2010–11 LV Cup

2010–11 LV Cup
Tournament details
Countries  England
 Wales
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Date 4 November 2010 – 20 March 2011
Tournament statistics
Teams 16
Matches played 35
Attendance 272,795 (7,794 per match)
Tries scored 174 (4.97 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Nick Evans (Harlequins)
(48 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s) Charlie Sharples (Gloucester)
(8 tries)[2]
Final
Venue Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Attendance 6,848
Champions Gloucester (5th title)
Runner-up Newcastle Falcons
Official website www.lv.com
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The 2010–11 LV Cup (styled as the LV= Cup) was the 40th season of England's national rugby union cup competition, and the sixth to follow the Anglo-Welsh format.

The competition consisted of the four Welsh Magners League teams and the twelve Aviva Premiership clubs arranged into pools consisting of three English and one Welsh team. Teams were guaranteed two home and two away pool matches, with teams in Pools 1 and 4 playing each other and teams in Pools 2 and 3 playing each other. The competition took place on international fixture dates during the Autumn Internationals and Six Nations, thus allowing teams to develop their squad players.

The competition made history this season when London Wasps announced that their Round 3 match against Harlequins would be played in Abu Dhabi on January 30, 2011 – making it first competitive game between two English clubs to take place abroad.[3]

Gloucester claimed the cup with a comprehensive 34–7 victory over Newcastle Falcons in the final at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton. It was the fifth victory for Gloucester in the competition (including one shared title), and the first since the current Anglo-Welsh format was adopted in 2005.

Pool stages

Points system

The points scoring system for the pool stages will be as follows:[4]

The ranking criteria were:

Pool 1 v Pool 4

Pool 1
Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
England Newcastle Falcons 4 2 0 2 61 59 2 6 0 1 9
England London Wasps 4 1 0 3 50 101 −51 4 0 1 4[n 1]
Wales Cardiff Blues 4 0 1 3 56 104 −48 4 0 0 2
England Leicester Tigers 4 0 0 4 60 141 −81 6 0 0 0
  1. ↑ London Wasps were deducted 1 competition point for fielding an ineligible player.[6]
Pool 4
Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
England Harlequins 4 4 0 0 123 65 58 13 1 0 17
England Bath 4 3 0 1 110 51 59 12 1 1 14
Wales Ospreys 4 3 0 1 82 55 27 8 1 1 14
England Exeter Chiefs 4 2 1 1 90 56 34 9 1 0 11

Round 1

5 November 2010
19:30
Leicester Tigers England 25–34 England Harlequins
Report
Welford Road
Attendance: 16,197
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
5 November 2010
19:45
Bath England 29–19 Wales Cardiff Blues
Report
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 11,911
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
6 November 2010
15:00
Exeter Chiefs England 29–6 England London Wasps
Report
Sandy Park
Attendance: 7,799
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
6 November 2010
18:30
Newcastle Falcons England 18–17 Wales Ospreys
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,307
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (England)

Round 2

12 November 2010
19:30
Cardiff Blues Wales 23–23 England Exeter Chiefs
Report
Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 7,018
Referee: David Jones (Wales)
12 November 2010
19:45
Ospreys Wales 46–13 England Leicester Tigers
Report
Brewery Field
Attendance: 6,632
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
14 November 2010
15:00
Harlequins England 28–20 England Newcastle Falcons
Report
The Stoop
Attendance: 9,450
Referee: David Rose (England)
14 November 2010
15:00
London Wasps England 18–16 England Bath
Report
Adams Park
Attendance: 6,518
Referee: Martin Fox (England)

Round 3

29 January 2011
14:15
Bath England 11–6 England Newcastle Falcons
Report
Recreation Ground
Attendance: 11,631
Referee: Rob Debney (England)
29 January 2011
15:00
Exeter Chiefs England 35–10 England Leicester Tigers
Report
Sandy Park
Attendance: 7,445
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
29 January 2011
18:30
Cardiff Blues Wales 7–29 Wales Ospreys
Report
Cardiff City Stadium
Attendance: 10,320
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
30 January 2011
15:05
London Wasps England 13–38 England Harlequins
Report
Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi [7]
Attendance: 4,856
Referee: Martin Fox (England)

Round 4

4 February 2011
19:30
Leicester Tigers England 12–26 England Bath
Report
Welford Road
Attendance: 13,156
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
6 February 2011
15:00
Newcastle Falcons England 17–3 England Exeter Chiefs
Report
Kingston Park
Attendance: 3,863
Referee: Chris White (England)
6 February 2011
15:15
Harlequins England 23–7 Wales Cardiff Blues
Report
The Stoop
Attendance: 8,723
Referee: David Rose (England)
6 February 2011
15:00
Ospreys Wales 18–13 England London Wasps
Report
Brewery Field
Attendance: 4,800
Referee: Dean Richards (England)

Pool 2 v Pool 3

Pool 2
Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 4 3 0 1 75 69 6 8 0 0 12
England Saracens 4 2 1 1 116 72 44 15 2 0 11[n 1]
England London Irish 4 1 0 3 75 125 −50 9 1 0 5
England Leeds Carnegie 4 0 0 4 70 143 −73 8 1 1 2
  1. ↑ Saracens were deducted 1 competition point for fielding an ineligible player.[8]
Pool 3
Team[5] P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
England Gloucester 4 3 0 1 119 52 67 18 3 1 16
England Northampton Saints 4 2 1 1 108 86 22 14 1 0 11
Wales Scarlets 4 2 0 2 93 89 4 9 1 0 9
England Sale Sharks 4 2 0 2 89 109 −20 12 1 0 9

Round 1

4 November 2010
19:35
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 18–12 England Gloucester
Report
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,244
Referee: James Jones (Wales)
5 November 2010
19:45
Sale Sharks England 39–14 England London Irish
Report
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 5,106
Referee: Llyr Ap Geraint-Roberts (England)
6 November 2010
12:00
Scarlets Wales 52–13 England Leeds Carnegie
Report
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Tim Hayes (Wales)
7 November 2010
15:00
Saracens England 22–22 England Northampton Saints
Report
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 6,015
Referee: Chris White (England)

Round 2

12 November 2010
19:45
Northampton Saints England 28–3 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Report
Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 12,209
Referee: Sean Davey (England)
13 November 2010
13:00
Gloucester England 36–10 England Saracens
Report
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 10,120
Referee: C Hayes (England)
14 November 2010
14:30
London Irish England 16–25 Wales Scarlets
Report
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 9,795
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
14 November 2010
15:00
Leeds Carnegie England 17–23 England Sale Sharks
Report
Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 3,184
Referee: Tim Wigglesworth (England)

Round 3

28 January 2011
19:45
Sale Sharks England 20–28 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Report
Edgeley Park
Attendance: 5,126
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
29 January 2011
15:00
Scarlets Wales 7–34 England Saracens
Report
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 6,610
Referee: Llyr Ap Geraint-Roberts (England)
30 January 2011
15:00
Leeds Carnegie England 16–30 England Gloucester
Report
Headingley Stadium
Attendance: 1,498
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)
30 January 2011
15:00
London Irish England 37–20 England Northampton Saints
Report
Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 8,636
Referee: James Jones (Wales)

Round 4

3 February 2011
19:15
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 26–9 Wales Scarlets
Report
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 4,628
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
5 February 2011
15:00
Gloucester England 41–8 England London Irish
Report
Kingsholm Stadium
Attendance: 10,686
Referee: Gwyn Morris (Wales)
5 February 2011
15:00
Northampton Saints England 38–24 England Leeds Carnegie
Report
Franklin's Gardens
Attendance: 13,456
Referee: Sean Davey (England)
6 February 2011
15:00
Saracens England 50–7 England Sale Sharks
Report
Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5,014
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Wales)

Knock–out stage

Semi-finals Final
13 March 2011 – Kingsholm
  England Gloucester 45  
  Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 17  
 
20 March 2011 – Franklin's Gardens
      England Gloucester 34
    England Newcastle Falcons 7
11 March 2011 – The Stoop
  England Harlequins 20
 England Newcastle Falcons 21  

Qualification criteria

The top teams from each pool qualify for the knockout stages. The pool winners will be decided by the following criteria:[4]

1. The pool winner will be the club with the highest number of match points in each pool. The pool winners will be ranked 1 to 4 by reference to the number of match points earned in the pools.
2. If two or more clubs in the same pool end the pool stage equal on match points, then the order in which they have finished will be determined by:
i. the greater number of matches won by the club and
ii. if the number of matches won is equal, the club with the greater total number of tries scored and
iii. if the total number of tries scored is equal, the club with the greater points difference (points scored for, less points scored against) and
iv. if the points difference is equal, the club with the fewer number of red cards and
v. if the number of red cards is the same, by the toss a coin.

Each of the four qualifying clubs shall be ranked as above and shall play each other as follows:

Semi-final 1 – 1st ranked club v 4th ranked club
Semi-final 2 – 2nd ranked club v 3rd ranked club

The first club listed in each of the semi-final matches shall be the home club.

Qualifiers
Rank Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TB LB Pts
1 England Harlequins 4 4 0 0 123 65 58 13 1 0 17
2 England Gloucester 4 3 0 1 119 52 67 18 3 1 16
3 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 4 3 0 1 75 69 6 8 0 0 12
4 England Newcastle Falcons 4 2 0 2 61 59 2 6 0 1 9

Semi-finals

11 March 2011
20:00
Harlequins England 20–21 England Newcastle Falcons
Try: Dickson 1' c, Brown 70' c
Con: Clegg (2/2)
Pen: Clegg (2) 5', 22'
 Report Try: Jimmy Gopperth 56' c, Tu'ipulotu 80' m
Con: Jimmy Gopperth (1/2)
Pen: Gopperth (3) 6', 36', 64'
The Stoop, London
Attendance: 6,555
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15England Mike Brown
RW 14England Tom Williams  74'
OC 13England George Lowe
IC 12England Jordan Turner-Hall
LW 11England Ugo Monye
FH 10England Rory Clegg
SH 9 England Karl Dickson
N8 8 England Chris Robshaw (c)
OF 7 England Will Skinner  16'
BF 6 Samoa Maurie Fa'asavalu  63'
RL 5 England Peter Browne
LL 4 England Ollie Kohn
TP 3 Ireland John Andress  65'
HK 2 England Matt Cairns  37'
LP 1 England Joe Marler
Replacements:
HK 16England Joe Gray  37'
PR 17Wales Ceri Jones
PR 18England Mark Lambert  65'
LK 19Argentina Tomas Vallejos  63'
FL 20England Chris York  16'
SH 21Ireland Dave Moore
CE 22Argentina Benjamin Urdapilleta
WG 23Argentina Gonzalo Camacho  74'
Coach:
Ireland Conor O'Shea
FB 15England Alex Tait
RW 14England Danny Williams  47'
OC 13England Luke Eves
IC 12England James Fitzpatrick
LW 11South Africa Gcobani Bobo
FH 10New Zealand Jimmy Gopperth
SH 9 England Micky Young  60'
N8 8 Scotland Ally Hogg
OF 7 New Zealand Brent Wilson  72'
BF 6 England Tim Swinson
RL 5 New Zealand Andrew van der Heijden 21' to 41'  71'
LL 4 England James Hudson (c)
TP 3 Scotland Euan Murray  66'
HK 2 England Matt Thompson  40'
LP 1 England Jon Golding  59'
Replacements:
HK 16England Rob Vickers  40'
PR 17Scotland Grant Shiells  59'
PR 18England Kieran Brookes  66'
LK 19Samoa Filipo Levi  71'
FL 20England Mark Wilson  72'
SH 21England Hall Charlton  60'
CE 22New Zealand Tane Tu'ipulotu  47'
FB 23England Tom Catterick
Coach:
Scotland Alan Tait

Touch judges:
Rob Debney (England)
Roy Maybank (England)

13 March 2011
13:00
Gloucester England 45–17 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
Try: Hazell 3' m, Fuimaono-Sapolu 11' c, Robinson 32' m, Sharples (4) 44' c, 53' c, 56' c, 64' c
Con: Robinson (5/7)
 Report Try: A. Jones 50' m, Brew 71' m, Groves 78' c
Con: Tovey (1/3)
FB 15England Olly Morgan  55'
RW 14England Charlie Sharples
OC 13England Henry Trinder  48'
IC 12Samoa Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu
LW 11England Tom Voyce
FH 10Wales Nicky Robinson
SH 9 England Jordi Pasqualin  60'
N8 8 England Luke Narraway (c)  58'
OF 7 England Andy Hazell  55'
BF 6 England Peter Buxton
RL 5 England Alex Brown
LL 4 Scotland Jim Hamilton  51'
TP 3 England Rupert Harden  66'
HK 2 France Olivier Azam
LP 1 England Nick Wood  40'
Replacements:
HK 16England Darren Dawidiuk  58'
PR 17England Yann Thomas  40'
PR 18England Shaun Knight  66'
LK 19Wales Will James  51'
FL 20Fiji Akapusi Qera  55'
SH 21England Tim Taylor  60'
FB 22England Freddie Burns  55'
CE 23England Jonny May  48'
Coach:
Scotland Bryan Redpath
FB 15Wales Martyn Thomas  65'
RW 14Wales Will Harries
OC 13Wales Tom Riley  45'
IC 12Wales Pat Leach
LW 11Wales Aled Brew
FH 10Wales Jason Tovey
SH 9 Wales Wayne Evans  72'
N8 8 Wales Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Wales Lewis Evans  66'
BF 6 Wales Andrew Coombs
RL 5 Wales Adam Jones  67'
LL 4 Wales Luke Charteris (c)
TP 3 England Dan Way  78'
HK 2 Wales Lloyd Burns  42'  49'  58'
LP 1 Wales Phil Price  74'
Replacements:
HK 16Wales Steve Jones  42'  49'  58'
PR 17Wales Hugh Gustafson  74'
PR 18Wales Pat Palmer  78'
LK 19Wales Adam Brown  67'
FL 20Wales Jevon Groves  66'
CE 21Wales Adam Hughes  45'
SH 22Wales Jonathan Evans  72'
FH 23Wales Matthew Jones  65'
Coach:
Wales Darren Edwards

Touch judges:
Martin Fox (England)
Paul Dix (England)

Final

20 March 2011
15:30
Gloucester England 34–7 England Newcastle Falcons
Try: Voyce 6' c, Fuimaono-Sapolu 57' c, Sharples 66' c, Dawidiuk 80' c
Con: Robinson (4/4)
Pen: Robinson 20', 51'
 Report Try: Eves 74' c
Con: Gopperth (1/1)
FB 15England Olly Morgan  60'
RW 14England Charlie Sharples
OC 13New Zealand Tim Molenaar  56'
IC 12Samoa Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu  74'
LW 11England Tom Voyce
FH 10Wales Nicky Robinson
SH 9 England Jordi Pasqualin
N8 8 England Luke Narraway (c)
OF 7 England Andy Hazell  41'
BF 6 Fiji Akapusi Qera
RL 5 England Alex Brown
LL 4 Scotland Jim Hamilton  64'
TP 3 England Rupert Harden  71'
HK 2 France Olivier Azam  78'
LP 1 England Nick Wood  76'
Replacements:
HK 16England Darren Dawidiuk  78'
PR 17England Yann Thomas  76'
PR 18England Shaun Knight  71'
LK 19Wales Will James  64'
FL 20England Matt Cox  41'
FH 21England Tim Taylor  74'
FB 22England Freddie Burns  60'
CE 23England Henry Trinder  56'
Coach:
Scotland Bryan Redpath
FB 15England Alex Tait
RW 14England Luke Fielden  61'
OC 13New Zealand Tane Tu'ipulotu
IC 12England James Fitzpatrick  53'
LW 11England Luke Eves
FH 10New Zealand Jimmy Gopperth
SH 9 England Micky Young  69'
N8 8 Scotland Ally Hogg
OF 7 New Zealand Brent Wilson
BF 6 England Tim Swinson  71'
RL 5 New Zealand Andrew van der Heijden  62'
LL 4 England James Hudson (c)
TP 3 England Kieran Brookes  68'
HK 2 England Matt Thompson  46'
LP 1 England Jon Golding  65'
Replacements:
HK 16England Rob Vickers  46'
PR 17Scotland Grant Shiells  65'
PR 18England James Hall  68'
LK 19Samoa Filipo Levi  71'
FL 20England Mark Wilson  62'
SH 21England Hall Charlton  69'
CE 22South Africa Gcobani Bobo  53'
FB 23England Tom Catterick  61'
Coach:
Scotland Alan Tait

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Paul Dix (England)

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank Player Team Points[1]
1 New Zealand Nick Evans England Harlequins 48
2 England Charlie Sharples England Gloucester 40
3 Wales Matthew Jones Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 35
4 Wales Matthew Morgan Wales Ospreys 33
5 England Olly Barkley England Bath 25
6 England Mark van Gisbergen England London Wasps 23
7 Wales Steven Shingler Wales Scarlets 22
8 New Zealand Jimmy Gopperth England Newcastle Falcons 21
9 England Richard Wigglesworth England Saracens 20

Top try scorers

Rank Player Team Tries[2]
1 England Charlie Sharples England Gloucester 8
2 Samoa Jonny Fa'amatuainu Wales Scarlets 3
Wales Adam Hughes Wales Newport Gwent Dragons
England Sam Smith England Harlequins
United States Chris Wyles England Saracens

See also

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "Points". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Tries". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Wasps/Quins game moved overseas". BBC Sport. 5 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 "About the LV= Cup". LV=. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Group Tables LV= Cup Previous Seasons". www.premiershiprugby.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "London Wasps statement on LV=Cup point deduction". www.wasps.co.uk. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/news/25156.php Wasps move LV= Cup fixture to Abu Dhabi
  8. ↑ "Unregistered player gives Saracens one point deduction in LV Cup". www.rugbyworld.com. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
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