185 94 91 3 1 24
Northampton Saints (8) 6 4 0 2 16 8 8 138 104 34 2 1 19
Perpignan 6 2 0 4 12 10 2 108 123 −15 1 2 11
Benetton Treviso 6 1 0 5 7 26 −19 68 178 −110 0 1 5
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Biarritz (2) 6 5 0 1 19 8 11 188 97 91 3 0 23
Gloucester [6] 6 4 0 2 12 12 0 119 129 −10 1 0 17
Glasgow Warriors 6 2 0 4 9 14 −5 120 140 −20 0 1 9
Newport Gwent Dragons 6 1 0 5 12 18 −6 108 169 −61 0 2 6
Pool 1 Seeding and runners-up
• Bare numbers indicate Heineken Cup quarterfinal
Pool 2 seeding.
• Numbers with "C" indicate Challenge Cup
Pool 3 quarterfinal seeding.
Pool 4
Knock-out stage
Pool 5 The semi-final draw was conducted on 24 January in
Paris. The winner of the topmost quarter-final on each
Pool 6 side of the bracket receives home-country advantage in
• Scarlets win the tiebreaker over London Irish by its semi-final. (The competition organisers have tradi-
virtue of winning both of the matches between the tionally allowed Biarritz to take semi-finals to Spain, as it
two teams. has stadiums that meet Heineken Cup semi-final hosting
requirements that are far closer to Biarritz than any ac-
ceptable venue in France. The club also enjoys large sup-
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Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Clermont Auvergne (5) 6 4 0 2 24 11 13 201 120 81 3 2 21
Ospreys (7) 6 4 1 1 21 11 10 188 121 67 2 0 20
Leicester Tigers 6 3 1 2 23 10 13 187 123 64 3 1 18
Viadana 6 0 0 6 6 42 −36 83 295 −212 0 0 0
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Stade Français (6) 6 4 0 2 11 7 4 124 95 29 1 1 18
Ulster 6 4 0 2 11 6 5 127 94 33 0 1 17
Edinburgh 6 3 0 3 3 10 −7 64 94 −30 0 1 13
Bath 6 1 0 5 6 8 −2 84 116 −32 0 3 7
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Toulouse (3) 6 5 0 1 13 9 4 143 92 51 2 1 23
Cardiff Blues [5] 6 4 0 2 14 10 4 149 104 45 1 1 18
Sale Sharks 6 3 0 3 15 16 −1 126 153 −27 1 1 14
Harlequins 6 0 0 6 13 20 −7 102 171 −69 0 2 2
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points TB LB Pts
for against diff for against diff
Leinster (4) 6 4 1 1 19 6 13 154 60 94 3 1 22
Scarlets [7] 6 4 0 2 12 20 −8 116 147 −31 1 0 17
London Irish 6 3 1 2 16 8 8 140 94 46 2 1 17
Brive 6 0 0 6 7 20 −13 68 177 −109 0 1 1
Seed Pool Winners Pts TF +/−
1 Munster 24 19 +91
2 Biarritz 23 19 +91
3 Toulouse 23 14 +51
4 Leinster 22 19 +94
5 Clermont 21 24 +81
6 Stade Français 18 11 +29
Seed Pool Runners-up Pts TF +/−
7 Ospreys 20 17 +67
8 Northampton 19 16 +34
5C Cardiff Blues 18 14 +45
6C Gloucester 17 12 −10
7C Scarlets 17 12 −29
– Ulster 17 11 +33
port in the Basque Country of Spain, a region with which All times are local times.
it shares a cultural affinity.)
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Quarter-finals Heymans Pen: Beaux- Alan Lewis
74’ c is (3/3) 26’, (Ireland)
9 April Leinster 29 – 28 Cler- RDS Arena,
Con: Skrela 43’, 47’
2010 mont Au- Dublin
(3/3)
20:00 vergne Attendance:
Pen: Skrela
Try: Report Try: 18,500[5]
(7/9) 24’,
Heaslip (2) Malzieu (3) Referee:
32’, 45’, 48’,
22’ c, 33’ c 11’ c, 44’ m, Dave Pear-
66’, 70’, 79’
Con: Sex- 62’ c son (Eng-
land)
ton (2/2) Con: James Semi-finals
Pen: Sexton (2/3)
1 May Toulouse 26 – 16 Lein- Stadium
(5/6) 21’, Pen: James
2010 ster Municipal,
37’, 54’, 65’, (3/7) 16’,
16:45 Try: Report Try: Toulouse
72’ 49’, 60’
Jauzion 55’ Heaslip 64’ Attendance:
10 Biarritz 29 – 28 Estadio 34,951
April Ospreys Anoeta, c c
Skrela 60’ c Con: Berne Referee:
2010 Try: Ng- Report Try: R. Donostia- Nigel
16:00 Con: Skrela (1/1)
wenya 11’ c Jones 19’ c San Se- (2/2) Pen: Berne Owens
Balshaw 50’ Byrne 35’ m bastián Pen: Skrela (2/2) 31’, (Wales)
c Walker 75’ Attendance: (4/6) 4’, 16’, 40’+1’
Con: c 25,000
30’, 71’ Kearney
Yachvili (2/ Con: Biggar Referee: Ge- Drop: (1/1) 42’
2) (2/3) orge Clancy
Élissalde
Pen: Pen: Biggar (Ireland) (0/1)
Yachvili (2/ (2/4) 45’,
2 May Biarritz 18 – 7 Mun- Estadio
3) 22’, 48’ 53’
2010 Olympique ster Anoeta,
Drop: Drop: Big-
16:15 Donostia-
Traille (3/ gar (1/4)
Pen: Report Try: Earls San Se-
4) 1’, 23’, 40’
Yachvili (6/ 29’ c bastián
60’
10 Munster 33 – 19 Thomond 6) 39’, 44’, Con: O’Gara Attendance:
65’, 72’, 78’, (1/1) 30,900
April Northampton Park, Lim- Referee:
2010 Saints erick 80’
Dave Pear-
17:30 Try: War- Report Try: Clarke Attendance: son (Eng-
wick 4’ m 39’ c 26,000 land)
Howlett Con: Myler Referee:
Nigel
(2) 24’ m, (1/1) Final
75’ c Pen: Myler Owens
Main article: 2010 Heineken Cup Final
de Villiers (4/4) 10’, 16’, (Wales)
The final was played at the Stade de France in Saint-De-
52’ c 28’, 55’
nis, Saint-Denis.
Con:
22 Biarritz 19 – 21 Stade de
O’Gara (2/
May Toulouse France,
4) 53’, 76’
2010 Try: Hunt Report Pen: Fritz Saint-Denis
Pen:
18:00 73’ c (1/1) 21’ Attendance:
O’Gara (3/
[6]
4) 1’, 58’, Con: Cour- Skrela (3/5) 78,962
67’ rent (1/1) 33’, 36’, 65’ Referee:
11 Toulouse 42 – 16 Pen: Drop: Fritz Wayne
Stade Stadium Barnes
April Municipal, Yachvili (4/ (1/1) 38’
Français
2010 Toulouse 4) 4’, 15’, Skrela (2/2) (England)
Try: Report Try: Ron- 29’, 48’ 51’, 58’
17:30 Jauzion 40’ cero 20’ Attendance:
c Con: 35,089
Albacete Beauxis (1/ Referee:
58’ c 1)
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Rank Name Club Appearances Points
1 Dimitri Yachvili Biarritz 7 113
2 Ronan O’Gara Munster 8 98
3 Dan Biggar Ospreys 7 90
4 Brock James Clermont Auvergne 7 76
5 Ben Blair Cardiff Blues 6 75
Rank Name Club Appearances Tries
1 Tommy Bowe Ospreys 7 7
2 Chris Ashton Northampton Saints 6 6
Scott Hamilton Leicester Tigers 6 6
Takudzwa Ngwenya Biarritz 7 6
5 Julien Malzieu Clermont Auvergne 6 5
Napolioni Nalaga Clermont Auvergne 5 5
Leading scorers toulouse-biarritz-heineken-cup-final. Retrieved
2010-05-24.
[2] "Calvisano 17–42 NG Dragons". BBC. 2009-05-29.
Points Tries http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/
my_club/ng_dragons/8074752.stm. Retrieved 29
May 2009.
See also [3] "ERC European Rankings (May 2009)". European
• 2009–10 European Challenge Cup Rugby Cup. http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
121_9900.php. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
[4] "ERC Draw Regulations (May 2009)". European
Notes and references Rugby Cup. http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
[1] Kitson, Robert (2010-05-22). "Toulouse outmuscle 12_10454.php. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
Biarritz to win uninspiring Heineken Cup final". [5] BBC Sport
The Guardian (London: Guardian Media Group). [6] http://www.lequipe.fr/Rugby/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/may/23/ RugbyFicheMatch12551.html
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