2005–06 Heineken Cup

Tournament details

Countries

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Wales

Tournament format(s)

Round-robin and Knockout

Date

21 October 2005 - 20 May 2006

Tournament statistics

Teams

Matches played

Attendance

964,863 (12,213 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
(129 points)

Top try scorer(s)

Sireli Bobo (Biarritz)
Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
(6 tries)

Final

Venue

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance

74,534

Champions

Munster (1st title)

Runner-up

Biarritz Olympique

Official website

http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/

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The 2005–06 Heineken Cup was the eleventh edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. 24 teams from 7 different countries took part, with the opening game played on Friday October 21, 2005. Munster won the tournament, beating Biarritz in the final held at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on 20 May 2006.

The teams were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The winners of the pools, together with the two best runners-up, qualified for the knock-out stage.

Format

In the pool matches, teams receive:

four points for a win
two points for a draw
a bonus point for scoring four or more tries
a bonus point for losing by seven or fewer points

Ties between two teams are broken in the following order:

Match points earned in head-to-head matches. For example, if tied teams are in the same pool, and split their head-to-head matches, but one team earned a bonus point and the other failed to do so, the team that earned the bonus point will win. Munster won a tiebreaker over Sale Sharks in Pool 1 in this very manner.
Tries scored in head-to-head matches.
Point difference in head-to-head matches.
Tries scored in all pool matches. This is the first tiebreaker between teams in different pools, which can come into play for determining seeding among first-place teams, or breaking ties among second-place teams.
Point difference in all pool matches.
Best disciplinary record in pool play. The team with the fewest players sent off or sin-binned during pool play wins.
Coin toss.

The quarterfinals are seeded from 1 to 8. The six pool winners receive the top six seeds, based on their point totals. The top two second-place finishers are seeded 7 and 8. The seeds of the qualifying teams are in parentheses next to their names in the tables.

Teams

France	England	Wales	Ireland	Scotland	Italy
Castres Perpignan Stade Français Clermont Auvergne Biarritz Bourgoin Toulouse	Sale Sharks Leeds Carnegie Leicester Tigers Saracens Bath London Wasps	Newport Gwent Dragons Cardiff Blues Ospreys Llanelli Scarlets	Munster Ulster Leinster	Glasgow Edinburgh	Calvisano Benetton Treviso

Pool stage

Full results can be found at 2005–06 Heineken Cup pool stage.
All times are local to the match location.

Pool 1

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Munster (4)	6	5	1	22	6	16	186	87	99	3	0	23
Sale Sharks (7)	6	5	1	17	9	8	159	84	75	3	0	23
Newport Gwent Dragons	6	1	5	14	20	−6	99	168	−69	1	1	6
Castres	6	1	5	8	26	−18	90	195	−105	1	1	6

Note: Munster took first place over Sale Sharks on competition points in head-to-head matches, 5–4.

Pool 2

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Perpignan (5)	6	5	1	20	5	15	160	52	108	2	1	23
Leeds Tykes	6	4	2	19	9	10	143	91	52	3	1	20
Cardiff Blues	6	3	3	16	18	−2	128	145	−17	3	0	15
Calvisano	6	0	6	4	27	−23	48	191	−143	0	0	0

Pool 3

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Leicester Tigers (3)	6	5	1	19	10	9	179	111	68	3	1	24
Stade Français	6	4	2	16	7	9	148	98	50	2	2	20
Ospreys	6	2	4	9	20	−11	90	144	−54	0	1	9
Clermont Auvergne	6	1	5	14	21	−7	136	200	−64	1	1	6

Pool 4

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Biarritz (2)	6	5	1	24	10	14	182	93	89	4	0	24
Saracens	6	4	2	12	13	−1	128	129	−1	1	0	17
Ulster	6	3	3	15	13	2	126	111	15	2	0	14
Benetton Treviso	6	0	6	13	28	−15	104	207	−103	2	1	3

Pool 5

Team	P	W	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Bath (6)	6	5	1	18	9	9	166	111	55	3	0	23
Leinster (8)	6	4	2	28	13	15	214	124	90	4	2	22
Bourgoin	6	2	4	9	24	−15	109	195	−86	1	0	9
Glasgow	6	1	5	16	25	−9	131	190	−59	1	1	6

Pool 6

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Toulouse (1)	6	5	1	0	22	11	11	188	124	64	3	0	25
Wasps	6	2	1	3	18	13	5	173	118	55	2	2	14
Llanelli Scarlets	6	2	0	4	18	26	−8	152	206	−54	2	2	12
Edinburgh	6	2	0	4	14	22	−8	121	186	−65	1	2	11

Seeding and runners-up

Seed	Pool Winners	Pts	TF	+/−
1	Toulouse	25	22	+64
2	Biarritz	24	24	+89
3	Leicester Tigers	24	19	+68
4	Munster	23	22	+99
5	Perpignan	23	20	+108
6	Bath	23	18	+55
Seed	Pool Runners-up	Pts	TF	+/−
7	Sale Sharks	23	17	+75
8	Leinster	22	28	+90
–	Leeds Tykes	20	19	+108
–	Stade Français	20	16	+50
–	Saracens	17	12	−1
–	London Wasps	14	18	+55

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

1 April 2006
12:30

Leicester Tigers	12 – 15	Bath Rugby
Pen: Andy Goode (4) 2', 18', 33', 45'	Report	Pen: Malone (5) 7', 28', 31', 51', 62'

Walkers Stadium, Leicester
Attendance: 32,500
Referee: Joël Jutge

1 April 2006
16:00

Toulouse	35 – 41	Leinster
Tries: Nyanga 73' c Jauzion 80' c Con: Élissalde (2) Pen: Élissalde (6) 6', 12', 32', 42', 48', 57' Drop: Michalak 50'	Report	Tries: O'Driscoll 24' c Jowitt 53' c Hickie 59' m Shane Horgan 63' c Con: Contepomi (3) Pen: Contepomi (5) 9', 16', 18', 34', 67'

Stade de Toulouse, Toulouse
Attendance: 37,815
Referee: Dave Pearson

1 April 2006
17:30

Munster	19 – 10	Perpignan
Try: O'Connell 20' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4) 41', 46', 65', 68'	Report	Try: Bourret 28' c Con: Bourret Pen: Bourret 36'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse

2 April 2006
18:00

Biarritz Olympique	11 – 6	Sale Sharks
Try: Bobo 32' m Pen: Yachvili (2) 20', 26'	Report	Pen: Hodgson (2) 25', 75'

Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Alan Lewis

Semi-finals

22 April 2006
15:00

Biarritz Olympique	18 – 9	Bath Rugby
Pen: Yachvili (5) 4', 16', 21', 43', 78' Drop: Traille 45'	Report	Pen: Malone (3) 17', 23', 64'

Estadio Anoeta, Donostia-San Sebastián
Attendance: 31,700
Referee: Alain Rolland

23 April 2006
15:00

Leinster	6 – 30	Munster
Pen: Contepomi (2) 22', 71'	Report	Tries: Leamy 10' c O'Gara 74' c Halstead 80' c Con: O'Gara (3) Pen: O'Gara (3) 2', 24', 32'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 47,800
Referee: Joël Jutge

Final

Main article: 2006 Heineken Cup Final

20 May 2006
15:00

Biarritz	19 – 23	Munster
Try: Bobo 2' c Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili (4) 22', 48', 51', 70'	Report	Tries: Halstead 17' c Stringer 31' c Con: O'Gara (2) Pen: O'Gara (3) 7', 42', 73'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,534
Referee: Chris White (England)

Statistics

Top point scorers

131 – Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)
115 – Ronan O'Gara (Munster)
99 – Andy Goode (Leicester Tigers)

Top try scorers

6 – Sireli Bobo (Biarritz Olympique)
6 – Vincent Clerc (Toulouse)
6 – Felipe Contepomi (Leinster)

External links

ERC Rugby

European Rugby Champions Cup

Organised by European Professional Club Rugby
Formerly the Heineken Cup, organised by European Rugby Cup

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Rugby union schedule for 2006
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Celtic League					Mid Year tests			Celtic League
H. Cup	Six Nations Championship		Heineken Cup						H. Cup		H. Cup
Guinness Premiership								Guinness Premiership
Top 14							Top 14
	Super 14					Tri Nations
			Shute Shield
	World Sevens Series										Sevens
		Powergen Cup		North America 4		North America 4				End of year tests
		GFI Hong Kong Tens			U21 World C'ship	Air New Zealand Cup
		Commonwealth Sevens	Pacific Rugby Cup		Churchill Cup			Australian Provincial C'ship
		European Challenge Cup			Pacific Five Nations		Currie Cup
		2007 Rugby World Cup qualifying

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