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2002–03 Heineken Cup
France England Wales Scotland Ireland Italy
• Béziers • Leicester Tigers • Neath • Glasgow • •
• Perpignan • Gloucester • Rugby Munster Calvisano
• Bourgoin • Sale Sharks Llanelli • Edinburgh • •
• Montferrand • Bristol • Rugby Leinster Viadana
• Toulouse • London Irish Swansea • Ulster
• Biarritz • Northampton •
Olympique Saints Newport
•
Cardiff
2002–03 Heineken Cup The 2002–03 Heineken Cup was the eighth edition of the
Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland,
Tournament details Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six
Countries England pools of four, in which teams played home and away
matches against each other. The pool winners and two
France
best runners-up qualified for the knock-out stages.
Ireland
Italy
Scotland
Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout
Date 11 October 2002 - 24 May 2003
Tournament statistics Teams
Teams 24
Matches played 79 Pool stage
Attendance 704,782 (8,921 per match) For more details on this topic, see 2002-03 Heineken Cup
pool stage.
Top point scorer(s) Stephen Jones (Llanelli)
(107 points) In the pool matches teams received
• 2 points for a win
Top try scorer(s) Vincent Clerc (Toulouse) • 1 points for a draw
Garan Evans (Llanelli)
(7 tries)
Final
Venue Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance 28,600
Champions Toulouse (2nd title)
Runner-up Perpignan
Official website http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/
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Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Leicester Tigers 6 5 1 0 31 6 25 232 71 161 11
Neath 6 2 1 3 18 12 6 151 139 12 5
L’Amatori & Calvisano 6 2 0 4 10 34 −24 105 236 −131 4
Béziers 6 2 0 4 8 15 −7 109 151 −42 4
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Perpignan 6 4 0 2 23 16 7 176 156 20 8
Munster 6 4 0 2 27 14 13 206 107 99 8
Gloucester 6 4 0 2 31 14 17 241 140 101 8
Arix Viadana 6 0 0 6 15 52 −37 128 348 −220 0
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Llanelli 6 5 0 1 22 16 6 201 130 71 10
Bourgoin 6 4 0 2 21 14 7 190 142 48 8
Glasgow Rugby 6 2 0 4 9 23 −14 86 185 −99 4
Sale Sharks 6 1 0 5 16 15 1 123 143 −20 2
Pool 1 2003 Attendance:
16:00 17,500
Pool 2 16 Llanelli 19 – Perpig- Stradey
April 26 nan Park
Pool 3 2003 Attendance:
19:30 10,800
Pool 4
Semi-finals
Pool 5 26 Toulouse 13 – Mun- Stade Mu-
April 12 ster nicipal
Pool 6 2003 Attendance:
15:35 36,500
Seeding 27 Leinster 14 – Perpig- Lansdowne
April 21 nan Road
2003 Attendance:
Knockout stage 14:45 37,000
Quarter-finals Final
12 Toulouse 32 – Stade Mu- Main article: 2003 Heineken Cup Final
April 16 Northampton nicipal 24 Toulouse 22 – 17 Per- Lansdowne
2003 Saints Attendance: May pignan Road,
14:45 36,500 2003 Dublin
Try: Clerc Report Try: Bomati
12 Leinster 18 – Biar- Lansdowne 15:00 33’ c 80+4’ m Attendance:
April 13 ritz Road Con: De- Pen: Ed- 28,600
2003 Attendance: laigue monds (4) Referee:
15:35 46,000 Pen: De- 44’, 51’, 57’, Chris White
13 Leicester 7 – 20 (England)
Mun- Welford laigue (5) 70’
April Tigers Road 12’
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Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Leinster 6 6 0 0 22 7 15 188 93 95 12
Bristol Shoguns 6 3 0 3 15 17 −2 149 144 5 6
Montferrand 6 2 0 4 15 8 7 141 120 21 4
Swansea 6 1 0 5 8 28 −20 109 230 −121 2
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Toulouse 6 5 0 1 29 9 20 241 118 123 10
London Irish 6 3 0 3 12 13 −1 158 118 40 6
Edinburgh Rugby 6 2 0 4 15 19 −4 125 188 −63 4
Newport 6 2 0 4 11 26 −15 117 217 −100 4
Team P W D L Tries Tries Try Points Points Points Pts
for against diff for against diff
Northampton Saints 6 4 0 2 21 10 11 172 110 62 8
Biarritz Olympique 6 4 0 2 14 5 9 138 73 65 8
Ulster 6 4 0 2 8 8 0 116 106 10 8
Cardiff 6 0 0 6 6 26 −20 78 215 −137 0
Seed Pool Winners Pts TF +/−
1 Leinster 12 22 +95
2 Leicester Tigers 11 31 +161
3 Toulouse 10 29 +123
4 Llanelli 10 22 +71
5 Perpignan 8 31 +101
6 Northampton Saints 8 21 +62
Seed Pool Runners-up Pts TF +/−
7 Munster 8 27 +99
8 Biarritz Olympique 8 14 +65
- Bourgoin 8 21 +48
- Bristol Shoguns 6 15 +5
- London Irish 6 12 +40
- Neath 5 18 +12
3’, 18’, 27’, Spreadbury Toulouse became the second team to win the competi-
40’, 80+1’ (England) tion more than once.
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